Year: 2023

A southwest Iowa couple who are the parents of twins born prematurely at 22 weeks say taking their son home from a Des Moines hospital five and a half months later is exciting. Cristal Alvarez […]

Iowa’s two U.S. senators say NASA’s lunar research may help improve food production and resource conservation on Earth. The lawmakers joined NASA astronaut Raja Chari for a discussion at Grinnell College this morning. Chari, who […]

The U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled the federal government bears responsibility for causing atypical recurrent flooding that damaged farms and property in the Missouri River basin since 2007. Initially filed in 2014, the plaintiffs […]

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is hiring three new attorneys for the Statewide Prosecutions Section in the Iowa Department of Justice. “Back in 1997, there were 11 prosecutors who could travel around Iowa and do […]

The opening of the Iowa State Fair is getting closer and the search is on for people to fill jobs during its 11-day run. State Fair spokesperson, Mindy Williamson, they hire around 1,600 people with […]

A $10,000 donation from former Governor Terry Branstad’s charity is part of the fundraising that’s led to the opening of a fireproof, climate-controlled vault in the Forest City Mansion Museum. Branstad was at the museum […]

A Tony Award-winning Broadway musical makes its Iowa debut tomorrow night, featuring the story of a five-man vocal group that rose to stardom in the 1960s and ’70s. ” Ain’t Too Proud, The Life and […]

One person was killed in a house fire over the weekend in Estherville. Estherville Fire Chief Travis Sheridan says shortly after 7:20 a.m. Saturday, firefighters were called to 219 South 8th Street after a passerby […]

Staff at the National Weather Service office at the Davenport Airport had to leave their posts and seek shelter as a weekend tornado nearly hit their building. Meteorologist Rich Kinney says an EF-0 twister with […]

4A 1. Ankeny Centennial (25-2), LW #1 2. Cedar Rapids Prairie (27-3), LW #2 3. Johnston (27-7), LW #3 4. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (25-9), LW #6 5. Southeast Polk (23-9), LW #4 6. Iowa City […]

Events to mark the one year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v Wade are pointing to the abortion debate immediately ahead in Iowa. This month’s Iowa Supreme Court ruling that […]

The Museum of Danish America in the southwest Iowa town of Elk Horn is marking its 40th anniversary this weekend. Museum spokeswoman Amelia Juhl says they’re working with several Norwegian and Swedish organizations to showcase […]

Planned Parenthood is closing three of its nine clinics in Iowa over the next year. Clinics in Cedar Falls, Council Bluffs, and the south side of Des Moines will be closed, due to what Planned […]

The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld part of a lawsuit by the former spokesperson of the Department of Public Health. Polly Carver-Kimm sued the State of Iowa, Governor Kim Reynolds and her communications director for […]

The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation has released the name of the man who was shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy this week. The DCI says deputies from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office responded […]

Governor Kim Reynolds has visited the Italian company that recently bought Le Mars-based Wells Enterprises, the makers of Blue Bunny ice cream. Reynolds is on a two-week overseas trade mission. She posted photos online of […]

A veterans event that started in Fort Dodge last year is ready for a second round Saturday. Waterloo native, and Jeremy Frisbee, came up with the idea for the veterans barbecue, where they get together, […]

Consistently ranked as one of the top five events of its kind in the country, the Des Moines Arts Festival opens later today in the downtown’s Western Gateway Park. Colleen Murphy, the fest’s community relations […]