May 27, 2025

The Buena Vista County Board of Supervisors has temporarily tabled a decision on a road use plan developed by a Minnesota company that will be replacing dozens of wind turbines in northwest Iowa. Josh Yernatich, a project developer for ALLETE Clean Energy, spoke with county officials this morning. “There are several points on those roads […] View Full Story

Police officers in central Iowa negotiated a safe end to a potentially deadly situation over the holiday weekend. Des Moines police got a 911 call on Sunday just after noon from a caller reporting a man was standing outside the guardrail on the top floor of an 11-level downtown parking ramp. The caller was concerned […] View Full Story

Provisional numbers released by the Centers for Disease Control show national drug overdose deaths decreased by 27% last year, but were down only 7% in Iowa. The assistant director of the University of Iowa Addiction and Recovery Collaborative, Andrea Weber, says fewer opioid related deaths are driving these numbers. She says Iowa still needs to […] View Full Story

The mandatory retirement age for all judges in Iowa will soon change. Under current law, judges in Iowa have to retire when they turn 72. A state law that goes into effect July 1, 2025, raises the mandatory retirement age to 78 and it applies to Iowa Supreme Court justices and judges on the Iowa […] View Full Story