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Former Social Security Commissioner campaigns with Iowa Democrats Turek, James
Former Social Security Administration Commissioner Martin O'Malley is in Iowa, campaigning with Democrats running for the U.S. Senate and in Iowa's second congressional district. O'Malley, who led the agency during the Biden Administration, said in Iowa's U.S. Senate...
Central Iowa hospital celebrates three-quarters of a century
Story County Medical Center in Nevada will mark its 75th anniversary tomorrow, in what hospital marketing director Stephanie Marsau says is an incredible milestone for the organization. "Just being able to take care of generations of families is really cool," Marsau...
Department of Energy loan to help restart Iowa’s only nuclear plant
The U.S. Department of Energy is giving NextEra Energy a loan of up to $1.9 billion to help them restart the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo. Deputy Secretary of Energy James Danly visited rural Linn County Tuesday to announce the loan. “This is part of the larger...
Webster City voters approve $43.4M school renovation plan
A north-central Iowa community will move forward with a $43.4-million plan to refurbish its high school. Voters in the Webster City school district approved a renovation project to its high school to begin by the middle part of 2027. The measure passed in the...
Waterloo leaders vote to block data centers for three months
Hours after a near-two-billion dollar deal was announced to restart a nuclear plant near Cedar Rapids to power a proposed data center, Waterloo joined a growing list of Iowa communities voting to temporarily block data centers. The Waterloo City Council approved a...
Goal of the new White Coat Network is to reverse Iowa’s physician shortage
A new mentoring program aims to help medical professionals make connections across Iowa’s healthcare industry. The Iowa White Coat Network is designed to strengthen the state’s workforce and encourage physicians to stay in Iowa. Brian Privett, past president of the...
Iowa Ag Secretary candidate Chris Jones says water quality has become key campaign issue
Chris Jones, the Democrat who's running to be Iowa's next Secretary of Agriculture, says water quality has become a major issue in the 2026 campaign. "Back in January I was told that there were no other politicians in Iowa that even wanted to be in the same room with...
NASA administrator makes pitch to Iowa State students
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman visited Iowa State University and Ames National Laboratory today. Isaacman wrapped up his visit with a speech to a full auditorium of students and told them they are going to be part of the most exciting era of exploration since the...
Iowa election official describes role on national council
An election official in northwest Iowa is one of two Iowans appointed to a bipartisan national council that was created by the 2002 Help America Vote Act. "It is a collaboration of all states in the United States for election administration ideas, communication...
Iowa workers are warned about the use of AI and keeping private data private
Several Iowa municipalities are crafting new guidelines about how civic employees should -- and shouldn't -- use artificial intelligence. Johnson County IT director Bill Horning says these types of policies are important for protecting sensitive information, and his...
University of Iowa bandmember who collapsed Saturday taken off life support
(UPDATE) The University of Iowa Marching Band has now confirmed that a student who collapsed in the intense heat Saturday while waiting to play the halftime show of the football game has died. The family of Derek Phillips says he suffered cardiac arrest and was...
Expansion will add spaces for more urns at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery
The Iowa Veterans Cemetery near Van Meter is getting a grant from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for an expansion project. Iowa Cemetery Bureau Chief Gavin Sandvig says the grant will let them build another columbarium wall to holds urns containing the ashes...
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