Sioux City school board hires law firm to investigate employee
The Sioux City School Board has voted to hire a Cedar Rapids law firm to conduct an investigation of a school employee without revealing the name of the employee or […]
Manchester officials OK plans for meat locker
The Manchester City Council has approved the site plan for a proposed custom meat processing facility in the city’s industrial park. Todd Summers owns and operates a meat locker in […]
After proper request, Sand says his office would investigate DMPS
State Auditor Rob Sand says he welcomes a request to audit Des Moines Public Schools, but state law does not give him the authority to launch an investigation on his […]
Increase in Iowa home sales, inventory in September
The Iowa Association of Realtors reports a 5.9% increase in the number of homes sold in September compared to the same month a year ago. Travis Bushaw, the president of […]
Experts meeting at Iowa Cancer Summit in Ankeny today
The Iowa Cancer Summit opens this morning in Ankeny. Kelly Sittig with the Iowa Cancer Consortium says it’s important as the state has the second-highest age-adjusted cancer incidence rate in […]
Demolition of former Delaware County Jail underway
The old Delaware County Jail is coming down. In 2019, Delaware County voters approved a bond issue for a new jail and that facility opened in mid-2021. The demolition of […]
Naig pegs pace of Iowa’s 2025 harvest as near normal
The corn and soybean harvest in Iowa is well underway, but since there’s a federal government shutdown, the USDA’s weekly report on Iowa crops wasn’t issued yesterday (Monday), or last […]
NWS cropland danger index ‘high’ in about half of Iowa
The National Weather Service says there’s a high risk of cropland fires in all or parts of over 50 Iowa counties this afternoon through sunrise tomorrow. A combine was destroyed […]
Coralville Democrat says he’ll run for US Senate in 2026
A lawyer who spent most of his career in Arizona and retired in Iowa four years ago says he plans to seek one of Iowa’s U.S. Senate seats in 2026. […]
Dry conditions return to Iowa after several weeks without
Iowa has ended a nine-week run where the U.S. Drought Monitor map showed no color for dryness of any kind. The DNR’s Jessica Reese McIntyre says the northwest, southern and […]