The revitalization of an Iowa State University icon is set to begin this summer. ISU campus planner Chris Strawhacker says work will begin in a few months on renovating Lake
Legislators have overwhelmingly voted to permanently make most child care workers in Iowa, regardless of their income, eligible for state assistance to cover child care costs for their own kids.
A bill that’s cleared the legislature was inspired by an Iowa women getting a divorce who was changing her last name, too. Senator Janet Petersen of Des Moines said the
The Iowa Senate has expanded a bill that would make it a crime to lie about academic credentials to get a job. Earlier this month the House voted to set
Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig has announced half a million dollars’ worth of “Choose Iowa” grants are going to 30 Iowa-based operations that sell food and Iowa-made products. “Everything from
The National Weather Service is offering four more storm spotter training sessions in Iowa this spring in hopes of recruiting more helpers to keep an eye on the sky. Emmet
A group of western Iowans are sending help to ranchers in west central Nebraska after recent wildfires burned up nearly 900,000 acres in the Sandhills. Seth Smith, who raises cattle
The USDA eliminated a grant program last week that aimed to help underserved producers grow resources. The now-cancelled Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program began funding 50 projects in
A three-month project to clean up Iowa’s waterways, roadways and neighborhoods will launch this week, and more helpers are needed. Andy Frantz, executive director of Keep Iowa Beautiful, says the
From Dubuque to Sioux City and Shenandoah to Burlington, thousands of Iowans in over 50 cities and towns participated in Saturday’s nationwide “No Kings” protests. The first series of nationwide
