New Iowa State University president installed in campus ceremony
Iowa State University celebrated the installation of David Cook today as the new president of the Ames school. Board of Regents president Robert Cramer presided over the ceremony. “By virtue […]
Economist: Even rich Iowans are shopping at Walmart to endure tariffs
Tariffs are taking a serious toll on profits, according to a monthly survey of supply managers in Iowa and eight other Midwestern states. Creighton University Economics Professor Ernie Goss says […]
Iowa teachers win a prize from national tool company
A Central Lyon Industrial Technology teacher is one of two Iowa educators to receive a teaching prize of $75,000 from a national tool company. Grant Engel was surprised in an […]
GOP senator says he’ll vote no on incentives for Iowa steel mill
A Republican who serves in the Iowa legislature says he supports efforts to boost manufacturing in the United States, but State Senator Jeff Taylor of Sioux Center says he has […]
Iowa City rally calls for ICE to release mother of four
An Iowa City woman who’s being held at a detention center in Louisiana faces deportation next week to Sierra Leone, a country where she has never lived. Fatou Traore, an […]
Central Iowa teen arrested for murder of infant
A 19-year-old Marshalltown man is jailed in connection with a baby’s death in August. Marshalltown police were notified of a suspicious infant death at UnityPoint Health Marshalltown ER on August […]
Iowa’s 4th congresional district candidates meet in first televised debate
he two candidates running for Iowa’s fourth district seat in the U.S. House offered different approaches to lowering gas prices during a televised debate last night at KTIV in Sioux […]
Lahn says Iowa ‘can’t say no’ to steel mill project
Zach Lahn, the Republican running for governor, says Governor Reynolds has “done a great job” negotiating to have a steel plant built in southeast Iowa. “I think anytime you’re looking […]
Sand says more details about steel mill deal are needed
Rob Sand, the Democrat running for governor, says he needs to see “a lot more details” before he can say whether he supports the state incentives Governor Reynolds is recommending […]
Turek suggests state fuel tax break be part of special legislative session
Josh Turek, the Democrat who’s running for the U.S. Senate, says he’d like to see lawmakers consider a temporary suspension of Iowa’s fuel taxes when the state legislature convenes Friday […]