February 5, 2026

Iowa’s secretary of state is proposing that candidates in Iowa school board and city elections file the petitions to get their names printed on ballots with their county auditor. School board secretaries and city clerks have been handling that paperwork for years. However, at least 34 local candidates were left off ballots this past November […] View Full Story

The Iowa Poison Control Center is seeing an uptick in calls about carbon monoxide poisoning as many of us are indoors most of the time, with our homes and offices sealed up from the cold. Poison Center spokeswoman Janna Day, a licensed practical nurse, says she hasn’t heard of any carbon monoxide deaths in the […] View Full Story

Parents were upset after a meeting of the Atlantic School District’s Board of Education was canceled at the last minute and no action was taken on the resignation of the district’s high school counselor. A large crowd filled a conference room at the Atlantic Middle School, where the School Board was supposed to act on […] View Full Story