Another dry week helped Iowa farmers push planting closer to completion. The U.S.D.A. report shows 94% of the corn crop was in the ground by Sunday. That puts the planting right were it was last year at this time. The amount of corn that’s emerged went from 46 to 72%. Soybean planting hit the 90% […]

Bill makes smuggling undocumented immigrants a crime in Iowa
Human smuggling of undocumented immigrants — to conceal them from law enforcement — would become a crime in Iowa if a






