Keep Iowa Beautiful ready to pick up trash for 25th year
Keep Iowa Beautiful is now signing up volunteers for its annual Pick-Up Iowa event. Executive Director Andy Franz says this is the 25th year of volunteers picking up trash along […]
Some Iowa Fareway stores now selling Powerball, Mega Millions tickets at checkouts
The Iowa Lottery announced the roll out today of quick-pick Powerball and Mega Millions tickets you can buy at the cash register checkout in some Fareway grocery stores. Lottery spokesperson […]
Iowa House votes to let 8th graders play varsity sports during school year
Iowa school boards could decide to let eighth graders play high school sports *during the school year* under a bill that’s passed the House. Representative Skyler Wheeler of Hull is […]
Only hours remain in ISU drive to ‘give the gift of life’
One of the largest student-run blood drives in the country is underway this afternoon at Iowa State University. Emily Holley, spokeswoman for the central Iowa chapter of the American Red […]
One person dead in Sioux City accident
One person died in an accident Tuesday at the intersection of Highway 75 and C-80 near Sioux City at the Plymouth County border. Sioux City Police Sergeant Tom Gill says […]
Drake’s Dinnebier repeats as MVC Player-of-the-Year
For the second-straight year, Drake’s Katie Dinnebier has earned the Jackie Stiles Trophy as the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year. Dinnebier is the eighth player in Drake program […]
Iowa’s electric vehicle charger program part of federal pause
The Director of the Iowa Department of Transportation says they have seen some federal programs put on pause. Scott Marler says that includes the New Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program. “They […]
Governor’s plan to cut an Iowa business tax clears senate subcommittee
A bill that’s cleared an Iowa Senate subcommittee would cut taxes that businesses pay to cover unemployment benefits when people get laid off from their jobs. Governor Reynolds says Iowa’s […]
Quad Cities-made canoe featured in documentary premiering in Iowa tonight
A documentary about an ambitious canoe trip will make its Iowa debut tonight in Davenport. The film called “Columbia River Canoe Project” is about two young Montana men who make […]
UI to close its three residential student identity based communities
The University of Iowa is ending three of its identity-based residential communities, acting on orders from the U.S. Department of Education. Three of the UI’s so-called Living Learning Communities will […]