The 2025 Iowa legislative session begins Monday and a key lawmaker plans to propose a moratorium on new casinos in Iowa. Representative Bobby Kaufmann’s bill would ultimately block the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission from […]
Nominations are now being taken for the 2025 Iowa Character Awards, to recognize Iowans who go above and beyond as leaders, volunteers and role models in their communities. Amy Smit is spokeswoman for Character Counts […]
The state Appeals Court has upheld a Cedar Rapids man’s murder convictions in the shooting death of his father, mother, and sister in June of 2021. Alexander Jackson was found guilty of three counts of […]
Republican Congresswoman Ashley Hinson of Marion is expecting votes in the U.S. House in early spring on the policies President-elect Trump is pressing congress to pass as quickly as possible. “Whatever path forward gets us […]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes a critical habitat zone to protect endangered freshwater mussels along part of Iowa’s southeastern border. The plan to protect “spectaclecase” mussels covers four-thousand miles of rivers in 17 […]
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating after the contents of a semi-trailer were spilled in a fire at the I-80 eastbound rest area near Adair Tuesday. The DNR says the semi owned by […]
The 2025 Iowa legislature convenes Monday and Republicans have kept their House and Senate leadership teams in place. House Democrats will have the same leader, but there’s a new Senate Minority Leader. Senate Minority Leader […]
Iowans who bundle up to brave the evening chill will be able to see a relatively rare event in the January night sky, what some are calling the Parade of Planets. Allison Jaynes, a physics […]
An Iowan has first-hand knowledge of the problems firefighters in California are facing as wildfires rapidly consume homes and everything else. Ryan Schlater works in the DNR’s Wildfire Program and was on an assignment in […]
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley — the only current member of congress who was serving when Jimmy Carter was president — says Carter was a man of many talents. “Now he and I were bit by […]
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is taking applications now for a tree planting program that’s designed to benefit disadvantaged schools across the state. Chip Murrow, an urban forestry program specialist at the DNR, says […]
After helping propel Northern Iowa to a historic defeat of No. 4 Nebraska, Trever Anderson has been named Big 12 Wrestler of the Week. The Ankeny, Iowa native defeated fifth-ranked and reigning All-American Caleb Smith […]
A nonprofit group will represent Ann Selzer and her polling company free of charge against a lawsuit brought by President-elect Donald Trump. The suit, filed last month, alleges Selzer’s Iowa Poll in the Des Moines […]
University of Northern Iowa administrators are asking the state Board of Regents for the O.K. to demolish a 75-year-old dorm and to approve buying an apartment complex that’s adjacent to the Cedar Falls campus. UNI […]
A traveling museum exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution that focuses on innovation in rural America is now open in Newton, the third of four host cities in Iowa. Erin Chambers, the city’s community development director, […]
Forecasters say Iowa may not see temperatures above 32-degrees again for at least another week, and prolonged exposure to extreme cold can cause all sorts of havoc for our bodies — and for our cell […]
More farmers reported higher levels of stress last year compared to 2022 in the latest Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll, which surveyed nearly 950 farmers statewide. Most of the respondents were men and 66 […]
A house fire Tuesday morning in the western Iowa town of Menlo claimed the life of an elderly woman. The first Menlo firefighter on the scene banged on the exterior walls and windows of the […]
The latest Iowa Business Council survey finds “a significant increase in optimism” about the economy among some of the state’s largest employers. The council represents 21 Iowa-based companies that employ over 160,000 people, with a […]
Most Iowans know if you eat right and exercise, it’s good for your health, but researchers at the University of Iowa want to take that common knowledge to the next level. Lucas Carr, a professor […]
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