Regents hire University of Iowa professor to lead the Center For Intellectual Freedom
The Board of Regents hired a University of Iowa associate professor today to take over as director of the school’s Center For Intellectual Freedom. Brian Lai was chosen for the […]
UI research finds atrazine in Iowa water, leaves, household dust
Researchers at the University of Iowa have found several pesticides often used on farms are showing up in surface water, urban trees and even household dust. The researchers say the […]
Website aims to link up Iowans in need with donors and volunteers
A mutual aid platform is preparing to launch in central Iowa that will allow people to request help — and offer help to those in need. Cross Pollinate aims to […]
Deaths on Iowa roadways up compared to last year, but behind 5-year trend
Iowa traffic deaths are running slightly ahead of Iowa’s record low last year, but overall are still down compared to previous years. The DOT’s Garrett Reeder gave an update during […]
Chevron to restart western Iowa biodiesel plant
Chevron, the nation’s second largest oil and gas company, has announced it will restart a biofuels plant in western Iowa’s Carroll County. Chevron cites “improving market conditions” in the decision […]
Research points to early detection as a key in Iowa’s rising cancer rates
A study finds a rise in early-stage cancer diagnoses may have been a driving factor in Iowa’s increasing cancer rate. The American Cancer Society looked at cancer in Iowa between […]
Celebrated cartoonist Stephan Pastis makes one Iowa stop on 16-city book tour
One of the nation’s most popular cartoonists, whose strip “Pearls Before Swine” is carried in more than 900 newspapers, will be making an appearance in Iowa next week. Stephan Pastis […]
Iowa Veterans Home benches honor Iowa soldiers killed in Syria last year
The Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown has dedicated two memorial benches to Iowa National Guard Staff Sergeants Nate Howard and Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar. Both were killed in Syria last December. […]
Iowa DOT says the big orange trucks are ready when needed
We never know when winter weather is going to hit, and DOT engineer Tony Gustafson says they have the prep work done if the plow drivers are called on to […]
Lee County officials OK construction, tax breaks for proposed steel plant
Lee County’s Board of Supervisors has passed a resolution supporting construction of the steel plant that an India-based company has proposed in southeast Iowa. That resolution is required for the […]