The Iowa SIDS Foundation is trying to raise awareness of proper sleeping environments for babies after a big increase in deaths. Foundation executive director Casey Manser says Sudden Infant Death Syndrome happens to babies who […]
NextEra Energy’s chief executive says the company is exploring whether it could reopen the nuclear power plant in eastern Iowa that was closed down four years ago. “We are currently evaluating the recommissioning of our […]
A retired physician and educator from eastern Iowa is releasing a book about her experiences as the mother of a dependent 38-year-old son who has developmental and cognitive disabilities. Maureen McCue, a former University of […]
Winnebago Industries is laying off 33 workers from its Forest City plant next month. The company disclosed the layoffs on a state website where companies report layoffs. About a third of Winnebago’s 6100 workers are […]
The Iowa Department of Transportation says you can now load your Iowa driver’s license or ID to Apple Wallet on your iPhone and Apple Watch. Once you do that you can present the ID in […]
The map released this morning by the U.S. Drought Monitor shows -all- of Iowa is again experiencing some level of drought. Last week’s map showed about two-and-a-half percent of the state was still in the […]
Halloween is one of the deadliest nights of the year for pedestrians, according to a University of Iowa researcher who studies how to make roads, sidewalks and crossings safer. Elizabeth O’Neal, a UI professor of […]
Law enforcement crisis negotiators from around the state are in Sioux City this week to train and compete against each other in the 11th annual Iowa Hostage and Crisis Negotiator Conference. Sergeant Michael Clyde of […]
As drought conditions worsen across the state, one southwestern Iowa community is enacting tighter water conservation restraints. By unanimous vote Tuesday night, the Shenandoah City Council enacted what it calls Stage 4 water rationing. City […]
Republican Congresswoman Ashley Hinson of Marion says she supports efforts to ensure women have access to over-the-counter birth control, but she’s raising concerns about a Biden Administration proposal. It would require insurance companies to cover […]
The League of United Latin American Citizens is asking Iowa’s secretary of state for his list of 2022 people who’ve registered to vote, but will be required to cast provisional ballots. Secretary of State Paul […]
Twenty-nine skilled nursing facilities in Iowa are under new ownership following the closing of a transaction this month. Officials with ABCM of Hampton have sold their facilities to the Chicago-based private equity firm, Cascade Capital […]
Retail studies find consumer spending on Halloween is into the billions of dollars and is second only to Christmas, but Iowans don’t have to scare themselves into exceeding their budgets. Lisa Schiller, with the Better […]
The pheasant season opens this Saturday and DNR Wildlife Biologist Todd Bogenshutz says their survey shows the wet spring did have some impact on bird numbers. “Counts were down 14% statewide. So we were 23 […]
Iowa Secretary of State Paul says a recent review of Iowa voter registration lists for at least the past six elections found over 150 people who admitted they are not U.S. citizens and are ineligible […]
Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz today said quarterbacks Cade McNamara and Brendan Sullivan are both doing well in practice, but Ferentz is not making a quarterback change for Saturday’s game against Northwestern. “Game competition factors in […]
Iowans in nearly 60 counties will be voting next month on various projects that would be paid for through bond issues. One of the largest such votes is in central Iowa’s Story County, where $25-million […]
Watching the leaves turn color and carving pumpkins are fall traditions in Iowa and fishing for trout has become one as well. DNR Regional Fisheries Supervisor, Mike Siepker says they get a lot of positive […]
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is part of a legal effort to block regulations in Massachusetts that ban the sale of pork from pigs kept in tightly confined spaces. “We’re leading a big coalition of […]
It wasn’t exactly a downpour but it was better than a sprinkle, as parts of Iowa saw measurable rainfall early this morning for the first time in a long time. Meteorologist Brooke Hagenhoff, at the […]
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