Researchers at Iowa State University are studying beavers and the dams they build to determine what impact they may be having on the state’s fragile system of watersheds. The study’s name is the question they […]
Heavy snow has made travel tough across central and southern Iowa today. DOT winter operations administrator Craig Bargfrede talk with Radio Iowa about the conditions. “The biggest challenge really has been the rate of snow […]
A group of low-income families in central Iowa will get a financial boost from a program which nonprofit leaders hope will be a better way to reduce poverty. One-hundred-ten families in Polk, Dallas and Warren […]
The Iowa Hawkeye men are at home in Big Ten play tonight to host Ohio State. The Buckeyes have lost 11 of their last 12 games. Their only win during that span was a 93-77 […]
First place in the Missouri Valley women’s basketball race will be on the line tonight in Cedar Falls when UNI hosts Illinois State. Both teams are 12-2 in the Valley and the Panthers won the […]
The speaker of the Iowa House and 21 of his GOP colleagues have introduced a bill that could delay or possibly derail proposed carbon pipeline projects in Iowa. Representative Steven Holt, a Republican from Denison, […]
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation arrested the Kingsley police chief Wednesday on five charges. The DCI says the Hinton police department requested an investigation of Kingsley chief James Dunn on February 13th. Dunn was […]
Heavy snow is falling across much of Iowa’s southern half as a Winter Storm Warning is posted for most of the region through tonight. Road conditions are deteriorating in many areas, and more than 60 […]
The Iowa House has approved a bill to prevent the statewide $133 million increase in residential property taxes that legislators say was the unintended consequence of a 2021 law. The fix cleared the Senate February […]
A bill to reinstate the death penalty in Iowa for kidnapping, raping and murdering a person under the age of 18 has cleared one hurdle in the Iowa Senate, but it faces key opposition in […]
A coalition of groups is celebrating the 15th anniversary of the state law that banned smoking in most public places and urging lawmakers to do more. Threase Harms of the Iowa Tobacco Prevention Alliance says […]
A fundraising campaign is underway to renovate a rare exhibit that’s captivated visitors to the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History for more than a century. The Laysan Island Cyclorama in Macbride Hall provides […]
Former Vice President Mike Pence is hosting an event in Cedar Rapids this afternoon focused on parental rights. Pence addressed the same topic this morning in Minneapolis. “Radical gender ideology has seeped into our classrooms,” […]
A northeast Iowa livestock company and four managers have been sentenced in federal court in a scheme to defraud livestock producers throughout Iowa and the Midwest. Fifty-one-year-old Joe Wickham of Waucoma, 65-year-old Charlie Lynch of […]
The state wrestling tournament is underway in Des Moines and a new format has been well received. The dual tournament was moved to early February at Xtream Arena in Coralville. Since 2012 it had been […]
The REFORM Alliance Iowa and Greater Des Moines Partnership are holding a unique job fair in central Iowa today. Organizer, Kameron Middlebrooks, says the event is for those who have a criminal record. “It’s targeting […]
A Winter Storm Warning extends across much of southern and eastern Iowa from Council Bluffs all the way to Dubuque. Meteorologist Craig Cogil, at the National Weather Service, says the snow will start falling in […]
A few legislators are working to merge proposals from Iowa’s governor and attorney general to boost sentences for fentanyl related crimes and make an overdose reversal medication more widely available. Dale Woolery, director of the […]
Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids is closing two programs, downsizing a third, and laying off 28 full and part-time workers. Both the dental technology and the energy production and distribution technologies programs were cut […]
A Monroe County man who was convicted of killing his brother has died after serving ten years of a 50-year prison sentence. The Department of Corrections says 85-year-old Richard Davis died from natural causes Monday […]
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