The Ankeny Regional Airport is getting $2.5 million from the federal government to expand its primary runway to 6000 feet. “Adding the extra 500 feet allows larger corporate airplanes to utilitze the ...

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley with Kara Marie Westercamp (to his left) and her family at the U.S. Capitol (Phot courtesy of Grassley's Senate office) A 44-year-old Cedar Rapids native who earned four ...

UnityPoint St. Luke's hospital in Sioux City has new retinal cameras for babies. (KSCJ photo) The neonatal intensive care unit at Sioux City’s UnityPoint St. Luke’s hospital has expanded its vision ...

An accounting firm hired to examine sharing agreements between two northwest Iowa school districts has found delayed payments and incorrect calculations that date back to mid-2022, but no fraud.

Iowa’s annual two-day sales tax “holiday” is this Friday and Saturday. Carol Ehlers, an Iowa State University Extension Health and Human Sciences educator, says parents can get a meaningful break in ...

Members of the Otoe Missouria Tribe in Oklahoma visited Iowa Monday to see portions of their ancestral homeland. They retraced their removal path through Kansas and Nebraskan, and Staff member Naomi ...

U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Red Oak) questions Dr. Anthony Fauci during Senate Homeland Security hearing in July, 2026. (Photo provided by Ernst's US Senate office) Iowa Senator Joni Ernst and other ...

US Education Secretary Linda McMahon speaks at Iowa Central Community College in Ft. Dodge on August 4., 2026. (Governor's office image) Students enrolled in an EMT course offered by an Iowa community ...

Woodbury County is taking legal action against the town of Salix over the annexation of land being considered for a potential data center. Google announced Monday it is evaluating the 900-acre site ...

The leader of the organization supplying blood to 80% of Iowa hospitals says there’s been a 30% decline in people under the age of 30 donating blood since 2020 and that’s a major challenge in ...

The West Bend Grotto will host Customer Appreciation Events tomorrow. “We want people to know that we appreciate their business that they have given to us in supporting the grotto in so many different ...

An inmate has died after spending the past 34 years in prison for murdering a Cedar Rapids couple. The Iowa Department of Corrections says 77-year-old Gregory Dean Connor died last week at the Iowa ...