Drake set to open PFL race by hosting Valparaiso
Drake could regain the services of starting quarterback Chase Spellman when the Bulldogs open the Pioneer League Football race at home on Saturday against Valparaiso. Spellman suffered an upper body […]
William Penn set to host defending NAIA champ Grand View
Off to a 5-0 start and with their highest national ranking since 2016 William Penn faces a major test on Saturday when the 20th ranked Statesmen host top ranked and […]
Iowa officials urge USDA to move research projects to Ames
Governor Kim Reynolds and Iowa’s congressional delegation are calling on U.S. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins to relocate USDA research projects to central Iowa. Iowa was not included in the plan […]
Iowa’s forecast hardly feels like fall after hot, dry September
The calendar says October but Iowa’s forecast says August. The National Weather Service predicts much of the state will see high temperatures in the upper 80s today, low 90s likely […]
Sheffield woman takes lead role at Iowa FFA Foundation
A state legislator from north-central Iowa is being named the new executive director of the Iowa FFA Foundation. Shannon Latham of Sheffield says she brings 30 years of experience spanning […]
Iowa Senate leader says pipeline issue’s not going away
The Iowa Senate’s new Majority Leader says the proposed Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline was “front and center” in conversations he had with his fellow Senate Republicans before they elected him […]
Survey shows Iowa factories and farms suffering under trade tariffs
The latest survey of supply managers in Iowa and eight other Midwestern states shows the economy sagging under the weight of retaliatory tariffs, as the region’s manufacturing sector sheds jobs […]
Iowa delegation reacts to government shutdown
Iowa’s Republican-led congressional delegation is calling for an end to the federal government shutdown that began at midnight. Senator Joni Ernst says Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is the “non-essential […]
Iowa Attorney General says officers justified in shooting death of Missouri man
The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has cleared officers from the State Patrol, Council Bluffs police and Pottawattamie County in the shooting death of a Missouri man. The Attorney General’s report […]
Agency gives Iowa Senator gov’t shutdown impact report
Senator Joni Ernst has obtained a Congressional Budget Office report showing about 750,000 federal employees are likely furloughed today. The agency previously estimated the 2019 government shutdown — which lasted […]