A Republican has won Tuesday’s special election for a seat in the Iowa House. Unofficial results indicate Republican Wendy Larson of Odebolt finished 40 points ahead of Democrat Rachel Burns in the district, which covers Sac, Calhoun and Pocahontas Counties and...
Four of the five Republicans running for governor say it’s time for action to reduce the alarming rate of new cancer cases among Iowans. The candidates appeared at a forum last night in Sioux Center that was sponsored by the Iowa Standard blog. Zach Lahn of...
The annual Iowa State University Extension farmland survey shows land values statewide increase by .7% an acre. ISU’s Rabail Chandio oversees the survey. “This minor increase is the sixth increase in the last seven years. The only exception to that was...
President Trump says the federal government will provide up to $12 billion in one-time payments to farmers being pinched by higher production costs and lower commodity prices. “The United States will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of...
A Creighton University index puts Iowa’s manufacturing sector in slightly positive territory, but Creighton economist Ernie Goss says the manufacturing and supply managers surveyed in Iowa and eight other states region indicate tariffs, inflation and slowing...
