Category Archives: Local News

(College Park, MD) Sixty-nine Iowa students recently competed in the National History Day National Contest, held in College Park, Maryland, from June 14-18. At the National Contest, projects from Iowa...

(Des Moines) As preparations get underway to celebrate America's 250th birthday, there's one essential step to planning the perfect party: making sure everyone gets a sober ride home. To encourage saf...

(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is advising the public not to swim at 10 state park beaches after water samples collected this week showed elevated bacteria levels, harmful...

(Des Moines) The U.S. Treasury Department says it does not support a years-old audit finding that Governor Kim Reynolds improperly used federal COVID-19 relief funds to increase pay for members of her...

(Atlantic) Former Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce Director Bailey Smith entered a guilty plea Friday morning. According to the Cass County Clerk of Court's Office, Smith pleaded guilty to Count 2 - ...

(Bridgewater) The Bridgewater Fire Department has received a donation of emergency drinking water from Anheuser-Busch to support firefighter hydration during wildfire response efforts. This donation w...

(NAFB) With the USDA's acreage report just days away, The Farmer's Business Network shared its sixth annual U.S. Acreage Report. Josh McClure, the head of brokerage and consulting for FBN, said most o...

(Des Moines) After a comfortable June, the summer heat is going to come in swinging throughout the state."Right now, the big thing we are looking at is that it is going to be very hot and very humid,"...

(Des Moines) A week of widespread thunderstorms and soaking rainfall has brought welcome relief to drought conditions across much of Iowa, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor released Thursda...

(Elkader) One person suffered injuries in a single-vehicle crash in Clayton County. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened on Thursday at around 3:46 p.m. On Grand View Road, east of Grandvi...