Month: April 2024

The top Republican in the Iowa House says there needs to be more review of a bill designed to ensure Iowa men who were sexually abused by Boy Scout leaders decades ago get full payments […]

A man from Iowa and a teenage girl died following a chase and overnight standoff south of Madison, Wisconsin Wednesday evening. Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett said 37-year-old Alexander C. Grunke of Middleton died from […]

The Iowa Supreme Court heard oral arguments today on the fetal heartbeat law that’s been on hold since the the governor signed the bill. The state’s attorney Eric Wessen argued the state has a rational […]

A western Iowa woman was killed in a crash with a semi in Audubon County on Wednesday afternoon. The Iowa State Patrol reports the crash happened at around 2:15 p.m. at 220th Street and Highway […]

The Hoosier State is now banking on its own Caitlin Clark Effect, as the Indiana Fever is expected to pick the University of Iowa star basketball player during Monday’s WNBA draft. Dr. Cathy DuBois, dean […]

A bill that’s cleared the Iowa legislature would let churches and non-profit organizations that host bingo games as fundraisers offer a gun worth up to $5000 as a prize. The bill cleared the Senate almost […]

The Iowa Sierra Club Iowa is asking the Environmental Protection Agency to investigate the large fertilizer spill on the East Nishnabotna River that killed thousands of fish. Chapter Director Pam Mackey-Taylor says they sent a […]

The fire that destroyed a decades-old wooden grain elevator in north-central Iowa last weekend is still smoldering, and a huge pile of soybeans remains to be cleaned up. Nick Willwerth is a spokesman for the […]

The Midwest is seeing a rise in cases of Lyme disease and other health problems associated with ticks, and experts say the trouble is, millions of the tiny insects are now surviving our warmer winters. […]

The Iowa Senate has passed a bill giving schools some legal protection if staff with a professional gun permit volunteer to respond to a shooting on school grounds. According to Senator Dave Rowley, a Republican […]

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a bill into law that lets Iowa officials arrest and deport people who are in the country illegally. Reynolds said the law “gives Iowa law enforcement te power to […]

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services says two babies were given up to the state last month through the Safe Haven program. HHS says a baby girl, born March 17th and a baby […]

A Sioux City woman who is the wife of a Woodbury County Supervisor plans to appeal her voter fraud conviction. Guy Weinstein has been appointed to represent Kim Taylor in the appeal. Taylor was sentenced […]

A DOT spokesman says progress is being made on the repairs to the Mississippi River bridge at Lansing that was closed February 25th after two piers shifted. The DOT’s Clayton Burke says good weather has […]

Governor Reynolds says she will not consider any changes in the law she signed two weeks ago that overhauls Area Education Agencies. “No. No, I’m absolutely not,” Reynolds said. “That was the deal.” The new […]

A House panel has voted to set aside a quarter of a million dollars for projects that make Iowa’s state parks more accessible to visitors with disabilities. Republican Representative Norlin Mommsen of DeWitt says it’s […]