Drake University announces full-tuition financial aid options for Iow…

Drake University will offer two new financial aid options for certain students, with the hopes of expanding educational opportunities for those seeking associate or bachelor’s degrees. The university announced Monday [...]

2024-11-11T22:34:32+00:00November 11th, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments

Two Iowa facilities added to federal list of the nation’s worst nursi…

Two Iowa nursing homes with a history of staffing shortages have been added to a federal list of the nation’s worst care facilities. Last week, Bishop Drumm Retirement Center of [...]

2024-11-07T22:27:42+00:00November 7th, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments

Iowans visit wineries on Election Day — to cast their ballots • Iowa …

Most Iowans vote in churches, community centers, libraries and the like.  But Iowans in two central-Iowa precincts got to cast their ballots in slightly more festive surroundings: wineries. “I think [...]

2024-11-05T22:23:33+00:00November 5th, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments

We are all diminished by Iowa’s hunt for phantom illegal voters • Iow…

This week, Paul Pate tried to clean up his mess. Iowa’s top election official insisted at a news conference on Wednesday it is the federal government’s fault that he ordered county [...]

2024-11-02T22:18:46+00:00November 2nd, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments

Iowa among many states facing higher insurance rates due to extreme w…

Iowa home insurance rates, on average, had a double-digit increase this year due to persisting damages from derechos and inflation.  A recent Insurify report listed Iowa as one of 15 [...]

2024-10-29T22:14:18+00:00October 29th, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments

U.S. agency reports more E. coli cases linked to McDonald’s Quarter P…

Federal agencies Friday reported more cases of E. coli infections linked to meals at McDonald’s restaurants. While none of the sicknesses are in the Chicago area, cases have turned up [...]

2024-10-25T22:08:51+00:00October 25th, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments

Millions of Americans flock to early voting, in person and via mail •…

WASHINGTON — Nearly 30 million Americans by Thursday had cast their ballots ahead of Election Day, with 13 million choosing to vote in person at early voting centers and another [...]

2024-10-24T22:09:48+00:00October 24th, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments

Iowa celebrates nearly a century of pheasant hunting; regular season …

Iowa expects to see between 60,000 and 80,000 hunters for pheasant season, which opens Saturday and runs through Jan. 10, 2025, as the state celebrates nearly 100 years of the [...]

2024-10-22T22:07:27+00:00October 22nd, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments

Meatpacking plants mostly pollute low-income, communities of color, E…

POSTVILLE, Iowa — In March, officials in Postville shut down its water treatment facility for two days as city employees worked to prevent polluted water from a meatpacking plant from [...]

2024-10-20T22:04:43+00:00October 20th, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments

Police had no constitutional duty to protect murder victim • Iowa Cap…

Lawyers for the City of Bellevue are arguing in court that the police department shouldn’t be held liable for failing to enforce a no-contact order and arrest warrant for a [...]

2024-10-17T21:59:35+00:00October 17th, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments

Some Iowa private colleges break enrollment records ahead of demograp…

Some of Iowa’s private universities are seeing high enrollment numbers ahead of the demographic cliff that will shrink prospective student populations across the country. Northwestern College in Orange City saw [...]

2024-10-02T14:16:39+00:00October 2nd, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments

Disability rights advocates say adult changing tables prevent humilia…

ADAIR, Iowa — The blue-and-white highway sign for the eastbound rest stop near here displays more than the standard icon of a person in a wheelchair, indicating facilities are accessible [...]

2024-09-30T14:12:47+00:00September 30th, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments

University of Northern Iowa to launch civic education center with Iow…

After the Iowa Board of Regents directed state universities to develop potential initiatives for civic education and research last fall, the University of Northern Iowa saw its proposal for a [...]

2024-09-20T14:03:50+00:00September 20th, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments

Suspicious Powder Packages Sent to Election Officials Across Central …

Election officials in six states received suspicious powder packages on Monday, though no hazardous materials have been confirmed in any of the cases.The packages, which contained white powder, were sent [...]

2024-09-17T13:56:37+00:00September 17th, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments

Republican lawmakers call Summit pipeline approval an ‘attack on the …

Republican lawmakers opposing the Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline said the Iowa Utilities Commission’s approval of the project was an attack on “God-given” Fifth Amendment rights.  The remarks came from a [...]

