4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (244+ words) An Iowa businessman who is now working in the U.S. Department of Education says the agency is trying to refocus on the importance of universities. David Barker served on the Iowa Board of Regents for six years before being appointed as…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (244+ words) Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig says one of the reasons he’s seeking re-election is to remind Iowans that agriculture has been “one of the pillars” of Iowa’s economy and will play an important role in its future. “It’s getting a…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (244+ words) 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 school to begin by the middle part of 2027. The measure…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (242+ words) 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 voting to temporarily block data centers. The Waterloo City Council…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (242+ words) 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 told that there were no other politicians in Iowa that even…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (242+ words) 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 collaboration of all states in the United States for election administration…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (245+ words) Two candidates running for statewide office are calling for a majority of the food served in Iowa schools to be raised in Iowa. Zach Lahn, the Republican candidate for governor, said it’s about creating new markets to give farmers an…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (244+ words) The candidates running to be Iowa’s next governor use words like “creepy” and “invasive” to describe the tens of thousands of Flock cameras that are capturing and storing license plate images and both would support state regulations for automated license…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (246+ words) A special investigation conducted by the State Auditor’s Office has identified questionable transactions totalling $122,000 at a chamber of commerce in northeast Iowa. The investigation reviewed finances while Brandie Tomkins was director of the Guttenberg Chamber of Commerce. She was first…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (419+ words) 85, of Orange City 51, of Orange City, formerly of Sioux Center 92, of Rock Valley Dordt University is clarifying its role in COVID-19 vaccination policies connected to a case that will go before the Iowa Supreme Court later this month. Previous reporting…...