A local business owner with plans to renovate a 77-year-old building in downtown Algona is getting a $100,000 state grant for the project, along with $100,000 in matching funds from
A retail chain that’s been a shopping mall staple for ear piercing and jewelry purchases is closing nearly 300 stores nationwide, including three in Iowa. Claire’s has filed for bankruptcy
Harvest season will be starting soon and forecasts predict Iowa will have a record corn crop, which would bring a drop in prices. Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig says he’s
The northwest Iowa town of Graettinger is hosting its 130th Labor Day celebration, starting Friday and running through the weekend, Iowa’s oldest such festival. Event chairman Phillip Schmitt says the
A leader in Iowa’s hospitality industry says most Iowa restaurants, bars and pubs are struggling financially and up to 600 may close this year. Iowa Restaurant Association president and CEO
While the University of Iowa’s football team opens its season on Saturday, all 18 of the Big Ten conference schools are entering a competition today to see which campus can
Jim Carlin, running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by fellow Republican Joni Ernst, says he’d sponsor a bill to ensure law-abiding gun owners with a state-issued permit to
Community leaders in the Sioux City metro are urging the governors of Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota to lobby for federal funding for a project at Sioux City’s airport. The
Officials with an Iowa nonprofit say nearly $2-million in federal grant money is now gone that was supposed to go to state projects for addressing pollution, public health and climate
Since most schools are already in session, Iowans who have kids at home may be sticking close by for the Labor Day weekend, but many others will be taking off
