Hiawatha-based quilting machine maker celebrates five decades in operation
An eastern Iowa company that offers innovations for the quilting industry is marking its 50th year in business this week with a series of events, give-aways, classes and celebrations. Melissa […]
Governor says 2025 focus will be on cuts in local property taxes
Governor Kim Reynolds has not announced whether she intends to seek reelection in 2026, but she is giving a few hints about her 2025 policy agenda. Reynolds held a campaign […]
Trump’s Iowa victory margin largest in decades, Democrats assess 2024 ‘gut punch’
Donald Trump won all but five counties in Iowa and Republicans gained seats in the Iowa legislature in this week’s election. Iowa Democratic Party chair Rita Hart has issued a […]
DNR continuing study of gray fox population
The Iowa DNR is in its second year of a pilot study on the gray fox. DNR wildlife biologist Vince Evelsizer says the animal’s numbers have been dropping. “The reason […]
Sioux City food bank gets donation that’s simply bee-utiful
Folks are positively buzzing at the Food Bank of Siouxland in Sioux City after getting a sweet donation. Food Bank executive director Jacob Wanderscheid says they received more than 6,000 […]
UNI-Dome modernization plan includes wider seats
The first phase of a plan to modernize the 48-year-old UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls was completed last month and the board that governs the University of Northern Iowa has approved […]
SE Iowa man arrested on 1,000+ child porn charges
A southeast Iowa man faces more than one-thousand charges after investigators allegedly found a large amount of child pornography in his possession. Court records say 22-year-old Hunter Bresch of Ottumwa […]
Troopers: Driver, 91, dies in four-vehicle crash he caused
The Iowa State Patrol says a wrong-way driver is to blame for a fatal crash involving four vehicles on Thursday night. Troopers say a car driven by an elderly Minnesota […]
Search for suspect is underway after airplane is hit with laser over SW Iowa
Authorities in southwest Iowa’s Cass County are searching for a suspect in the Massena area after someone apparently shined a laser at an airplane on Thursday night. The FAA says […]
Help is available for Iowa’s thousands of dementia patient caregivers
The approaching holiday season can be the hardest time of the year for many of the 100,000 Iowans who are caring for a loved one with dementia. Megan Benzing, program […]