July 22, 2025

Authorities are releasing the name of the 35-year-old man who was killed Sunday in a crash in Franklin County. The Iowa State Patrol reported a southbound 2024 model Subaru Forester SUV driven by Ty Borcherding of Hampton was traveling at a very high rate of speed in Dows when it left the roadway, vaulted and […] View Full Story

Forecasters say Iowa is in for a string of excessively hot, humid, muggy days. National Weather Service meteorologist Alexis Jimenez says most of the state will be cooking this afternoon, tomorrow, and likely daily into the weekend. “We’ll see highs probably in the low 90s,” Jimenez says, “but the bigger story will be how hot […] View Full Story

The latest USDA report rates 86% of Iowa’s corn crop in good or excellent condition. The analysis covers the past week — through Saturday — and it found 80% of soybeans are in good or excellent condition. July has been wetter than normal and 72% of topsoil and subsoil moisture readings are considered adequate; 21% […] View Full Story

The number of people on RAGBRAI — the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa — would classify as the state’s 28th largest city, but the bicyclists and others who join the week-long rolling event stay in one place for just one night. Troy Thompson, a member of the RAGBRAI host committee in Forest City, […] View Full Story