(Logo courtesy of the Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System; photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)Several Iowa Republican lawmakers have assured Iowans there is not significant interest in making changes to [...]

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins presented the steer Snoop Dog at the Governor’s Charity Steer Show during the Iowa State Fair Aug. 9, 2025. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital [...]

Tree damage at Lake Macbride State Park following the 2020 derecho. (Photo courtesy of Iowa Department of Natural Resources)An estimated 2.67 million trees in Iowa forests and another 4.4 million [...]

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird spoke to supporters at her annual "Bird Barn Bash" fundraiser at the Dallas County Fairgrounds in Adel Aug. 2, 2025. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital [...]

Smoke from wildfires in Canada is impacting air quality across Iowa and the Midwest. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) The Iowa Department of Natural Resources reported Friday that air [...]

Iowans protest a pesticide bill at a rally organized by Food and Water Watch on Feb. 10, 2025 in the Iowa Capitol Rotunda. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch).Bayer, the [...]

Soybeans growing in a western Iowa field in August 2023. (Photo by Jared Strong/Iowa Capital Dispatch)Corn rated nearly 90% good to excellent during the reporting period from July 21 through [...]

Iowa State University is staring down deficits to its athletics budget that could total nearly $150 million over the coming years. Shown is Hilton Coliseum at Iowa State. (Photo courtesy [...]

Corn growing in a western Iowa field in August 2023. (Photo by Jared Strong/Iowa Capital Dispatch)Corn inched ahead of schedule last week with a reported 18% of Iowa corn acres [...]

The latest season of the podcast "Unsettled" from Iowa Public Radio looks at how gender affects people's everyday lives. SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST: The latest season of the podcast Unsettled, from [...]

Iowa Department of Natural Resources staff put a Motus tag on a wood thrush to track its migration, in the hopes of learning important information about the bird. (Photo courtesy [...]

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, left, answered questions from Iowa GOP Chair Jeff Kaufmann during the Iowa Republican Party's Lincoln Dinner fundraiser in Des Moines on July 17, 2025. (Photo by [...]

A voter in Carroll County fills out a ballet for the June 4, 2024 primary election. (Photo by Jared Strong/Iowa Capital Dispatch)Two more contenders have entered the race for Iowa’s [...]

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks July 11, 2025 at the Family Leadership Summit in Des Moines about her time working in Iowa during her father's 2008 presidential campaign. (Photo [...]

Blake Iverson cheers as a truck honks at his sign about Iowa's water quality. Iverson protested with a group from Food & Water Watch outside of an event attended by [...]

A bald eagle soars above the Des Moines River in late January 2025. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has announced proposed rules that [...]

(Photo via Getty images)An Iowa Department of Corrections official confirmed Tuesday the department is issuing a request for proposal to contract with a private company for health care services in [...]

An Iowa State University professor and two students compiled a study looking into the issue of legal deserts in rural areas across the U.S. (Photo via Getty Images)Small towns experiencing [...]

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, Thursday, July 3, 2025, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Alex Brandon/AP ... ... Continue [...]

(Stock photo by Alistair Berg/Getty Images)A Hawkeye Community College program that has served Waterloo residents for nearly 50 years has been forced to halt activity after its federal funding was [...]

The rotunda in Iowa Capitol as seen May 8, 2025. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)New Iowa laws on issues from transgender civil rights protections to changes to Iowa’s unemployment [...]

A slight sheen, indicative of petroleum, can be seen on the surface of the water flowing into the West Nishnabotna River near a truck stop outside of Avoca. (Photo courtesy [...]

COLUMBUS JUNCTION, Iowa (WJW) — Authorities in Iowa said 88 children were taken into protective custody following a large-scale investigation at a church camp. According to the Louisa County Sheriff’s [...]

(Illustration by iStock / Getty Images Plus)Iowa communities around the state are holding events Thursday to celebrate the Juneteenth holiday. June 19, 1865, marks the day the Emancipation Proclamation was [...]

Sen. Chuck Grassley announces the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act. (Photo courtesy of Sen. Grassley's YouTube channel)In this week’s D.C. Dispatch, Sen. Chuck Grassley touted provisions in the [...]

The Trump administration's EPA seeks to repeal all greenhouse gas emission standards on the power sector. (Photo by Robert Zullo/States Newsroom)Estimates from the Sierra Club found Iowa utilities would be [...]

Gov. Kim Reynolds vetoed a bill Wednesday aimed at CO2 pipelines and eminent domain. She's pictured at her 2025 Condition of the State Address Jan. 14, 2025. (Photo by Robin [...]

Young corn growing outside of Ankeny on June 7, 2025. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Iowa corn, soybeans, oats and hay crops all rated 80% good or excellent during [...]

Gov. Kim Reynolds, seen here in a file photo from May 2023, signed two dozen bills Friday. (Photo by Kathie Obradovich/Iowa Capital Dispatch)Gov. Kim Reynolds signed more than 20 bills [...]

The Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison. (Photo courtesy of the Iowa Department of Corrections)The Iowa Department of Corrections announced Monday the appointment of Mark C. Foreman as warden of [...]

Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen joined other university and business leaders in calling for national investment in research and development. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)Iowa State University leadership [...]

USDA approved a demonstration waiver in Iowa to exclude certain foods from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. (Photo by Lance Cheung/USDA)The U.S. Department of Agriculture approved Gov. Kim [...]

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig talked about the ag industry in Iowa and his potential bid for governor, April 25, 2025. (Image from Iowa PBS video)Iowa Secretary of Agriculture [...]

A federal judge has again temporarily blocked portions of an Iowa law restricting school books with sexual content. (Photo by Diyosa Carter/Getty Images)A federal judge has again temporarily blocked portions [...]

The Iowa House passed legislation restricting local governments from implementing more stringent fireworks regulations than in state law on July 3, 4 and Dec. 31. (Photo by Kathie Obradovich/Iowa Capital [...]

Harvested corn is piled near Lake City in western Iowa. (Photo by Jared Strong/Iowa Capital Dispatch)Bills updating the grain indemnity program and allowing the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land [...]

A Dorper ram in the foreground with a Romanov ewe. (Photo by Kreg Leymaster/Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture)It’s December 20th. And this story took place when my husband [...]