2024-09-12T13:53:01+00:00September 12th, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments

Democratic convention kicks off Monday in Chicago • Iowa Capital Disp…

WASHINGTON — Just a little over a month after she became a candidate for president in the biggest shakeup in generations of presidential politics, Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday [...]

2024-08-17T13:20:02+00:00August 17th, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments

Libertarian presidential candidate Chase Oliver speaks against two-pa…

While major changes have shaken the 2024 presidential race in recent weeks, Libertarian presidential candidate Chase Oliver said at the Iowa State Fair Saturday it was important for voters to [...]

2024-08-11T13:11:43+00:00August 11th, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments

Qualifications for Iowa abortion medical exceptions remain unclear, p…

Enforcement has begun for Iowa’s ban on most abortions as early as six weeks of pregnancy, but medical professionals say there is still uncertainty about what qualifies as a medical [...]

2024-08-07T13:07:42+00:00August 7th, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments

Leaders of state’s new Division of Special Education announced as AEA…

In the upcoming school year, six new leaders will oversee Iowa’s Area Education Agencies as a part of the Iowa Department of Education’s division of special education following the implementation [...]

2024-08-03T13:01:53+00:00August 3rd, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments

Iowa Board of Regents approves fiscal year 2025 budgets • Iowa Capita…

The Iowa Board of Regents approved state universities’ fiscal year 2025 budgets at its Wednesday meeting and heard from university presidents about how they are spending state and private dollars. [...]

2024-08-01T13:00:09+00:00August 1st, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments

Clarke University names Fletcher Lamkin as new president • Iowa Capit…

Clarke University has named Fletcher Lamkin as its 17th president after approval from the college’s Board of Trustees, the university announced. Lamkin has served in the role on an interim [...]

2024-07-30T12:57:55+00:00July 30th, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear blasts Trump-Vance presidential ticket to …

Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear drew standing ovations from the crowd Saturday at the Iowa Democratic Party’s Liberty and Justice Celebration event. Beshear said the upcoming election would be vital [...]

2024-07-28T12:56:10+00:00July 28th, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments

Iowa colleges see lower federal student aid completion rates • Iowa C…

As Iowa colleges and universities receive the last of the federal student aid applications for the upcoming school year, financial aid officials are seeing fewer students submit their documents and [...]

2024-07-05T12:27:29+00:00July 5th, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments

Where to celebrate Independence Day around Iowa • Iowa Capital Dispat…

Food, music and fireworks will all be in abundance on Thursday across Iowa as part of July 4th celebrations. Notable events for the holiday include firework shows, parades and a [...]

2024-07-03T12:25:59+00:00July 3rd, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments

Biden and Trump’s memorable debate moments • Iowa Capital Dispatch

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump debated at CNN’s studios in Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday night, the first showdown of the 2024 general election season for the presumptive [...]

2024-06-28T12:20:12+00:00June 28th, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments

Governor requests federal aid after severe flooding in northwest Iowa…

Gov. Kim Reynolds said Sunday she has submitted a request for an expedited presidential major disaster declaration as northwestern Iowa communities continue to face floods and storm damages. The governor [...]

2024-06-24T12:11:53+00:00June 24th, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments

States beg insurers not to drop climate-threatened homes • Iowa Capit…

In the coming years, climate change could force Americans from their homes, not just by raising sea levels, worsening wildfires and causing floods — but also by putting insurance coverage [...]

2024-06-17T12:03:23+00:00June 17th, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments

Iowa Board of Regents approves tuition increases for fall 2024 • Iowa…

With tuition and fees at Iowa’s public universities set to rise once again this fall after approval from the Iowa Board of Regents, members of university student governments are calling [...]

2024-06-14T12:00:25+00:00June 14th, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments

Appeals court hears arguments on injunction blocking Iowa school book…

Attorneys for the state of Iowa and civil liberties groups clashed in court Tuesday over an injunction blocking enforcement of a law that restricts school libraries from carrying books with [...]

2024-06-12T11:57:14+00:00June 12th, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments

New York Magazine Writer Says ‘It’s Good That Caitlin Clark Is Gettin…

A writer for New York Magazine is celebrating the physical and verbal abuse that is being inflicted on WNBA star Caitlin Clark and insists that the daily stream of attacks [...]

2024-06-07T11:49:28+00:00June 7th, 2024|Iowa News|0 Comments
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