After last month turned out to be Iowa’s driest September on record, October’s shaping up to be just as dry and the drought conditions are worsening. The new map from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows […]

Hospitals across Iowa and nationwide are working to conserve supplies of intravenous fluid packets as one of the main suppliers of IVs, based in western North Carolina, was damaged and shut down by Hurricane Helene. […]

Both of Iowa’s U.S. Senators have signed onto a letter asking federal agents to investigate whether pro-Palestinian groups on college campuses are linked to Hamas. Senator Chuck Grassley said he’s concerned Hamas is using “Students […]

A study requested by the Iowa Legislature from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources estimates the benefit of deer in the state far exceeds the damage done to crops and cars. DNR State deer biologist […]

Iowa now has a second Safe Haven baby box where an unwanted newborn baby can be turned over. Safe Haven founder Monica Kelsey says the box adds something to Iowa’s existing law. “The Safe Haven […]

FEMA plans to close the state’s last two Disaster Recovery Centers in Clay and Sioux County this Saturday at 5:30 p.m. FEMA spokesman Chad McCormick says there has been a lot of work done. “It’s […]

Iowans who have loved ones in central Florida are being encouraged to give blood in their honor, as hospitals in that region are overwhelmed following Wednesday night’s strike by Hurricane Milton. Shay Willis, at LifeServe […]

Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says she’s willing to return to Washington to approve more funding for FEMA, but Ernst says there’s been no request from the agency for more money. “These folks are facing horrible, […]

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has gone to court to try to block a new federal rule on staffing at long term care facilities that she says will force the “mass shutdown” of nursing homes […]

Reports say at least three-million customers in central Florida are without power after Hurricane Milton slammed ashore last night, bringing heavy rain, flooding and multiple tornadoes. Des Moines-based MidAmerican Energy has a 70-member disaster response […]

Forecasters say the summer-like weather will have a last hurrah today and tomorrow before we fall headlong into the more seasonable chill of autumn, with a frost and freeze likely early next week. Meteorologist Craig […]

The Iowa Department of Transportation has awarded the first round of funding for the National Electric Vehicles Infrastructure program to create a network of electric vehicle charging stations. The DOT’s Deb Arp says the federal […]

A farmer who’s a spokesman for South Dakota landowners who oppose the Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline says his state is “the firewall” that could stop the project. “Summit has nothing in South Dakota at this […]

Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson is defending her social media comments that Americans hit by Hurricane Helene were “left in the lurch” because FEMA funding was used for illegal immigration. The Administration and FEMA have pushed […]

Ryan Melton, the Democrat running against Republican Congressman Randy Feenstra, says the U.S. should support Israel’s defense and its response to the October 7 attacks, but there should be limits. “Hamas is horrible. Everything that […]

More than 30 bikers and residents recently came together to cut the ribbon on the completed paving of the final stretch of the Cedar Valley Nature Trail. It comes on the 40-year anniversary of the […]