Water quality is often the subject of intense debate in Iowa, and the Iowa Great Lakes area will host the 2026 Iowa Water Conference next week. Organizers say the goals include making connections, learning and seeking solutions. Iowa Water Center director Rick Cruse says the conference theme is: “Life Depends on Water. Water Depends on […] View Full Story
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst joined Governor Kim Reynolds in Sioux Center last night at an Iowa GOP fundraiser, the last in a six-event series the party called the governor’s “legacy tour.” * [KSOUlegacytour3] :05 :the tough issues.” * (as said) “I hope that if Iowans remember anything about me it’s that I wasn’t afraid to […] View Full Story
Many firefighters from across the state are in Manchester attending the annual convention of the Iowa Firefighters Association. IFA past president and retired Osage firefighter Gene Evans says the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is on everyone’s mind. “Whether it be by blood or the badge, we are all brothers and sisters, ” Evans […] View Full Story
Several Iowa cities are remembering the terrorist attacks of 25 years ago by planting thousands of small American flags in city green spaces. In Oskaloosa, high school students have placed some three-thousand flags across the town square, while in Des Moines, thousands of flags line a Gray’s Lake Park pedestrian trail alongside busy Fleur Drive. […] View Full Story
A former Iowan plans to attend a ceremony at the Pentagon today to remember those killed 25 years ago in the September 11th attacks. Sioux City native John Grote was in his office was about 150 yards from where a hijacked plane slammed into the Pentagon. He received the Soldier’s Medal for his rescue efforts […] View Full Story
Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, Governor Kim Reynolds is like many Americans — she remembers where she was when she heard the news. “I was actually a county treasurer at that point and we were driving to Ames for a treasurers’ meeting and I got the phone call that, ‘You’re not going to […] View Full Story
The highest-ranking firefighter to survive the collapse of the World Trade Center 25 years ago will be in Clear Lake tonight to speak at the community’s annual Nine-Eleven service. Assistant Fire Chief Mike Keefe says Chief Richard Picciotto will share his experiences during the terrorist attack in lower Manhattan while standing near a piece of […] View Full Story
Iowa voters will decide in November whether to approve a constitutional amendment that would require two-thirds of the members of the Iowa House and Senate to approve future increases in Iowa income taxes. Two groups have unveiled websites as part of what both describe as part of educational campaigns about the proposal. “We have a […] View Full Story
Cedar Rapids lost about 70% of its trees in the 2020 derecho that tore across the state and the creates of a program to restore the trees says they’ve passed the half-way point. Trees Forever put together the program to replant trees in public spaces and private neighborhoods that the group’s CEO Michelle Beisker says […] View Full Story
U.S. Senate candidate Ashley Hinson is back in Iowa after a quick trip to Dallas for the first-ever Republican Party convention in the middle of a president’s term. “I had a bunch of meetings and saw a bunch of our supporters, Iowans down there who are ready to cheer on our midterm convention,” Hinson said, […] View Full Story
