Simpson College is hosting several events today to celebrate Iowa’s first every “George Washington Carver Day,” and Carver’s time on the Indianola campus. Simpson’s associate director for multicultural and international affairs, Tisha Carter-Smith, says Carver […]
Seventeen Iowa nursing homes closed last year. Iowa Health Care Association CEO Brent Willett says all but two were in rural communities. “These facilities are closing as a result of financial strain, primarily related to […]
Republicans on a House committee have passed a bill that requires educators to notify parents if their child asks to be known by a different gender at school. “Schools do not have the right to […]
The Iowa court system is trying a pilot project in six counties where text message reminders are sent out for some court services. Polk County District Court Clerk, Anne Sheeley, says it helps in a […]
Iowa’s senior U.S. Senator is now revealing more details about the accident that happened earlier this month that required him to have emergency surgery. Senator Chuck Grassley, who is 89, says it was his own […]
A bill to ban Iowa schools from having materials or instruction about gender identity in kindergarten through eighth grade classes has cleared a senate subcommittee. Bill backer Amber Williams of Urbandale said as a kid, […]
Single-digit air temperatures and wind chills well below zero hindered firefighters in Atlantic on Monday as they struggled to tackle a house fire. Crews were called to the two-story home around 10 a.m. where Fire […]
There’s a new CEO at a southeast Iowa hospital where authorities are investigating assaults committed by an employee found dead in a hospital room last fall. William Keifer was announced as the new chief executive […]
Iowa’s trucking industry would get significant liability protection from lawsuits under a bill that’s cleared its first hurdle in the Iowa House. According to David Scott, a lobbyist for the Iowa Motor Truck Association, delivery […]
State Racing and Gaming administrator, Brian Ohorilko, says the amount of revenue generated at the state’s traditional casinos went against the recent trend in December. “We did see for the first time in quite some […]
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