NEWS
Online betting company agrees to pay thousands in fines to Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission
State regulators have levied $125,000 dollars in fines for violations by the operators of the online gambling company FanDuel. There were five violations that included allowing bets that are not legal in Iowa on the Superbowl, soccer matches and golf matches. And the...
Merits of housing plan under scrutiny in central Iowa
The leaders of Iowa's largest city will consider finalizing a new housing strategy tonight, but there's concern it may cause price hikes for low-income residents. Des Moines currently has programs like Invest DSM that help residents rehabilitate their homes, but...
Farmer from Humboldt enters 4th district congressional race
A Republican from Humboldt has announced he's running for Iowa's fourth district seat in the U.S. House. Thirty-two-year-old Kyle Larsen is a third generation farmer making his first run for public office. Larsen, who also works as a land appraiser, said in a news...
Court reverses DOGE cuts, restores funding to Iowa City nonprofit
AmeriCorps funding for a conservation nonprofit in eastern Iowa is being restored, after the Trump administration cut $230,000 from the Bur Oak Land Trust in Iowa City this spring. A federal judge in Maryland ruled the money needed to be reinstated as grant recipients...
Event in Sioux City this weekend focuses on Native American deaths
A pow wow this weekend in northwest Iowa will highlight the issue of Native Americans who have had relatives killed or go missing. The non-profit Red Sky Nation was founded by the family of Terri McCauley, who was a Native American murdered in Sioux City in 1983. Red...
Iowa HHS director highlights partnership with network of evangelical churches
The head of Iowa's Department of Health and Human Services says she's "deep and meaningful" developing partnerships with Iowa pastors and churches to help for Iowans facing personal challenges. During remarks the morning at The Family Leader's annual summit, HHS...
Blaming a tight budget, UI to end lease on popular nature area
After more than 60 years, the University of Iowa is ending its lease on the MacBride Nature Recreation Area, as officials say renewing the lease would be too expensive. The UI first leased the land from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the early 1960s. Over the...
Senator Ernst proposes flood mitigation bill
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says a bill she is working on in the Ag Committee would address some of the concerns with the recent flooding in Texas, and past floods in Iowa. "It's the restoring America's Flood Plains Act, and this will help communities proactively reduce...
Storms drop rain and tree limbs through central Iowa
Heavy wind and rains moved through central Iowa overnight and this morning. National Weather Service Metrologist Alexis Jimenez says there were some big totals in the rain gauges. "Kind of in between Interstate 80 and Highway 30, we saw several amounts around one to...
Reynolds, Vilsack tout alternatives to regulation of farm chemical applications
Governor Kim Reynolds says the state and federal government should stick with the voluntary approach to reducing farm chemical runoff into Iowa waterways. A report commissioned by Iowa's largest county has found nitrate levels in the rivers used to provide drinking...
Shell Rock and Winnebago rivers subject of week-long clean-up project
About 250 volunteers will be in the Mason City area starting this weekend using canoes to clean up two rivers. Iowa Project AWARE, which stands for A Watershed Awareness River Expedition, will focus its efforts on some 60 miles of the Winnebago and Shell Rock rivers...
Suspect jailed in pipe bombing at central Iowa golf course
Des Moines police made an arrest early this morning after a live pipe bomb was found at a public golf course on Thursday afternoon. A golfer spotted something suspicious at Waveland Golf Course and called the police, who quickly evacuated the course. A police bomb...
