Water Year ends on a downward trend
Oct 07, 2022
DES MOINES — After yet another month of below normal precipitation across the state, the water year ended with deteriorating conditions across Iowa, according to the latest Water Summary Update. The “Water Year” is defined…
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Only Grassley, Franken debate of campaign is tonight
Oct 06, 2022
By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) Republican Senator Chuck Grassley and his Democratic opponent, Mike Franken, will meet in their only televised debate tonight. The two have been debating from afar in comments this summer…
Harvest, hunting put deer on the move in Iowa
Oct 05, 2022
By Dar Danielson (Radio Iowa) An Iowa DNR deer research specialist says several factors are causing deer to be more active this time of year and motorists should be on the lookout. The first bowhunting…
4-H Giving Day Starts Today
Oct 04, 2022
By Sam Parsons This week is National 4-H week, and today, the Iowa 4-H Foundation is going to be holding its annual 4-H Giving Day. We chatted with Iowa 4-H executive director Emily Saveraid about…
Iowa ag secretary candidates offer views on carbon pipeline projects
Oct 03, 2022
By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig says a “significant” percentage of landowners should agree to let carbon pipelines run through their property before any developer is granted eminent domain authority…
Miller joins lawsuit against pesticide makers for anticompetitive practices
Sep 30, 2022
DES MOINES -- Attorney General Tom Miller has joined a bipartisan group of 10 states and the Federal Trade Commission in filing a lawsuit against pesticide makers Syngenta and Corteva, alleging anti-competitive practices that have harmed…
Officials in 44 Iowa counties weigh in on carbon pipelines
Sep 29, 2022
By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) Officials in 44 Iowa counties have now taken action to express concerns about the three proposed carbon pipelines. In the past week, the Adair and Floyd County Boards of…
State budget surplus tops $1.9 billion
Sep 28, 2022
By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) The State of Iowa has a more than $1.9 billion budget surplus. Governor Reynolds has announced the state has $830 million in reserve funds and holds more than a…
U.S.D.A. numbers find land values way up
Sep 27, 2022
By Dar Danielson (Radio Iowa) Survey information released from the U.S.D.A. shows a big increase in farmland values and cash rent. Iowa State University livestock economist, Lee Schulz, says the cropland increased 19.7%. “And that’s…
Iowa Republicans hold voter registration edge over Democrats
Sep 26, 2022
By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) With six weeks remaining in the 2022 campaign, Iowa Republicans have about a 4.5% statewide voter registration edge over Democrats. “Way back in 2008, the Democrats had an advantage…