June 6, 2025

A suspect is jailed after a bomb threat forced the evacuation of patients and staff from a Des Moines-area medical clinic on Thursday. Clive police were called to MercyOne Family Medicine after a caller referenced a bomb in the building. Officers and a K-9 unit did a thorough sweep and no explosive devices were found. […] View Full Story

Iowa’s spring planting season is wrapping up, with the majority of corn and soybean fields statewide now fully planted. Angie Rieck Hinz, a field agronomist at the Iowa State University Extension, says weather conditions have been all over the map the past few months. “It was warm when we started and then it turned off […] View Full Story

While there’s no statewide air quality alert for Iowa today, one expert says more of those health advisories are likely in the weeks and months ahead, and they could be the “new normal” for years to come. Professor Patrick O’Shaughnessy, in the University of Iowa’s Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, says the smoke from […] View Full Story

St. Ambrose University in Davenport and Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids have finished the first step in their consolidation plan. The Catholic universities decided to merge after years of declining enrollment and financial pressures. St. Ambrose University president Amy Novak said the merger will strengthen both schools. “We can all bury our heads in […] View Full Story

A history journal that’s been produced by the State of Iowa for 163 years must find a new “editorial home.” An Iowa Department of Administrative Services spokesman said due to “an increasingly lean staff,” the State Historical Society will not longer produce the “Annals of Iowa” after July 1, 2026. Iowa State University history professor […] View Full Story