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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...
Illinois investigators have new lead in Grinnell College student’s 1992 murder
The Illinois State Police and the FBI say they have a new lead in the 34 year old unsolved murder of an Iowa college student Twenty-one-year -old Tammy Zywicki was returning to Grinnell college from Lasalle, Illinois on August 23rd 1992. She was last seen on I-80 in...
Iowa’s ‘Rural Mainstreet Index’ up in August, but bankers see dip in hiring, land prices
Rural bank executives in Iowa and nine surrounding states surveyed monthly by Creighton University see economic improvement in August compared to July. Creighton’s “Rural Mainstreet Index” for Iowa advanced nearly five points, but the Iowa bank CEOs surveyed indicated...
Central Iowa city joins chorus in passing data center moratorium
The Marshalltown City Council voted last night to approve a four-month moratorium on data center construction, but a developer who was at the meeting vowed to move forward with the process of buying the land for a future data center. Clayton Ender, Marshalltown's...
UI researcher finds gemstones on Mars using NASA rover
A planetary geologist from the University of Iowa is part of a team using one of NASA's rovers on Mars that's found the makings for precious gems like rubies and sapphires in the Martian soil. Valerie Payré, a professor in the UI's School of Earth, Environment, and...
Sioux City jury can’t reach verdict in cold case murder trial
Sioux City jurors were unable to come to a consensus Monday in a 40 year old murder trial. Thomas Popp is accused of first-degree murder in the death of 18-year-old Native American woman, Terri McCauley, back in 1983. Popp was a suspect after the murder 40 years ago,...
State Auditor candidate Wettach calls for private school budget transparency
Taylor Wettach, the Democrat who's running to be Iowa's next state auditor, says there should be more transparency about private school budgets now that the state is projected to spend $330 million a year to cover tuition and other expenses for K-12 students in...
A record 1,218,834 people attended 2026 Iowa State Fair
Iowa State Fair officials say a record 1,218,834 people attended the fair during its 11 day run. The 2026 State Fair had its largest single-day crowd of nearly 131,000 this past Saturday. The Lainey Wilson concert on August 16 had a State Fair Grandstand record of...
Volunteers needed for railway site dig in Sioux City
The Sioux City Railroad Museum and the Siouxland Historical Railroad Association are planning a new archaeological dig next month at the Milwaukee Railroad shops historic district. Museum spokesman Larry Obermeyer says the most recent dig was three years ago and they...
Many of the world’s top aerobatic pilots are flying for the gold over Mason City
What's known as the Olympics of aerobatics is underway over northern Iowa's Cerro Gordo County. The 33rd FAI World Aerobatic Championships are underway with more than 30 of the world’s top aerobatics pilots representing nations from around the globe. They're taking...
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