The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says two people were sent to the hospital after a speed boat crash around 7 p.m. Saturday on East Okoboji Lake. The DNR says initial reports show a 42-foot-long catamaran style racing boat was operating on East Okoboji Lake when it struck a dock and launched over a boat […] View Full Story
Republican candidate for governor Zach Lahn says pump prices are “crushing” Iowans and he’s promising to seek a temporary reduction in the state gas tax if he’s elected. In a news release today, Lahn said when the legislature convenes in January, they should immediately pass a bill that cuts the state fuel tax in half […] View Full Story
A rare bumblebee was spotted in eastern Iowa and one expert says it’s a sign habitat conservation efforts could be helping the federally-endangered species. Danielle Holthaus is a research station manager for Monarch Research in Linn County, and she confirms seeing the rusty patched bumblebee in a cluster of flowers near their building. “To see […] View Full Story
Three northern Iowa farmers have formed a non-profit to spread the message that cover crops and buffer strips along waterways are essential to improving Iowa’s water quality. They call themselves “The Lobe Rangers” because they all farm in the Des Moines Lobe, some of the most fertile farmland in Iowa. Zach Smith, a fifth-generation farmer […] View Full Story
Class 5A 1. Dowling Catholic (3-0), LW #1 @ #2 S.E. Polk 2. Southeast Polk (3-0), LW #2 vs #1 Dowling Catholic 3. Johnston (2-1), LW #4 @ #6 Iowa City Liberty 4. Sioux City East (3-0), LW #5 @ Sioux City West 5. Ankeny (3-0), LW #6 vs #8 Ankeny Centennial 6. Iowa City […] View Full Story
Iowa should be in for a wet week, as forecasters say some areas of the state may see up a half-foot of rainfall. National Weather Service meteorologist Alex Vorst says the skies will be gray most — if not all — of the week ahead. “We have a line of showers and thunderstorms moving into […] View Full Story
A coalition of farm groups is sponsoring a website where farmers can anonymously explain the difficulties they’ve had in buying fertilizer. Over 170 farmers from 13 states were in Ogden Friday to make public statements in front of a top USDA official who used to be a judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade. […] View Full Story
The Republican National Committee is keeping the Iowa Republican Party’s Caucuses in the lead-off position for the GOP’s 2028 presidential campaign. Iowa Republican Party Chairman Jeff Kaufmann spoke to the party’s national leaders before the decision was made late last week. “There was no push back at all on anything that had to do with […] View Full Story
Top state and national party leaders at a fundraiser in Iowa City this weekend urged a crowd of Iowa Republicans to focus on two key races. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin spoke early Saturday afternoon at the fundraiser for Iowa Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks. He told the crowd Democrats will “change the fabric” of the […] View Full Story
A Winthrop Iowa native was a Navy rear admiral and the number two person in the Defense Department’s Public Affairs Office when the hijacked plane hit the Pentagon on September 11th 2001. Craig Quigley says his office was not damaged and he and others evacuated, and he then tried to contact Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld […] View Full Story
