More than 500 Iowans have already requested tickets from the U.S. Navy to witness the commissioning of the nation’s newest submarine — named for the state of Iowa. Mat Tanner, a retired Navy Chief submariner […]

A state law that went into effect on New Year’s Day now allows the transfer of motor vehicle titles to be registered in any county. Previous law required title changes to be registered in the […]

The incoming chairman of the Iowa Senate Education Committee says he supports “anything that expands access to preschool.” Republican Senator Lynn Evans is a retired superintendent from Aurelia. “If we’re serious about improving early childhood […]

The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department has filed multiple charges against a man involved in a New Year’s Eve shooting in Pomeroy that sent two people to the hospital. Information from the Sheriff’s Department says Nicholas […]

Blood from eastern Iowa donors may already be helping survivors to recover from the New Year’s Day terrorist attack in New Orleans. Amanda Hess, spokeswoman for ImpactLife in Davenport, says they’re part of a national […]

A Tennessee man has been charged in the accident involving the Iowa State University Marching Band. The Cyclone Marching Band’s charter bus was hit Monday by a private school bus near Chattanooga, Tennessee as the […]

A group called the “Gold Star Living History Detachment” tries to add more life to the exhibits at the Iowa Gold Star Museum at Camp Dodge in Johnson. David Mallake of Norwalk says they wear […]

A Snow Squall Warning was issued this morning for parts of western and central Iowa, due to visibility being greatly reduced by heavy snow. The Iowa DOT says many roads across Iowa’s western half are […]

Iowa-born astronaut Peggy Whitson is scheduled to command another two-week mission to the International Space Station in the new year ahead, though the launch date hasn’t yet been released. Whitson will turn 65 in February, […]

A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver said there are “signs of progress” as Whitver, the top Republican in the Iowa Senate, continues treatment for a brain tumor. Last May, Whitver announced that he […]

2025 has arrived and the experts say about eight in ten New Year’s resolutions are broken before the second week in February, and one popular vow many Iowans likely made last night is to lose […]

Four northwest Iowa organizations are co-sponsoring a “Winter Women in Nature Day” on Saturday, January 11. “It’s going to be down in Oneota Park at Oneota Cabin down in Spencer,” says Amy Heibult of the […]

Senator Chuck Grassley is the longest serving Republican in congressional history and, when the Senate convenes Friday, Grassley will again have the title of Senate President Pro Tempore. The post goes to the longest-serving senator […]

New Year’s Day is a time for reflection, resolutions and renewal, but for some Iowans, it’s just another blah, boring winter day to hole up inside, which could be a sign of Seasonal Affective Disorder, […]

State Ombudsman Bernardo Granwehr’s annual report on the complaints and inquiries to his office for 2024 shows a slight drop. “My office opened over 5,700 cases, which is a slight decrease from fiscal year 2023 […]

The number of Iowa kindergartners who have received the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine has dropped in recent years. According to the latest data from the health policy organization KFF, 93% of Iowa kindergarteners […]

New Year’s Eve is one of the most dangerous nights of the year to be on the road due to the risk posed by impaired drivers, and Iowans are being reminded to make responsible choices. […]

The Iowa State Patrol is running a Critical Accident Reduction Effort or CARE through the New Year. Trooper Paul Gardner says they have extra officers on the roadways. “And the goal of this initiative is […]

One of the most common New Year’s resolutions is to quit smoking, and a survey finds 70-percent of Iowa smokers -want- to quit, while 50-percent will -try- to quit in the year ahead. There are […]