Talk of increased refinery exemptions causing Iowa biodfuels industry concern
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is reportedly set to double the exemptions allowing oil refineries to opt out of the amount of renewable fuels required to be blended into gas. […]
$126.4 million for Iowa from Meta settlement over teen use of Facebook, Instagram
Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, has reached a $17 billion settlement with 47 states, including Iowa, that had filed lawsuits alleging the company’s platforms were harming children. […]
Sioux City officials resume national search, name interim police chief
Sioux City is the latest Iowa community to appoint an interim police chief to replace a department leader. This summer the interim police chiefs in Fairfield, Le Mars and Davenport […]
Lansing residents learn to cope with temporary loss of key bridge
Since opening in 1931, the Black Hawk Bridge has been synonymous with the Mississippi River town of Lansing, but the span was closed last fall, then demolished, and construction is […]
New Iowa Poison Control Center program to help treat opioid addiction
The Iowa Poison Control Center is setting up a program to provide round-the-clock clinical advice to healthcare professionals treating patients who’ve overdosed on opioids or have an opioid addiction. It’s […]
Northwest Iowa’s Emmet County passes one-year data center moratorium
Emmet County’s Board of Supervisors has unanimously adopted a one-year moratorium on new data center developments. Supervisor Lisa Hansen of Armstrong, chair of the board, said the county now has […]
Scott County invests in new judge-ordered program to help the homeless
Eastern Iowa’s Scott County is launching a program to move people experiencing chronic homelessness out of emergency care and into more sustainable treatment. They’ll be referred to an outpatient treatment […]
Iowa’s warm, wet summer gives us lots of vegetables, some garden diseases
Many people are reporting a big bounty from their gardens this year thanks to a plenty of rain and heat. Iowa State University Extension Horticulture specialists Aaron Steil says those […]
Study: Riding bicycles generates more than $1B for Iowa’s economy
Cycling is good for your health — and Iowa’s economy — according to a new impact study from the Iowa Bicycle Coalition. Matt Burkey, a spokesman for the Coralville-based organization, […]
Two Iowa Libertarians await 2026 ballot access decision
Libertarians running for governor and for the U.S. House have asked a judge to intervene so their names may appear on the November ballot. The Iowa Secretary of State says […]