Crisis negotiators compete at annual event in Sioux City
Law enforcement crisis negotiators from around the state are in Sioux City this week to train and compete against each other in the 11th annual Iowa Hostage and Crisis Negotiator […]
Water rationing now in place in Southwest Iowa city
As drought conditions worsen across the state, one southwestern Iowa community is enacting tighter water conservation restraints. By unanimous vote Tuesday night, the Shenandoah City Council enacted what it calls […]
LULAC of Iowa seeks state’s list of potential non-citizens on voter rolls
The League of United Latin American Citizens is asking Iowa’s secretary of state for his list of 2022 people who’ve registered to vote, but will be required to cast provisional […]
Hinson, Corkery react to Biden plan to force insurers to cover contraceptives
Republican Congresswoman Ashley Hinson of Marion says she supports efforts to ensure women have access to over-the-counter birth control, but she’s raising concerns about a Biden Administration proposal. It would […]
Iowans’ Halloween spending can be frightening, so use restraint
Retail studies find consumer spending on Halloween is into the billions of dollars and is second only to Christmas, but Iowans don’t have to scare themselves into exceeding their budgets. […]
Iowa sees largest-ever sale of nursing home chain for $85M
Twenty-nine skilled nursing facilities in Iowa are under new ownership following the closing of a transaction this month. Officials with ABCM of Hampton have sold their facilities to the Chicago-based […]
Pheasant season set to get underway this weekend
The pheasant season opens this Saturday and DNR Wildlife Biologist Todd Bogenshutz says their survey shows the wet spring did have some impact on bird numbers. “Counts were down 14% […]
Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz says McNamara ‘has to play better’
Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz today said quarterbacks Cade McNamara and Brendan Sullivan are both doing well in practice, but Ferentz is not making a quarterback change for Saturday’s game against […]
Iowa’s top election official refers 154 names for check on citizenship
Iowa Secretary of State Paul says a recent review of Iowa voter registration lists for at least the past six elections found over 150 people who admitted they are not […]
Story County voters are set to decide on their first conservation bond issue
Iowans in nearly 60 counties will be voting next month on various projects that would be paid for through bond issues. One of the largest such votes is in central […]