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 [...]
President Donald Trump holds a Salute to America celebration at the Iowa State Fair on Thursday, July 3. The celebration comes after the House passed Trump’s signature Big Beautiful Bill [...]
(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 [...]
Health care union members at HealthPartners’ Stillwater Medical Group could conduct a four-day unfair labor practice strike as early as July 8 if an agreement with HealthPartners isn’t reached by [...]
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 [...]
The Satanic Temple Iowa on Tuesday filed a complaint accusing state officials of discriminating against the group because of its members' religion, having denied them access to the state Capitol [...]
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 [...]
Iowa cyclists participating in Ride of Silence 2025 sit for each injured cyclist, lie down for each cyclist killed on the roads in the past year, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, [...]
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 [...]
The Gophers men’s basketball program picked up an in-state commitment as its first pledge in the 2026 class on Saturday. Cedric Tomes, a 6-foot guard from East Ridge High School, [...]
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 [...]
Corn has begun to emerge in parts of Iowa. (Photo by Jared Strong/Iowa Capital Dispatch)Despite another week of rainy conditions, which left an average of just over three days suitable [...]
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 [...]
The golden dome of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Two major roadblocks remain before Iowa lawmakers can pass the state’s budget and [...]
Former Iowa Governor and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack chats with Iowa farmers in Warren County on April 29, 2025. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) WARREN COUNTY — [...]
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins reinforced SNAP work and citizenship requirements with memorandums sent to state agencies. (Photo by Lance Cheung/USDA)U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins issued memorandums to state [...]
Dried magic mushrooms with spore prints on tin foil. (Photo by Akchamczuk/Getty Images)The Iowa House passed legislation Monday to legalize the use of psilocybin, the psychoactive compound found in “magic [...]
A small solar field in Boone. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Research from The Nature Conservancy found current clean energy tax credits, if kept in place through 2032 would [...]
At least 80% of students enrolled in UI medical and dental programs would have to be Iowa residents or have a connection with the state under a bill that passed [...]
University of Iowa graduate students are working to compile information and resources for international students worried about their visas. (Photo by Brooklyn Draisey/Iowa Capital Dispatch)After news broke of a visa [...]
Vote stickers in a basket on Election Day 2024. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Senators sent legislation on Iowa’s elections to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk Monday that included provisions [...]
Shae, left, and Anna Pesek pose with calves on their Over the Moon farm in Iowa. The farm was one of thousands benefiting from a local food program recently cut [...]
The Iowa Senate Education Committee moved ahead a number of bills focused on K-12 and higher education Thursday. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)The Iowa Senate Education Committee advanced a [...]
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. -- A small plane traveling from Iowa crashed in a Minneapolis, Minnesota, suburb Saturday, investigators said.The Federal Aviation Administration said the SOCATA TBM7 crashed in a residential [...]
Magistrate David J. Hanson addresses the Iowa Supreme Court on March 27, 2025. (Video capture courtesy of the Iowa Supreme Court) An Iowa magistrate who questioned in court whether a [...]
An Iowa bill pertaining to pesticide lawsuits would help the makers of RoundUp and other pesticides. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Iowa senators narrowly passed a bill Wednesday that [...]
The Iowa House passed a bill Monday expanding required training for local officials on open meetings and records laws and raising penalties for violations. (Photo by Getty Images)The Iowa House [...]
Des Moines University students learned their medical residency program at a DMU Match Day celebration on March 21, 2025. (Photo by Brooklyn Draisey/Iowa Capital Dispatch)A crowd of students, their families [...]
Iowans gathered for Celebrate Iowa's Outdoors Day to champion outdoor recreation in Iowa. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Iowans gathered at the Iowa Capitol Thursday to celebrate the parks, [...]
The Iowa Senate passed legislation March 17, 2025 to ban citizens' police review boards. (Stock photo by Oliver Helbig/Getty Images)Iowa local governments would not be able to have citizen police [...]
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz held a town hall event at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines March 14, 2025, answering questions and hearing from Iowans who expressed their problems with [...]
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig enjoys ice cream from the Iowa State University Creamery. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) AMES — Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced [...]
The Iowa Capitol on Feb. 25, 2025. (Photo by Kathie Obradovich/Iowa Capital Dispatch)The Iowa Senate approved legislation Monday allowing Iowa residents to seek district court action during a public sector [...]
(Photo by Stephen Ausmus/Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture)Iowa’s federal delegation is calling for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide financial relief for turkey farmers impacted by the [...]
A trail at Jester Park near Saylorville Lake on Nov. 6, 2024. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) The Senate Natural Resources Committee advanced a bill Wednesday that would bar [...]