The races in Iowa’s first and third congressional districts are considered among the few competitive U.S. House races in the country and campaign spending in the two districts has skyrocketed to at least $50 million. […]

A website dedicated to the disappearance of former KIMT-TV news anchor Jodi Huisentruit reports Mason City authorities were recently in Minnesota to follow up on a tip related to the case. According to FindJodi.com, Mason […]

Many Iowans are bitterly divided over what results they’d like to see from tomorrow’s presidential election, and it’s causing stress between some co-workers, friends and family members. Instead of bickering about politics, psychologist Shilagh Mirgain […]

Iowa’s two major political parties are emphasizing different metrics as Election Day draws near — the new “Iowa Poll” showing Democrat Kamala Harris with a narrow lead and early voting stats showing Iowa Republicans with […]

A federal judge has rejected a bid to block Secretary of State Paul Pate’s order that election workers check the citizenship status of over two-thousand people who’ve registered to vote in Iowa. The judge said […]

State climatologist Justin Glisan says the rain across the state this week helped bump the month of October down the dry weather record book. “Up through the 29th we were about in the top five […]

The Winneshiek County Auditor is raising concerns about Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate’s order to challenge the ballots of over two-thousand Iowans flagged as potential non-citizens. Winneshiek County Auditor Benjamin Steines, in a written […]

Nearly 80,000 Iowans have become active registered voters in the past month based on data posted on the Iowa Secretary of State’s website this afternoon. As of today, Republicans have a 173,000 voter registration edge […]

Black Friday is four weeks from today, launching another holiday shopping season, but a University of Iowa study finds people who are lonely may find themselves unable to resist the impulse to buy. Marketing Professor […]

Emmet County — the 99th and final county in Iowa to have a confirmed case of Emerald Ash Borer — will be the site of a mid-November meeting about what’s next for ash trees in […]

The trapping season opens in Iowa Saturday with a DNR expert saying the prospects look good. Furbearer biologist Vince Evelsizer says some of the animals have managed the recent wet to dry weather swings better […]

The University of Iowa is seeking approval from the Board of Regents for a purchase that would give it full ownership of a downtown Iowa City mall. The purchase would cover the 45% of the […]

As we head into the final two months of 2024, typically the busiest months of the year for many retailers, a survey of business leaders in Iowa and eight other Midwestern states points to a […]

Well over half a million Iowans have already voted in this year’s election. Becky Bissell, president of the Iowa State Association of County Auditors, says that’s about 25% of registered voters. “We have been seeing […]

Creating a field of solar panels to generate power doesn’t have to mean taking farmland out of agricultural production. Mallory Tope, a policy associate with the Center for Rural Affairs, says “dual use solar” is […]

Secretary of State Paul Pate is being sued for directing election workers to challenge the ballots of over 2000 people who he says got a driver’s license when they were legal residents, but may not […]

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is exploring ways to address a national decline in the number of hunters, and to prevent the drop from happening here. DNR wildlife biologist Matt Dollison says Iowa has […]

A Grinnell-based insurance company is asking Iowa’s insurance commissioner to approve a restructuring plan so it can sell stock. The company was founded in 1909 in Greenfield as the Iowa Farmers Reinsurance Association, it moved […]