Month: November 2024

Many Iowans will go around the table at Thanksgiving and list the things for which they’re thankful, but a University of Iowa study finds simply expressing gratitude can help to improve heart health. Dr. Harleah […]

Democrats in the Iowa Senate have selected their next leader. Janice Weiner of Iowa City will be the Minority Leader in the Iowa Senate when the legislature starts January 13. Weiner is a retired U.S. […]

Tri-Center won the Class A State Football Championship Game Thursday with 14-10 victory over West Hancock at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. The school’s first football championship comes about seven months after a tornado rolled […]

The recount of ballots in a race for a state senate seat in Des Moines has concluded and the incumbent has conceded. Election night results showed Republican Mike Pike leading State Senator Nate Boulton by […]

Iowa adults with several adverse childhood experiences or ACEs are more likely to be diagnosed with depression, asthma and COPD later in life, according to recent state data and a report by the group Iowa […]

The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that allows surveyors for a carbon pipeline company onto the land of a Hardin County man, Kent Kasischke argued that allowing surveyors from Summit Carbon Solutions onto […]

Governor Kim Reynolds is being honored by a tax-focused think tank that was founded in 1937 by the executives of General Motors and Standard Oil. The Tax Foundation has presented Governor Kim Reynolds with its […]

Iowa’s busiest and largest hunting seasons will be kicking off shortly, as the first of the state’s two shotgun seasons for deer will open in about two weeks. Nate Carr, an Iowa DNR conservation officer, […]

Record travel is predicted in Iowa and nationwide for the Thanksgiving holiday, and those who are flying somewhere else for the long weekend have likely already bought their tickets. Last-minute fliers might still be able […]

An exhibit now running at the History Center in Cedar Rapids tells the story of a local communications company that reached around the world and into space. Center curator Tara Templeman says they got a […]

There’s an Education Committee in the Iowa House, but House Speaker Pat Grassley says a “comprehensive review” of the state’s colleges and universities is “long overdue,” and he’s establishing a new committee to do it. […]

The Holiday Train will be chugging into four Iowa communities for free concerts next week to get folks in the yuletide spirit. Terry Cunha, spokesman for the Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railroad, says this is […]

Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says she’s pleased a panel in the U.S. House that’s been focused on threats from Communist China for the past two years will continue its work in the next congress. “I […]

A man and woman from Georgia are in custody after a bank robbery in West Des Moines. According to a news release from West Des Moines Police, a bank near the Jordan Creek Shopping mall […]

Most Iowans who smoke want to quit, according to a tobacco cessation specialist, and today is the day for them to give it try as part of the annual Great American Smokeout. Andy Link, associate […]

A central Iowa man who survived one of the deadliest forms of cancer is offering his story of hope on this World Pancreatic Cancer Day. Andy Lyons, a retired commercial photographer from Johnston, will turn […]

The Farm Bureau finds the cost of the Thanksgiving dinner has dropped again this year, but is still impacted by inflation and the pandemic. Iowa Farm Bureau’s economics and research manager Christopher Pudenz says the […]

The leaders of Iowa’s Catholic churches say they stand in solidarity with migrants. President-elect Trump says he plans to use the military to deport undocumented immigrants who entered the country illegally. The bishops’ letter says […]