Gov. Kim Reynolds said Monday (7/12) that Iowa will cover the cost of troopers sent to Texas to fight crime along the U.S. border with Mexico, confirming the state would fund the mission after the…
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - The U.S.D.A. will spend half a billion dollars to help establish smaller-scale meat processing plants to compete with the four major corporations that dominate the industry. U.S. Agriculture Secretary…
BY DAR DANIELSON RADIO IOWA - Recent rains have helped with dry conditions — but they have been spread out and some areas of the state could use much more rain. The Iowa DNR’s Tim Hall…
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - New vehicle registrations in Iowa are up 28% in the first six months of this year compared to the first half of last year when the pandemic hit. “We’ve…
BY O. KAY HENDERSON Under a new state law, kids who mow lawns, walk dogs or launch other temporary businesses don’t have to pay any business-related fees to cities or counties. Representative Jon Jacobsen of Council…
The father of an 11-year-old boy who died following an accident on a popular boat ride at an Iowa amusement park said that his son and other family members were trapped by the ride’s seat belts when…
Life in prison without the possibility of parole. That sentence handed down Thursday (7/1) to 56-year-old Michelle Boat of Pella in the May 2020 stabbing death of Tracy Mondabough of Ottumwa. Mondabough was the girlfriend of…
Iowa’s high court said Wednesday (6/30) that the state may refuse to allow Planned Parenthood to conduct sex education programs funded by federal grants, reversing a judge’s ruling last year that found the law unconstitutional.…
Gun deaths are surging in Iowa as a law is set to go into effect Thursday that will allow people to more easily buy handguns and carry them in public without training or a permit. A record…
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has issued a disaster declaration for Wapello, Monroe and Linn Counties after flash flooding last week. People affected by flooding can apply for up to $5000 through the Iowa Individual Assistance…