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The 2024 Iowa legislative session has begun with moments of silence to acknowledge the victims of last Thursday’s shooting at Perry High School — and House and Senate leaders are promising to focus on school […]

After three consecutive winters dominated by the La Niña weather pattern, we’re now a few weeks into an El Niño winter, which state climatologist Justin Glisan says could very well mean significant changes ahead for Iowa’s […]

Iowa’s fleet of snow plows and trucks is ready for the first big statewide blast of winter. Craig Bargfrede, the winter operations administrator for the Iowa Department of Transportation, says the approaching storm is expected […]

Forecasters say the approaching winter storm threatens to bring heavy snowfall to much of Iowa, with wide areas of the state expecting up to a foot of snow, along with strong winds that could make […]

The 2024 Iowa legislative session begins later this morning, with more tax cuts at the top of the majority party’s agenda. Republican Governor Kim Reynolds will outline her priorities during a speech at the Capitol […]

Former President Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis say they’re counting on hundreds of precinct level volunteers to spur turn-out in the Iowa Caucuses next Monday, despite frigid temperatures in the forecast. Trump told a […]

The Iowa DCI has released more information on the shooting at Perry High School today. The information says the State Medical Examiner performed and autopsy on the Perry Middle School student who was killed. The […]

Iowa business groups are calling for passage of new state tax incentives for “Major Economic Growth Attraction or “MEGA” sites where a business spends at least $1 billion, House Speaker Pat Grassley has an idea […]

A Gaza, Iowa native who is a former Army Ranger and CIA operations officer announced he is running against Republican incumbent Fourth District Congressman Randy Feenstra. Kevin Virgil says growing up in northwest Iowa’s O’Brien […]

Two Iowa business groups are asking state legislators to let foreign businesses buy vast tracts of Iowa farmland for massive facilities focused on manufacturing, biosciences or research. The bill would lift the 320 acre limit […]

American teenagers are heavy users of social media, which is often associated with a decline in their mental health, but a report on social media’s impact says the connection is more complicated. Douglas Gentile, a […]

Some Iowans are itching to forget about winter and instead think ahead to springtime and planning out their gardens. The Iowa State University Extension is offering a series of free home gardening webinars starting next […]

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy was scheduled to have a campaign event in Perry about an hour after today’s shooting at Perry’s high school, so Ramaswamy said he prayed with the people who showed up […]

Authorities say a 6th grader was killed and five other people were wounded during a shooting this morning in Perry High School and the 17-year-old suspect, who was a student at the school, died of […]

Another group of Iowa National Guard soldiers is deploying to Kosovo. The Iowa National Guard says 20 soldiers with the 186th Military Police Company out of Camp Dodge in Johnston will deploy this Sunday. There […]

Waterloo’s mayor says for his city to continue to grow, its transportation issues need to be addressed in the years to come. In his 2030 vision plan for the city, Mayor Quentin Hart points to […]

The leader of Iowa’s largest food bank is urging Iowa lawmakers to provide state funding for the six major food banks in Iowa. Michelle Book is president and CEO of the Food Bank of Iowa, […]

The Dallas County Sheriff says they’ve identified the person who fired several shots inside Perry High School about 15 minutes before school was to start this morning. Dallas County Sheriff Adam Infante spoke with reporters […]

A Dubuque County landmark will get a significant overhaul this year as the rebuilding of the Centennial Cross is scheduled to start soon. Also known as the Blue Cross, it’s located in the town of […]

Governor Kim Reynolds didn’t share any clues about her tax and spending plans as she hosted an online hearing about the state budget this afternoon, but groups that have lobbied for tax cuts in the […]