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Class 4A (2018 Record) 1. Johnston (34-6) 2. Western Dubuque (34-10) 3. Southeast Polk (29-11) 4. Cedar Rapids Prairie (31-9) 5. Dowling Catholic (28-12) 6. Urbandale (36-6) 7. Iowa City West (30-11) 8. Cedar Rapids […]

Iowa Democratic Party vice chair Andrea Phillips was reading ‘Shortest Way Home‘ by Pete Buttigieg in February when she had an idea. “You know, I am going to read all these books anyway, why don’t […]

Bill de Blasio says as the mayor of New York City, he understands how to go “toe-to-toe” against President Trump. “It’s not time to be Mr. Nice Guy,” deBlasio told a group of reporters in […]

Iowa’s unemployment remained unchanged in April. It was the tenth straight month that the unemployment rate held at 2.4%. Iowa Workforce Development says the flooding on the western side of the state has not yet […]

Quad Cities-based Deere and Company is reporting favorable second quarter earnings, despite Iowa farmers facing significant challenges from foul weather, poor commodity prices and international trade troubles. During a conference call this morning, Brent Norwood, […]

Three people are charged with animal neglect after more than 50 animals were removed from a house in Storm Lake on Wednesday. Police were notified by a neighbor about the conditions in the house, and […]

The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld the law that changed the bargaining rights of unions. The 2017 changes to the state bargaining rules ended payroll deductions for union dues and limited the number of topics […]

The Des Moines Register is reporting Vermeer Manufacturing is seeking nearly $6 million in state incentives as the company rebuilds from last year’s tornado. Vermeer’s Pella facilities were heavily damaged by a tornado last July. […]

Iowa State University researchers say the largest population of monarch butterflies in more than a decade could be headed to Iowa and the Midwest later this spring, prompting a good news-bad news scenario. Steve Bradbury, […]

The tornado recovery continues in Marshallton as the damaged dome atop the Marshall County Courthouse was taken down earlier this week. Marshall County Building and Grounds Director Lucas Baedke says it involved serval hours of […]