Month: December 2024

Iowa Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks says it’s time to crack down on the business practices of Pharmacy Benefit Managers or PBMs. “Currently, 97% of all prescription drugs in the United States flow through just six major […]

Technically, we’re still in late fall, but frigid wintery weather has moved in and Iowans are now at much greater risk for carbon monoxide poisoning. As we fire up the fireplace to take off the […]

A Japanese company has agreed to pay a nearly 460-thousand dollar federal fine after two hazardous chemical releases from its grain processing facility in southeast Iowa. * Ajinomoto operates two plants in Eddyville. One makes […]

There is a Iowa connection to today’s shooting of the CEO of United HealthCare in New York City. Fifty-year-old Brian Thompson was a 1993 graduate of South Hamilton High School in Jewell. He graduated from […]

Wetlands in Iowa help prevent nearly $500-million in flood damage every year, according to a new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists. Report author Stacy Woods says wetlands are natural floodwater barriers that absorb […]

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid known as FAFSA is now open for the next academic year. FAFSA has had issues since an effort to upgrade the process and forms were delayed last year, […]

The Iowa Employment Appeal Board has ruled a Woodbury County Supervisor violated Iowa labor law by interfering with the constitutional rights of county workers who are members of a union. The board’s ruling refers to […]

Republican lawmakers are promising to product a plan that reduces property taxes. House Republican Leader Matt Windschitl of Missouri Valley says legislators heard complaints about property taxes repeatedly during the 2024 campaign. “People want to […]

Forecasters say it’ll be a very windy Wednesday in Iowa as a cold front blows in. Lows tonight are predicted in the single digits while highs tomorrow may only be in the teens and 20s […]