Year: 2023

Iowa’s unemployment rate increased to 3.3% in November. That’s six-tenths of a percent higher than it was in July and the fourth consecutive month it has inched up. Beth Townsend, director of the Iowa Workforce […]

The six Republicans who represent Iowa in the U.S. House and Senate are calling on the Biden Administration to reopen rail crossings in Texas. The U-S Border Patrol suspended rail operations in Eagle Pass and […]

The “Forest City Women Investors” has been recognized as the longest running stock club in Iowa. The group formed in October of 1983 with 21 members. It’s been meeting monthly for the past 40 years […]

Today marks the arrival of winter, and soon enough, we’ll be dealing with big piles of snow. Aaron Steil, a consumer horticulture specialist at the Iowa State University Extension, says the drought has been tough […]

The Republican presidential candidates campaigning in Iowa today (Wednesday) are denouncing a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that could keep former President Trump’s name off the primary ballot in that state. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said […]

The man who oversees the regulation of the gambling industry in the state is leaving the job in January. Racing and Gaming Administrator, Brian Ohorilko took over the job 12 years ago after being with […]

Former President Donald Trump spoke to a crowd in Waterloo tonight and made an indirect reference to a Colorado Supreme Court decision that could keep him off Colorado’s ballot. “We’re not going to allow them […]

Federal and state health data show just 20% of Iowans have received the updated COVID-19 booster, and only 30% have gotten their annual flu shot. Madison VanGundy with the Polk County Health Department is urging […]

After nearly 34 years, the city of Sheldon is finally connected to a water system that serves northwest Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota. Troy Larson is executive director of the Lewis & Clark Regional Water […]