DES MOINES -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig is encouraging school-aged Iowa students to participate in the 2024 Choose Iowa Calendar Contest hosted by the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. Choose Iowa…
By Matt Kelley (Radio Iowa) The Midwest is seeing a rise in cases of Lyme disease and other health problems associated with ticks, and experts say the trouble is, millions of the tiny insects are…
By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) The Iowa House has voted to establish statewide regulations for automated traffic cameras that generate tickets for speeding and running red lights. Tickets could only be issued if a…
By Matt Kelley (Radio Iowa) Federal tax returns are due one week from today, and Iowans who think they’re not going to have their forms filled out by then should file for an extension. IRS…
By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) The Iowa House has added eggs to a bill about meat labeling. The bill started in the Iowa Senate and it outlines penalties for food processors that do not…
By Matt Kelley (Radio Iowa) It’s been seven years since a total solar eclipse darkened parts of the Midwest, and although Monday’s event won't be a total eclipse in Iowa, it will be significant for…
BOONE— A new statewide project is looking for Iowa volunteers to help researchers track and monitor the state’s at-risk bumble bees. The Iowa Bumble Bee Atlas is a collaboration between the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, Iowa…
DES MOINES -- Staff with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) are currently conducting their annual nighttime spring spotlight surveys across the state, collecting information on Iowa’s deer and furbearer populations. The annual survey…
By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) Republicans in the Iowa legislature have voted to prevent city and county building codes that restrict what kind of siding can be used on the outside of homes. Senator…
By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) Republicans in the Iowa House have released an overall state spending goal for the next budgeting year that’s $82 million higher than Republicans in the Iowa Senate have proposed.…