NEWS

BY O. KAY HENDERSON Republicans in the Iowa Senate have given final approval to a bill that would no longer require Iowans to get state permits for buying and for carrying handguns in public. Senator Jason…

BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR This is “Poison Prevention Week” and a spokesperson with the Iowa Poison Control Center in Sioux City says it’s a good time to look under our kitchen sinks and storage areas when…

By MARIA CHENG and LAURAN NEERGAARD LONDON (AP) — AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine provided strong protection against sickness and eliminated hospitalizations and deaths from the disease across all age groups in a late-stage study in the…

BY DAR DANIELSON The NCAA basketball tournament is underway for the first time since sports gambling was legalized in Iowa. Racing and Gaming Administrator Brian Ohorilko says there’s a lot of excitement after last year’s tourney…

BY DAR DANIELSON The three Republicans who serve in the U.S. House have voted against bills that would create a path to citizenship for so-called Dreamers who were illegally brought into the U.S. as children and…

BY DAR DANIELSON The Iowa Supreme Court has rejected the request of a Knoxville man to overturn the civil verdict against him in his mother’s death. The 2017 verdict ordered Jason Carter to pay $10 million…

Paul McCartney has announced that "Grandude's Green Submarine," a sequel to his internationally bestselling "Hey Grandude!" picture book, will be published on September 2. "Hey Grandude!," McCartney's first picture book, was published to global success…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge on Friday denied a defense request to delay or move the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death after…

T.J. Otzelberger is returning to Iowa State as head coach after two years at UNLV, athletic director Jamie Pollard announced Thursday. This will be the 43-year-old Otzelberger’s third stint in Ames, his first as head…

An Oskaloosa event that was cancelled last year due to coronavirus is coming back later this year. "Art on the Square was one of the first events that had to be cancelled last year, but Art…