Month: July 2024

Iowa Republican Party leaders say there have been clear signals this week that their Iowa Caucuses will be first-in-the-nation again in 2028. Iowa GOP chairman Jeff Kaufmann was chosen to deliver the nominating speech for […]

Today is the 35th anniversary of the crash of United Airlines flight 232 at the Sioux Gateway Airport. The Mid American Museum of Aviation and Transportation is holding an open house to remember the 112 […]

The Dickinson County Emergency Management Commission will lift high water speed restrictions on the Iowa Great Lakes area this weekend. Dickinson County Emergency Management Coordinator Michael Ehret says some commissioners wanted to extend the five-mile-an-hour […]

A man from western Iowa drowned after going under the water at Lake Anita State Park in Cass County last night. First responders arrived at the Lake Anita Beach and learned 53-year old Ysota Rekis […]

An Algona woman is accused of stealing $1.8 million in state and federal funds from a state agency in South Dakota. Sixty-eight-year-old Lonna Carroll is charged with two felony counts of aggravated grand theft. Carroll […]

One of Spencer’s school buildings won’t be opening this fall due to flood damage and about 500 third, fourth and fifth graders who would have been starting school at Lincoln Elementary next month will attend […]

An Iowan at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee is not only a delegate, he’s a historian who has written a book about William Jennings Bryan and Hubert Humphrey — Democrats who run for president. […]

A group of Iowa National Guard soldiers who’ve been deployed to the Middle East are returning Friday. National Guard spokesperson Jackie Schmillen says 150 soldiers from the Iowa National Guard’s 831st Engineer vertical construction company […]

Iowa’s unemployment rate held at 2.8% in June. Iowa Workforce Development director, Beth Townsend, says there weren’t any big changes during the month. “A slight decrease in the labor force participation rate of two-tenths of […]

New state rules regulating hemp products have gone into effect this week. According to Iowa Hemp Alliance spokesperson Theresa Harms, between 50 and 80% of the products at the businesses who’ve joined the group are […]

After facing online criticism, John Deere has announced it will no longer sponsor “external social or cultural awareness events” like parades or festivals. Deere’s statement says the company is “always listening to feedback and looking […]

Iowa is seeing a bumper crop of bugs this summer, with flying and biting pests aplenty that are making the great outdoors much less great for humans. The state’s had a lot of rain in […]

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is urging Iowa Republicans to be wary because he doubts Joe Biden will be the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. DeSantis, who spoke yesterday at a luncheon for Iowa delegates at the […]

City crews in Davenport and Bettendorf have been working non-stop to clear fallen trees, power lines, and debris after Monday night’s tornado. Scott County Emergency Management Deputy Director Jim Hawkes says the EF-1 tornado, which […]

Governor Kim Reynolds says this week’s Republican National Convention is far different from eight years ago when supporters of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz were feuding and Trump won the 2016 nomination with the lowest […]

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley says he’s launching a multi-pronged investigation into last weekend’s assassination attempt on former President Trump. Calling it a “very dark day in American politics,” Grassley says he’s requesting records and responses […]

A hospital in southwestern Iowa is joining a national volunteer organization that pays tribute to nurses who have died or who are in hospice care. Registered nurse Sara Beth Jones spearheaded the effort to launch […]

Sioux City will host the 15th Iowa Mission of Mercy free dental clinic in October. Event founder Dr. Richard Hettinger says this will be the third time it has been in  Sioux City. “Last time […]