2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (513+ words) A coalition of Iowa organizations launched a campaign Wednesday opposing the Nov. 3 ballot issue that will ask Iowa voters whether to amend the state constitution to require a two-thirds majority vote of lawmakers to raise state personal and corporate income…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (388+ words) A new campaign ad in Iowa's attorney general race accuses Democratic candidate Nate Willems of voting against mandatory monitoring for convicted sex offenders and warns that, if Willems "had his way," a convicted predator could be living near children without…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1241+ words) Every August, for over half a century, Iowa Department of Natural Resource staff have set out along gravel roads at dawn, armed with a set of binoculars and, now, an interactive logging application, to survey the landscape for pheasants and…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (57+ words) KCCI Ray Gaesser, a longtime Iowa farmer and biofuels advocate, has died following a farming accident, according to his Facebook page. Gaesser, a farmer from Corning, was the former president of the American Soybean Association. Gov. Kim Reynolds said Gaesser…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (158+ words) Downtown Ottumwa businesses are seeing increased foot traffic and sales thanks to a new initiative called the Lunch Club. Main Street Ottumwa created the Lunch Club to support local restaurants that were struggling to maintain steady customer traffic. Once a…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (121+ words) A report from Common Sense Institute Iowa shows a decline in K-12 public school enrollment and a rise in administrative staffing over the past decade. A new report from Common Sense Institute Iowa reveals that while K-12 public school enrollment in Iowa…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (546+ words) Funding gaps and government shutdowns haven’t always been a regular topic of conversation when Congress debates federal spending. The federal government shut down just after midnight Wednesday, making it the 21st funding gap and 11th shutdown since 1977, according to an analysis by…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (245+ words) Iowa farmers and business leaders are closely monitoring the escalating trade dispute with Canada, which could affect the state’s economy and its largest export market. “We promote and sell a lot of products, ag products to Canada,” said Rod Pierce,…...