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Residents in the Sioux City area say their local community college needs to be more transparent about a $3 million settlement with 13 Chilean students who accused the school of human trafficking. Three other international […]

President Biden has issued a federal disaster declaration for eight counties that were struck by tornadoes on April 26. The presidential disaster declaration triggers assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Small Business […]

All the recent rain has helped keep pollen counts down in Iowa, but soon enough, the state’s allergy sufferers will be red-eyed, sneezing and sniffling. Dr. Ravi Johar, at UnitedHealthcare, says while the chilly winter […]

The Republican who’s challenging Congressman Randy Feenstra in next month’s GOP Primary says Feenstra is not conservative enough to represent the fourth district. Kevin Virgil cites Feenstra’s support for the six budget bills that passed […]

Planting progress was slowed again last week by wet conditions. The U.S.D.A. crop report says there just two days suitable for field work due to the rain. The amount of corn planted went from 47 […]

The groups Public Justice and the ACLU of Iowa are suing Black Hawk County and the Sheriff on behalf of a Waterloo woman and others who have been forced to sign agreements requiring them to […]

Iowa women’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder announced today she is retiring. Bluder issued a statement saying she had a range of emotions as she made the decision to step down after leading the Hawkeyes for […]

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is in New York City today, among a group of supporters who’ve joined Donald Trump at his trial. Bird endorsed Trump last October, the only statewide elected official to publicly […]

The Iowa Special Olympic Summer Games will get underway in Ames this week. Special Olympics spokesperson, Megan Filipi says the state summer games is their largest state competition of the whole year. “It’s our largest […]

An eastern Iowa city is starting a process today in hopes of getting rid of a smelly situation. The City of Dubuque says it had to store nearly two million gallons of waste in open […]

Hy-Vee is planning to close three of its grocery stores in Cedar Rapids, Waterloo and Davenport in June. Feed Iowa First spokesperson Emmaly Renshaw says the Hy-Vee in Cedar Rapids is one of the few […]

The governor has another week to sign or veto the remaining bills passed by the 2024 Iowa legislature. She’s already approved a billion dollar tax cut and the state spending plans for the fiscal year […]

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Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson is predicting the U.S. House Ag Committee will approve a Farm Bill with a provision that ensures Iowa hog confinement operators can sell their pork nationwide. Voters in Massachusetts and California […]

A western Iowa man is accused of murdering his wife. Police were called to the couple’s home early Friday night. According to the Iowa Department of Public Safety, first responders found 47-year-old Stacey Allen outside […]

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has assembled a task force of law enforcement officials and members of Iowa’s Jewish community to address acts of antisemitism in Iowa. “The things that we hear about, they’re not […]

Early May is peak migration time for birds and the Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge in northern Iowa is open through the weekend for drive-through tours. Erich Gilbert, the assistant manager at the refuge near […]

The Board of Regents heard the first reading of proposed tuition increases for the three state schools and approved increases in room and board rates at their meeting today. “The proposed based undergraduate resident tuition […]

The names of two Iowa policemen have been added to the Iowa Peace Officer Memorial on the state capitol grounds. Iowa Public Safety Commissioner Stephen Bayens hosted a ceremony at the site this morning. “This […]

An Adams County deputy sheriff has died in an off-duty accident at his part-time job. KCCI TV was first to report 34-year-old Nicholas Koeppe of Corning was driving an excavator over a bridge on private […]