The Raccoon River flows under the Bill Riley Trail Bridge in Des Moines on Sept. 2, 2025. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch)The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has withdrawn a [...]

Wind turbines frame an Iowa sunset. (Photo by Perry Beeman/Iowa Capital Dispatch)Iowa utilities still have a “long way to go” to meet a 2035 net zero emissions goal, especially as [...]

(From left) Luther College students Evan McElroy, Benson Newhouse and Rebecca Zheng used underground sensing technology to identify possible unmarked graves in pioneer cemeteries this summer. (Photo courtesy of Luther [...]

(Photo courtesy of the Iowa Board of Nursing)An Iowa nurse is taking state regulators to court over their efforts to suspend her license due to professional incompetence. Advanced Registered Nurse [...]

World News A dazzling display in the nighttime sky might be seen much farther south than usual, including parts of Iowa, Oregon and Pennsylvania, by Tuesday, forecasters said. The aurora [...]

(Photo by Ed Tibbetts)As Des Moines Public Schools kicks off a new partnership allowing students to use their student IDs to check out books from the Des Moines Public Library [...]

Several deer at Jester Park in Polk County on Nov. 7, 2024. (Photo by Karsan Turner for Iowa Capital Dispatch)The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is offering free training courses [...]

Corn and soybeans near Lake City in August, 2022. (Photo by Jared Strong/Iowa Capital Dispatch)Forty-five percent of Iowa corn acres have reached the dent stage and soybeans are just beginning [...]

The Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing took over responsibility for many of Iowa's licensing boards in July 2023. (Photo illustration via Getty Images; logo courtesy of the Iowa [...]

Adam Steen, former Iowa director of Administrative Services, was joined by his sons, Maverick and Ryker and his wife Kasey Steen, as announced he was running for governor Aug. 19, [...]

Martin O'Malley, former Social Security commissioner, spoke about Social Security at the Franklin Public Library in Des Moines Aug. 15, 2025. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)Former Social Security commissioner [...]

(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 [...]