Democrats: workers losing jobs from plant closures should get up to 39 weeks of unemployment Senate Democrats are proposing an extension of unemployment benefits for workers at a Perry pork plant who’ll be laid off […]
The Ankeny-based Casey’s convenience store chain continues adding more stores in the third quarter of its fiscal year. Senior Vice President of Business Development Brian Johnson talked about it in an investor update on the […]
State and federal candidates who want to be included on the June Primary ballots for Republicans and for Democrats face a 5 p.m. deadline today to deliver their nomination petitions to the Secretary of State’s […]
The Iowa DNR continues to investigate a fertilizer spill at the New Cooperative near Red Oak that has moved down the East Nishnabotna River. DNR environmental specialist Brent Martens says the approximately 15-hundred tons of […]
Republican leaders in the state legislature say they’re open to moving a key deadline for local school officials who are developing budgets for the next school year. Those budget plans must be done by April […]
A new report places Iowa in the middle of the pack in terms of the state’s preparedness for emergencies — from weather disasters to disease outbreaks to terrorist attacks. Dr. Nadine Gracia, president and CEO […]
The Wartburg College women’s basketball team is two wins away from a national championship. The Knights play Smith College tonight in the NCAA Division III Final Four in Columbus, Ohio. It is the third Final […]
A bill to reduce the taxes Iowa businesses pay into the state fund that pays out unemployment benefits is advancing in the House, but Republican Representative Dave Deyoe of Nevada said they’re seeking a detailed […]
Iowa State guard Curtis Jones says the seventh ranked Cyclones have focused on offense as they get ready for Tonight’s quarterfinal round game against Kansas State at the Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City. In […]
Drake junior guard Kaire Dennebier has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year. Dennebier averages 18 points and seven assists for a Bulldog team that will bid for a second straight Missouri […]
The state’s largest food bank plans to host a series of regional roundtable meetings, starting later this month, to address Iowa’s hunger problem. Annette Hacker is spokeswoman for the Food Bank of Iowa, which serves […]
The Iowa House has approved a bill that sets up a state school safety grant program and, if a companion bill becomes law, it could provide stipends to school staff who get a professional permit […]
The remains of an eastern Iowa man who went missing during a World War Two battle in France have been identified. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency recently updated the identification of Army Private First Class […]
A Republican senator is using his authority to block consideration of a bill that critics say could make in vitro fertilization illegal in Iowa. Under current law, there are criminal penalties for terminating a human […]
A House committee has approved a bill with guidelines for a limited revival of state incentives for movies and TV shows filmed in Iowa, but the original version has been altered. The plan no longer […]
A 911 dispatcher from northeast Iowa and two area residents are being honored for their efforts during an incident last November. A suspect in a shooting at a grocery store in Monticello was spotted in […]
A former IKM-Manning teacher has received the maximum prison sentence on multiple felony charges for sexual misconduct with students. A Carroll County District Court judge sentenced 24-year-old Cassidy Sue Kraus (Branning) to 33 years in […]
The U.S. House passed a bill this morning calling on the video app TikTok to divest itself from the Chinese company ByteDance to remain available in the U.S. Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, a Republican from […]
A bill that would have let state agency budgets be audited by private CPA firms rather than the State Auditor’s Office has stalled in the Iowa House. It was the first bill Republicans in the […]
The CEO of the Iowa Pork Producers Association says the pending closure of the Tyson pork plant in Perry will not only lead to lost jobs, but will also put a strain on producers. Association […]
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