A new coalition is suggesting time outdoors can be an answer to rising rates of chronic diseases and mental health issues.

A Waukee elementary student’s poem is one of the winners in the national America 250 contest for describing what America ...

An eye doctor who serves northeast Iowa dreads being on call during the Fourth of July, as she says there’s always a case of ...

What was Iowa like when the Declaration of Independence was signed 250 years ago? John Pearson, an ecologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, said 28 million acres of Iowa was covered in ...

The mayor of a small northwest Iowa community hit hard by flash flooding two years ago says recovery hasn’t been easy, but Hawarden Mayor Larry Gregg says in some ways the city is better off than ...

Democrat Chris Jones is running for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture in 2026. (Photo provided by Jones campaign) Former U.S. Senator Tom Harkin has endorsed Chris Jones, the Democrat running for Iowa ...

It’s now been more than 31 years since Mason City TV anchor Jodi Huisentruit vanished from her apartment building’s parking lot while about to leave for the early morning shift. To mark the ...

A new law requires Iowa school boards to have uniform guidelines in place for screening, identifying and serving gifted students before school starts in 2027. The policy passed the Iowa House and ...

Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says birthright citizenship has been exploited for too long and she’s co-sponsoring a bill that would limit U.S. citizenship to children born to a parent who’s a U.S.

Sioux County's Board of Supervisors held an informational meeting this week about a data center proposal. (KSOU photo) Developers hoping to build a data center on a partially developed site in ...

Aaron Burnett, Mason City's city administrator, gives Gov. Reynolds an overview of the Prairie Rocks Bike Park while her grandchildren are bicycling through it. (KGLO photo) Governor Kim Reynolds, her ...