Year: 2024

Ground was broken this morning on Mason City’s Destination Iowa bike park project. City Administrator Aaron Burnett says a grassroots effort from a local organization turned into a state-funded project with help from a $4.5-million […]

Libraries in Kossuth County are facing nearly $200,000 in budget cuts. Kossuth County Library Association president Lany Mitchell said that cut in county funding means each of the county’s 12 libraries will get about $7000 […]

Iowa junior pitcher Brody Brecht has been named the Big Ten Co-Pitcher of the Week.. The honor is the third Big Ten weekly honor of his career and second for the Hawkeyes this season. Brecht […]

Farmers got the rain they’d been hoping for last week, but it cut down on the time they could be planting. The U.S.D.A. crop report shows there were only three days suitable for fieldwork due […]

A new study by the Iowa Food Bank Association finds more than 27-million pounds of food was “rescued” last year by the six Feeding America food banks that serve Iowa. Annette Hacker, spokeswoman for the […]

Teens as young as 14 and a half could get a permit to drive to and from work if a bill headed to the governor becomes law. It would be similar to school permits that […]

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is announcing plans for a $2.2-million upgrade at a popular park in north-central Iowa. The DNR’s Jacob Schaben says the Brushy Creek State Recreational Area covers 6,500 acres of […]

Iowa State Fair CEO Jeremy Parsons is preparing for his second event after taking over the top job last year. “You know last year when I came in I really got to take advantage of […]