April wetter and warmer than normal
State Climatologist Justin Glisan says April brought the showers the state needs. “We’re actually about eight-tenths of an inch above average and particularly wet across southeastern Iowa and northwestern Iowa, […]
Governor signs $1 billion cut in Iowa income taxes
Governor Kim Reynolds has approved the plan that will shrink Iowa’s individual income tax to a single rate of 3.8% next year. Lawmakers say it will amount to a billion […]
Eastern Iowa Honor Flight makes 50th trip to Washington, D.C.
Veterans from across Iowa are in Washington ,D.C. today as part of the 50th Eastern Iowa Honor Flight. The trip honors 99-year-old World War Two Veteran Mike Wilson. Wilson tells […]
Iowa’s B1G basketball opponents announced
The Big Ten Conference announced the single and double play opponents for each of the 18 teams for the 2024-25 season. Among the 20-game conference slate, the Iowa Hawkeyes will […]
Healthcare companies merge, launch rebranding with new name
A healthcare company that’s familiar in northeast Iowa is changing its name. Gundersen Health Systems has merged with Bellin Health. Both are based in Wisconsin. The company will now be […]
Advocates cheer as governor signs two cancer-related bills into law
Governor Reynolds has signed two insurance-related bills into law this morning. One requires that insurance plans cover diagnostic tests like MRIs that are used to detect breast cancer. Forty-nine-year-old Kimberly […]
10.2% of Iowa executive branch job descriptions require 4 year degree
A spokesman for Governor Reynolds says about 10 percent of state government job classifications require a bachelor’s degree. Kollin Crompton, the governor’s spokesman, is responding to State Auditor Rob Sand’s […]
Camera-equipped planes are flying over Iowa’s tornado damaged areas
The Iowa Wing of the Civil Air Patrol, or CAP, is in the air and surveying storm damage from the April 26th tornadoes that struck western and central Iowa. Colonel […]
Sand touts rewriting state job descriptions to eliminate ‘paper ceiling’
State Auditor Rob Sand says he’s worked with a non-profit group and identified more than two dozen state job classifications that could be rewritten to widen the pool of applicants. […]
Statewide event next week aims to get kids walking, biking to school
National Walk, Bike, and Roll to School Day is one week from today on May 8th and organizers in Iowa say this year’s event promises to be the biggest yet. […]
