Month: January 2024

Republican leaders in the Iowa House and Senate say it’s likely lawmakers will move up the date the Iowa personal income tax drops to just one flat rate, but there’s no agreement on the governor’s […]

An eastern Iowa program works to connect immigrant farmers with plots of land to farm. Emmaly Renshaw is executive director of Feed Iowa First, which was launched in Linn County. The three-year community farming program […]

One of the most common New Year’s resolutions is to quit smoking, and a survey finds 70-percent of Iowa smokers -want- to quit, while 50-percent will -try- to quit in 2024. There are mixed messages […]

One popular New Year’s resolutions is to lose weight. Nutritionist Heather Rasmussen says if you are positively committed to eating right and getting off the couch, you can absolutely get on course to better health. […]

There are only a dozen nationally-chartered banks operating in Iowa. The 230 state-chartered banks fall under the regulation of the State Banking Division “Iowa has the fourth largest number of bank charters in the country. […]

A University of Iowa engineering professor says extreme drought poses concerns about water quality as well as the water supply. David Cwiertny is a professor of civil and environmental engineering. “Lots of communities are looking […]

Republican candidate Ron DeSantis is asking his supporters to ignore what he calls a “media narrative” that suggests Donald Trump will easily win the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential nomination. “You have a lot of media […]

A federal judge has stopped state officials from enforcing parts of a law that banned instruction about sexual orientation in elemetary classes and has already prompted schools to remove books from library shelves. Judge Stephen […]

The historic Hahn Bakery in Middle Amana closed its doors for good Sunday after more than 150 years of baking breads and coffee cakes. Doris Hahn and her husband Jack took over the bakery from […]