Webster City voters approve $43.4M school renovation plan
A north-central Iowa community will move forward with a $43.4-million plan to refurbish its high school. Voters in the Webster City school district approved a renovation project to its high […]
Waterloo leaders vote to block data centers for three months
Hours after a near-two-billion dollar deal was announced to restart a nuclear plant near Cedar Rapids to power a proposed data center, Waterloo joined a growing list of Iowa communities […]
Goal of the new White Coat Network is to reverse Iowa’s physician shortage
A new mentoring program aims to help medical professionals make connections across Iowa’s healthcare industry. The Iowa White Coat Network is designed to strengthen the state’s workforce and encourage physicians […]
Iowa Ag Secretary candidate Chris Jones says water quality has become key campaign issue
Chris Jones, the Democrat who’s running to be Iowa’s next Secretary of Agriculture, says water quality has become a major issue in the 2026 campaign. “Back in January I was […]
NASA administrator makes pitch to Iowa State students
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman visited Iowa State University and Ames National Laboratory today. Isaacman wrapped up his visit with a speech to a full auditorium of students and told them […]
Iowa election official describes role on national council
An election official in northwest Iowa is one of two Iowans appointed to a bipartisan national council that was created by the 2002 Help America Vote Act. “It is a […]
Iowa workers are warned about the use of AI and keeping private data private
Several Iowa municipalities are crafting new guidelines about how civic employees should — and shouldn’t — use artificial intelligence. Johnson County IT director Bill Horning says these types of policies […]
University of Iowa bandmember who collapsed Saturday taken off life support
A University of Iowa Hawkeye Marching Band member who collapsed in the heat Saturday has been taken off life support. The Daily Iowan says third-year student Derek Phillips collapsed right […]
Expansion will add spaces for more urns at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery
The Iowa Veterans Cemetery near Van Meter is getting a grant from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for an expansion project. Iowa Cemetery Bureau Chief Gavin Sandvig says the […]
Iowa leaders mourn death of state, national ag leader Ray Gaesser
An Iowan who led state and national farm groups died after a farming accident this weekend. Ray Gaesser of Corning served as president of the American Soybean Association a dozen […]