Childcare and eldercare under one roof in Sanborn collaboration
Construction work will start next week on renovating a vacant memory care unit of a northwest Iowa nursing home to become a daycare center with room for 120 kids. Melissa […]
Wild turkey season approaching with good numbers in Iowa
The wild turkey season will get started soon in Iowa and early indications are it could be a good one. DNR wildlife biologist Jim Coffey says birds should be plentiful. […]
Work continues to improve Yellow River water quality in Winneshiek and Allamakee County
The state Environmental Protection Commission recently approved more funding for the Yellow River Headwaters Water Quality Project in northeast Iowa. The DNR’s Miranda Haes is the coordinator of the project […]
Iowa Congresswoman Hinson: time for bipartisan bill on DHS funding
Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says it’s time for a bipartisan solution to end the partial shutdown of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. “I actually think both the House and […]
Grassley says Democrats are ‘hurting our public safety’ over ICE funding
The White House press secretary says President Trump is urging members of Congress to cut their Easter recess short and return to Washington to vote on ending the partial government […]
Barge traffic may be slowed by Lansing bridge project
Construction of the new Mississippi River bridge at the northeast Iowa town of Lansing is expected to impact barge traffic on the waterway during the busy shipping season ahead. Clayton […]
Dredging ISU’s Lake LaVerne may take one-thousand dump truck loads
The revitalization of an Iowa State University icon is set to begin this summer. ISU campus planner Chris Strawhacker says work will begin in a few months on renovating Lake […]
Legislaure approves state assistance for Iowa child care workers
Legislators have overwhelmingly voted to permanently make most child care workers in Iowa, regardless of their income, eligible for state assistance to cover child care costs for their own kids. […]
New document for name change after a divorce in Iowa
A bill that’s cleared the legislature was inspired by an Iowa women getting a divorce who was changing her last name, too. Senator Janet Petersen of Des Moines said the […]
Iowa Senate approves new penalty for falsely claiming professional license
The Iowa Senate has expanded a bill that would make it a crime to lie about academic credentials to get a job. Earlier this month the House voted to set […]