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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...
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...
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