Some Iowa polling places report heavy voter turnout, driven primarily by city council and school board elections. Also, 56 bond issues are on ballots statewide, to fund a total of
The dean of the College of Agriculture at Cornell University is one of the two finalists to replace Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen, who is retiring. Benjamin Houlton is
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he’s starting to see encouraging signs that a resolution may be near to end the federal government shutdown, now in its 35th day. Grassley says
The National Association of Counties is encouraging county officials — and all Americans — to participate in Operation Green Light for Veterans this week and many county office buildings in
The final numbers are tallied and state climatologist Justin Glisan says the just-ended month of October ended up being much warmer and drier than usual. “Overall, the temperature was about
The camp in eastern Iowa’s Jones County that’s enjoyed by nearly 10,000 kids and adults with disabilities every year will soon be under new leadership. Monticello native Craig Stadtmueller is
Food banks across Iowa are seeing exceptionally high demand since SNAP payments temporarily ended this past weekend due to the federal government shutdown. Julia Nelson, with the Hamilton County Social
Congressman Randy Feenstra says he’ll join other House Republicans to meet by phone this morning to review the Trump Administration’s response to federal judges who ordered the government to pay
Investigators say a house fire in Le Mars was likely caused by charging lithium batteries. Firefighters were called to a home on the southwest side of Le Mars early Saturday
Temperatures have already been dipping below freezing in several Iowa cities, prompting some of us to bring our space heaters out of storage to warm up our homes at night.
