January 1, 2025

2025 has arrived and the experts say about eight in ten New Year’s resolutions are broken before the second week in February, and one popular vow many Iowans likely made last night is to lose weight. Nutritionist Heather Rasmussen says for anyone who is positively committed to eating right and getting off the couch, they […] View Full Story

Four northwest Iowa organizations are co-sponsoring a “Winter Women in Nature Day” on Saturday, January 11. “It’s going to be down in Oneota Park at Oneota Cabin down in Spencer,” says Amy Heibult of the Dickinson County Nature Center. “Women 18 years and older can join us. The cost is only $25. It includes lunch […] View Full Story

Senator Chuck Grassley is the longest serving Republican in congressional history and, when the Senate convenes Friday, Grassley will again have the title of Senate President Pro Tempore. The post goes to the longest-serving senator from the party that has a majority of seats in the Senate. He served in the same role in 2019 […] View Full Story

New Year’s Day is a time for reflection, resolutions and renewal, but for some Iowans, it’s just another blah, boring winter day to hole up inside, which could be a sign of Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD. Christie Harris, wellness education specialist at Gundersen Health System, says some of us will feel depressed, low on […] View Full Story

State Ombudsman Bernardo Granwehr’s annual report on the complaints and inquiries to his office for 2024 shows a slight drop. “My office opened over 5,700 cases, which is a slight decrease from fiscal year 2023 but still the fourth highest number of cases in the history of the office,” Granwehr says. The top two years […] View Full Story