Month: August 2024

Attendance at this year’s State Fair has set a record. Over 1,182,000 people attended the 2024 Iowa State Fair, which ended Sunday. In addition to the overall record, a single day record of nearly 123,000 […]

Some Iowa schools are already back in session, while most others will be resuming soon, and motorists are being reminded to stay vigilant for young pedestrians, and for those big, yellow school buses. Page County […]

Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack is reminiscing about his long time connection to President Joe Biden. “I got started working in politics in 1986 working for then Senator Biden, who was running for president. He […]

About half the Iowa delegates at this week’s Democratic National Convention made the trip to Chicago aboard Amtrak. Gregory Christensen, vice chair of the Iowa Democratic Party, was temporarily called “the conductor” by his fellow […]

Governor Kim Reynolds says she’s undeterred by criticism of her proposed alternative to providing food next summer to low income households with children who qualify for a free or reduced price lunch during the school […]

Iowans impacted by the tornado, storms and flooding that led to three federal disaster declarations have gotten millions of dollars in FEMA funding. FEMA Spokesman John Mills says they’ve helped some 6,000 people already.  “We’ve […]

An Iowa State football player will wear a different number on his jersey this season in a show of support for a former player who’s undergoing treatment for a brain tumor. State Senator Jack Whitver, […]

An Iowa State football player will wear a different number on his jersey this season in a show of support for a former player who’s undergoing treatment for a brain tumor. State Senator Jack Whitver, […]

Sioux City is stepping back in time this weekend to highlight an important event that happened there in the 1800’s. Sioux City Museum spokesperson Theresa Weaver says the annual Lewis and Clark encampment starts Saturday […]

A U-S House committee hosted a hearing at the Iowa State Fair today (Friday) to tout Trump-era tax cuts that are set to expire at the end of 2025. Steve Sukup, president and CEO of […]

A man has been charged following the investigation of signs posted on the doors of Latino-owned businesses in Hampton. The signs were placed on the doors of numerous Hispanic businesses Tuesday morning. The flier, with […]

A Lorimor man is facing an attempted murder charge after a shooting in Creston. Creston Police received a report of gunshots on a local street around 7:40 Thursday morning and as they proceeded to the […]

Ryan Melton, the Democrat running in Iowa’s fourth congressional district, says the 36 counties in the district would benefit if Congressman Randy Feenstra joined the other three Iowa Republicans in the U.S. House and asked […]

The USDA is criticizing the governor’s proposed alternative to providing federal food assistance next summer to low-income households with children. Governor Kim Reynolds did not sign Iowa up this summer for the USDA program that […]

August is typically one of the hotter and drier growing months for corn and soybeans, but it so far has been relatively mild. Iowa State Extension field agronomist Terry Basol says that’s great news for […]

The World Health Organization is declaring an international health emergency over mpox, what used to be known as monkeypox, though -no- cases are reported in Iowa and generally, Iowans are just warned to be aware. […]

Governor Reynolds is seeking a waiver to use federal funds to provide boxes of food for low income Iowa kids next summer. Reynolds turned down $29 million dollars in federal funding for a program this […]

The Office of the State Archaeologist has spent 12 days unearthing a mastodon skull in south-central Iowa’s Wayne County. State Archeologist John Doershuk says it all started when he got a call about a Facebook […]