Year: 2023

Many people in Iowa are buzzing about beekeeping and producing their own honey, and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is offering an introductory course next week. Stephanie Harrington, the extension’s natural resources program coordinator, […]

Spring arrived on the calendar Monday, and National Weather Service Meteorologist Rod Donovan, says we’ll see it show up on the thermometer as March winds down. “As we go through March it’s one of our […]

Several schools in Iowa are dealing with fake calls today about possible shootings at district buildings. Classes were canceled at Clinton High School amid reports of possible gunshots having been fired at the school. The […]

House Democrats are planning to push to make contraceptives, like the pill, available without a prescription. Representative Lindsay James, a Democrat from Dubuque, says pharmacists in 20 states are able to provide birth control without […]

A man and woman living in Wapello County have been sentenced to two years in federal prison for coercing two men from Micronesia to work in an Ottumwa meatpacking plant. A federal judge has ordered […]

A study commissioned by the renewable fuels industry suggests corn prices in Iowa would drop significantly if carbon capture pipelines are not built in Iowa. “It’s like asking a farmer, a corn farmer on the […]

A Marshalltown man is charged with first-degree murder in the death of a man Friday. Marshalltown Police Chief Mike Tupper, says it started with a 9-1-1 call around 4 p.m. Friday about an injured person […]

The Maple Syrup Festival at the Indian Creek Nature Center near Cedar Rapids will mark its 40th year this weekend. The Nature Center’s Jean Wiedenheft says in the early days they tapped mostly boxelder trees […]