Senate Republican Leader Mike Klimesh says a bill that’s ready for debate in the full senate is designed to avoid a state government shutdown. “That bill came from actually us watching Washington, you ...

Congressman Feenstra spoke with reporters last night following a town hall in West Des Moines. (RI photo) Iowa Congressman Randy Feenstra says a deal is near that would allow fuel with a blend of up ...

Former Iowa First Lady Billie Ray has died at the age of 97. Billie Lee Hornberger met future Iowa Governor Robert D. Ray when the two were students at Des Moines Roosevelt High School. They married ...

Forecasters say strong winds will gust up to 50 miles an hour today, while temperatures will again climb well above normal into the 50s and 60s. National Weather Service meteorologist Kristy Carter ...

The Iowa City School Board is considering taking out a $3-million loan to cover expenses for March, after board members discovered the district’s financial situation was rockier than previously ...

The annual kite festival held on Clear Lake that was scheduled for this weekend has been cancelled due to the recent warm weather. The Clear Lake Area Chamber of Commerce has announced that the Color ...

The Putnam Museum in Davenport is hosting an event tonight featuring music played on fragile, decades-old violins that were once owned and played by Jewish musicians before and during the Holocaust.

The cause of this weekend’s pipeline explosion and fire in southeast Iowa has not yet been determined. The underground pipeline carries natural gas. According to Washington County Emergency Management ...

Legislators are considering limits on self-driving or autonomous vehicles. Self-driving commercial vehicles would need to have a human who’s licensed to drive the vehicle inside under a bill being ...

The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld the license suspension of a Manchester daycare provider after a child died in her care. Amanda Cooke found a five-month-old child she was caring for unresponsive when ...

Two women were air lifted from the scene of a crash in Lyon County involving a propane tanker and two other vehicles. The Iowa State Patrol’s accident report indicates the wreck happened Thursday ...

As the Archdiocese of Dubuque is considering plans to potentially end masses and close some small town churches, a group called “Save Our Churches, Save Our Communities” is hosting meetings in the ...