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Despite protests, Salix leaders vote to proceed with data center project
Some residents got unruly before a very close vote last night on a hot-button topic in northwest Iowa. The Salix city council voted three-to-two against enacting a one-year moratorium on data center development. Those who oppose data centers got vocal and Salix Mayor...
Iowa Fairgoers get sneak peak at new high school graduation requirement
More than 1000 Iowa State Fairgoers have acquired first-hand knowledge about a new requirement for high school seniors in Iowa. The Alliance for Civic Education of Iowa has a booth at the state fair, with two tablets that generate 20 randomly selected questions about...
BBB warns Iowans to beware of Round 2 from scammers
Iowans who've fallen victim to a scam in the past need to keep their guard up and be very watchful for a repeat. Lisa Schiller, with Better Business Bureau, says scammers will share lists of their victims in order to see if someone who's been duped before will take...
Attorney General Blanche visits Iowa State Fair
U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche is among 10 Trump Administration officials who've been in Iowa the past nine days, but Blanche says he visited the State Fair at Senator Chuck Grassley's invitation. "I travel all over the country constantly talking to Americans...
July unemployment rate in Iowa steady for third straight month
The state unemployment rate held at 3.2% for the third month in a row in July. Iowa Workforce Development deputy director Georgia Van Gundy says the labor force participation rate did fall two tenths of a percent, which she attributed to two things. "More retirements...
Over 500 Century and Heritage Iowa farms being honored
A few thousand people are being recognized at the Iowa State Fair today for having a farm in the family for over 100 years. The Century Farm program was launched at the 1976 Iowa State Fair and 5000 farms that had been in the same family since 1876 or earlier were...
Southeast Iowa cities use millions in EPA funds to restore brownfield sites
Officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently visited southeast Iowa, touring abandoned industrial sites that are being cleaned up using eight-and-a-half million dollars in federal brownfields grants. Jim Macy, regional administrator for the EPA...
DOJ getting voter data debated in Iowa Sec. of State race
The Democrat running against Iowa's top election official says Republican Paul Pate, Iowa's Secretary of State, shouldn't have turned over voter registration lists to the federal government. In the spring of 2025, the U-S Department of Justice asked states for the...
Candidates in Iowa’s third district spar over One Big Beautiful Bill
The "One Big Beautiful Bill" President Trump signed a year ago is one of the flash points in Iowa's third congressional district race. The measure eliminated taxes on overtime and tips and preserved the income tax cuts Trump approved in 2017. Republican Congressman...
Spirit Lake proposes $70M project to renovate elementary, high schools
Leaders of the school district in Spirit Lake are unveiling plans for an ambitious renovation project which they estimate would cost nearly $70-million. Superintendent David Smith says the project would address aging infrastructure and long-standing maintenance needs....
Alta bar owner arrested after alleged ‘rape’ comment
Buena Vista County authorities have arrested a local business owner on a harassment charge after a weekend incident at a tavern. According to online court documents and a criminal complaint filed Sunday, 43-year-old Ryan Dean Diischer of Aurelia, the owner of Century...
Iowa DNR taking comments on proposed changes to non-resident hunting rules
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is taking public comments on a proposed rule change that would give in-state hunters the first shot at pheasants and other game over out-of-state hunters on public lands. The DNR's Chris Ensminger says it's something they've...
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