Year: 2023

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is joining the chorus of Republicans who are working to dismantle President Biden’s proposal to eliminate student loan debt. Grassley says the plan would unfairly transfer the burden of payment from […]

April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month and Iowa State Patrol Sergeant Alex Dinkla says law enforcement officials are hoping it will be the month Iowa law is changed — to forbid motorists from handling […]

The University of Northern Iowa is using a U.S. Department of Education grant to try to improve access to mental health professionals in rural schools. UNI’s School Psychology Program coordinator Nicole Skaar says it continues […]

Iowans should remember the phrase, “Turn around, don’t drown,” as the risk of spring flooding grows, especially after two tragedies over the weekend in the state to our south. Three people were killed in Missouri, […]

Four bills introduced in the Iowa legislature this year have been designed to set a new statewide policy for determining how much elected officials in Iowa’s 99 counties are paid, but lawmakers are still working […]

The Iowa DCI has released updated information on the woman killed in Sheldon last week. The woman has been identified as 62-year-old Jody Lynn Duskin. Duskin was found dead inside her home last Thursday by […]

Volunteers from the Central Iowa Chapter of the American Red Cross are already in Mississippi, which was hit by multiple tornadoes over the weekend, killing at least 25 people. Emily Holley, with the Nebraska-Iowa Region […]

A subcommittee in the Iowa Senate has advanced a bill that would toughen penalties for convicted felons caught with a gun. The bill easily cleared the House last Tuesday on an 88-to-six vote. Tony Phillips, […]

The number of students who took an Iowa community college course while in high school increased by around 6% in the past school year. The Department of Education’s Jen Rathje told the State Board of […]