Articles by Carol Kuster

The wait is almost over for the Drake basketball team which will find out Sunday if it will be part of the NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs are 25-4 but need an at-large bid after losing […]

Iowa has slipped in an annual state-by-state report that tracks the level of our public health emergency preparedness. The Hawkeye State achieved a score of just four out of a possible ten measures of preparedness […]

Governor Kim Reynolds has assembled a new task force to come up with recommendations for addressing what she calls a crisis in child care. “An issue that precedes the pandemic, but it was intensified during […]

With spring arriving, that can mean the need to shore up county rural roads with more gravel. Plymouth County Engineer Tom Rohe says that gravel is becoming difficult to locate, and in short supply, and […]

The Iowa House has voted to ensure more than 8600 police and firefighters who’re part of a statewide pension and disability system are covered for work-related injuries that developed over time. The bill also requires […]

The Iowa House has voted to let dentists administer Covid vaccines and give the shots their dental offices if they choose, but there is some push back from the medical community on that last part. […]

The one-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is in short supply as Iowa drug stores and health departments that get a shipment quickly use it up. Pharmacist Ashley Brehme, owner of Brehme Drug in Manchester, […]

The Iowa Transportation Commission has approved a plan to spend nearly $122 million in federal pandemic relief funds that were approved in December. The Department of Transportation’s Stuart Anderson says the money is targeted at […]

The top Republican in the Iowa House says the latest federal pandemic relief package may prevent Iowa and other states from cutting taxes this year. Speaker Pat Grassley of New Hartford says House Republicans are […]

A DNR investigation has found improper disposal of animal parts and manure runoff entering Keg Creek, in Pottawattamie County. The DNR information says investigators responded to six complaints against the Feedlot Service Company three miles […]

A central Iowa woman will spend six months in prison for her role in revealing confidential drug informants. The U.S. Department of Justice says 37-year-old Danielle Taff of Ankeny had pleaded guilty to one count […]