The dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is smaller this year, primarily because the Mississippi River basin is so dry, the waterway is moving less water and carrying fewer
The State Board of Education today approved the permanent rules for state-funded Education Savings Accounts for private school expenses. Board attorney Thomas Mayes says they replace the emergency rules created
Iowa Congreswoman Ashley Hinson says it’s critical that the U.S. support Taiwan with military hardware as China threatens the independently-governed island. Taiwan produces 60% of the world’s supply of computer
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is applauding legislation that’s passed the House and Senate which aims to break up the monopoly that controls how donated organs are delivered — or not
It appears cyberhackers may’ve hit a hospital in southeast Iowa. The Jefferson County Health Center in Fairfield is alerting patients that private information may have been compromised. The health center
Court records show two southeast Iowa women have been accused of breaking into a home and assaulting a man two weeks ago. The Ottumwa Police Department says 43-year-old Emily Schlotter
The board that governs the three state universities approved budgets for the schools that includes $1.66 billion in general operating expenses at their meeting Wednesday. University of Iowa President Barbara
The Iowa State Fair begins one week from today, with a new manager who’s only the 13th person in the fair’s 169 year history to serve in that role. Jeremy
Reynolds sends 109 Iowa National Guard soldiers to Texas More than 100 Iowa National Guard soldiers are on their way to Texas to provide security at the southern border Governor
The Board of Regents has approved a request by the University of Northern Iowa to hire an outside company to run the campus bookstore in Cedar Falls. UNI’s Michael Hager
