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$126.4 million for Iowa from Meta settlement over teen use of Facebook, Instagram
Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, has reached a $17 billion settlement with 47 states, including Iowa, that had filed lawsuits alleging the company's platforms were harming children. Iowa will get $124.4 million over the next decade from the tech...
Sioux City officials resume national search, name interim police chief
Sioux City is the latest Iowa community to appoint an interim police chief to replace a department leader. This summer the interim police chiefs in Fairfield, Le Mars and Davenport were elevated to the job permanently. Mount Pleasant's police chief retires next month...
Lansing residents learn to cope with temporary loss of key bridge
Since opening in 1931, the Black Hawk Bridge has been synonymous with the Mississippi River town of Lansing, but the span was closed last fall, then demolished, and construction is still underway on a new structure. The steel truss bridge served the tiny bluff...
New Iowa Poison Control Center program to help treat opioid addiction
The Iowa Poison Control Center is setting up a program to provide round-the-clock clinical advice to healthcare professionals treating patients who've overdosed on opioids or have an opioid addiction. It's financed with a grant from the state's opioid settlement fund,...
Northwest Iowa’s Emmet County passes one-year data center moratorium
Emmet County's Board of Supervisors has unanimously adopted a one-year moratorium on new data center developments. Supervisor Lisa Hansen of Armstrong, chair of the board, said the county now has time to investigate the issue. "We have to have some rules and...
Scott County invests in new judge-ordered program to help the homeless
Eastern Iowa's Scott County is launching a program to move people experiencing chronic homelessness out of emergency care and into more sustainable treatment. They'll be referred to an outpatient treatment program at a judge’s request, while caseworkers will make sure...
Iowa’s warm, wet summer gives us lots of vegetables, some garden diseases
Many people are reporting a big bounty from their gardens this year thanks to a plenty of rain and heat. Iowa State University Extension Horticulture specialists Aaron Steil says those conditions have also led to problems for plants like tomatoes. "We've had a lot of...
Study: Riding bicycles generates more than $1B for Iowa’s economy
Cycling is good for your health -- and Iowa's economy -- according to a new impact study from the Iowa Bicycle Coalition. Matt Burkey, a spokesman for the Coralville-based organization, says the state's bike trails have steadily grown to connect more urban centers and...
Two Iowa Libertarians await 2026 ballot access decision
Libertarians running for governor and for the U.S. House have asked a judge to intervene so their names may appear on the November ballot. The Iowa Secretary of State says the Libertarian Party did not properly nominate replacement candidates in those two races....
Bridge over Willow Creek honors fallen Sioux County soldier
Family, fellow veterans and community leaders gathered Monday to honor the memory of a Sioux County soldier who was killed twenty years ago to the day. A sign on the bridge over Willow Creek north of Hospers along Highway 60 designates it as "The Private First Class...
Iowa home sales drop 16% from June to July
The median price for an Iowa home sold in July climbed to $280,000, nearly 11% higher than the same month a year ago. Data from the Iowa Association of Realtors shows the number of closed home sales dropped 16% from June to July, while the number of single-family...
Grassley: New tariffs on Canada could hurt US economy, national security
The prices Iowans pay for gasoline and groceries are already sky high, but new tariffs on goods coming from Canada will push costs still higher on everything from alcohol to auto parts to lumber. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says with the trade talks collapsing over...
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