Cedar Rapids to host Scarecrow Festival to fight hunger
A fundraising effort in eastern Iowa later this month will feature dozens of straw-stuffed scarecrows with the goal of scaring up awareness and donations to help feed the hungry. Cynthia […]
Librarians from across Iowa converging on Sioux City for conference
Sioux City is hosting the Iowa Library Association State Conference today. Sioux City public libraries director Helen Rigdon says she’s been working on bringing it to western Iowa again since […]
Board accepts resignation of detained Iowa superintendent
The U.S. Justice Department will investigate whether the Des Moines school district has prioritized race-based hiring practices rather than evaluating job applicants based on merit. That announcement came amid Tuesday’s […]
Des Moines superintendent resigns after immigration arrest
The superintendent who’s in a western Iowa jail after being arrested by immigration agents last Friday is fighting a deportation order, but not his dismissal from Des Moines public schools. […]
UI researcher applauds Iowa’s drop in chronic absenteeism
A University of Iowa education professor who studies why students skip school says she’s encouraged by a new report on a hefty drop in absenteeism in Iowa’s schools, though she […]
Big jackpot helps Iowa Lottery sales in new fiscal year
Iowa Lottery CEO Matt Strawn says sales for the new fiscal year are off to a good start in the first two months of the fiscal year at more than […]
Iowa Department of Revenue’s website update in final phase
Iowa Department of Revenue director Mary Mosiman says the project to modernize the agency’s computer system is in the fifth and final year. “It started in 2020 to modernize Iowa’s […]
State climatologist to cover some NWS functions during gov’t shutdown
State Climatologist Justin Glisan says during a federal government shut down he and other state climatologists around the country will pitch in and cover some National Weather Service functions. “We’ve […]
Iowa harvest off to good start with dry weather
The U.S.D.A. crop report says warm weather helped crops mature and the early harvest is running ahead of last year. The report says 15% of the corn is harvested statewide […]
Senator Grassley blames ‘radical activists’ for looming government shutdown
The federal government faces a widespread shutdown at midnight tonight due to a partisan impasse over spending and health care, while Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, a Republican, says “Democrats are […]