December 1, 2025

Iowa farmers who sold grain to an Omaha dealer with facilities in Council Bluffs and Sioux City have until mid-March to file a claim if they haven’t been paid. “We’re tracking that really closely,” Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig said. “Of course, our Grain Warehouse team is on top of that.” The Hansen-Mueller company filed […] View Full Story

Many Iowans are online and looking for holiday shopping deals on this Cyber Monday, but Bao Vang, at the Better Business Bureau, warns that scams are on the rise, especially at this time of year. Vang says, “If someone is splashing ‘sale,’ ‘limited-time,’ or ‘deal,’ just think twice about whether this is luring you instead […] View Full Story

Forecasters say more snow is on the way today after the Thanksgiving weekend storm brought flying flakes to much of Iowa, with the deepest accumulation reported at 16-and-a-half inches in Fort Dodge. National Weather Service meteorologist Jim Lee says a Winter Weather Advisory is in effect through 9 o’clock tonight for two dozen counties across […] View Full Story

An exhibit that opened this month at the Sioux City Public Museum focuses on the South Pole. Museum curator Matt Anderson says “Walking in Antarctica” features the work of artist Helen Glazer, who visited several research stations on the continent in 2015. “She took these different photographs of the different landscapes and whether it’s the […] View Full Story

New members of city councils and other public boards in Iowa face a new deadline to complete training on Iowa’s Open Meeting and Open Records law and the Iowa Public Information Board says Iowa State University Extension Service training sessions fulfill that requirement. The deadline was created by a state law that took effect July […] View Full Story

Classes are cancelled today at Iowa State University, the University of Northern Iowa and several other Iowa colleges to give students who went home for Thanksgiving more time to return after a massive storm dumped over a foot of snow in some areas of the state. The Iowa State Patrol responded to 210 accidents on […] View Full Story