March 12, 2026

Events today for Iowa soldiers coming home from Mideast deployment

Governor Kim Reynolds will be at ceremonies in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids this afternoon as dozens of Iowa National Guard soldiers who were deployed to the Middle East this past summer land back in Iowa. A midday welcome home ceremony is also scheduled in Sioux City. About 575 Iowa National Guard soldiers are returning […] View Full Story

Missouri River basin faces low runoff due to lack of snowpack

Iowa is among many states in the region that are seeing snowfall well below normal this winter, and the lack of snowpack out west is bringing a below-normal runoff forecast for the Missouri River Basin. Ryan Larsen, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, says with below-normal mountain snowpack and little-to-no plains snowpack, any runoff […] View Full Story