Gun permits, Medicaid dominate talk at Legislative Coffee
Legislation introduced in the Iowa Senate last week, aimed at easing restrictions on permits to carry firearms in Iowa, sparked a 20-minute …
In Memory
Families of Jasper County veterans who died after returning from the Vietnam War will be making the flight this summer to Washington, D.C. t…
City Council tackles possible fireworks solutions
Two months after the Newton City Council voted against a controversial ordinance to ban the use of fireworks within city limits, members rev…
Like a rockstar
Sure, girls just want to have fun, but Cyndi Lauper never told eighth graders Emma Gerimm, Libby Shores, Addisyn Terpstra, Kenzie Barton and…
Special election set for vacated Iowa Senate seat
DES MOINES — A special election to fill an Iowa Senate seat vacated last week when Sen. Jeff Danielson resigned will be held next month.
Iowa governor plans event to sign education funding bills
DES MOINES — Gov. Kim Reynolds plans to sign education funding bills sent to her last week by lawmakers providing a 2 percent increase in st…
Iowa governor opts not to appeal fetal heartbeat law ruling
DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa's governor said Monday she decided against appealing a judge's ruling last month that struck down Iowa's "fetal heart…
Iowa governor candidate Fred Hubbell injured in accident
DES MOINES (AP) — Former Iowa candidate for governor Fred Hubbell has been injured in a bicycle accident in Arizona.
Iowa woman dies at hospital days after fire in her home
CEDAR FALLS — A 42-year-old Iowa woman who was injured in a fire last week has died.The Waterloo-Ced…
2 college students killed in car-semitrailer collision
CONRAD — Authorities say two University of Northern Iowa students were killed when their car collided with a semitrailer.
Tradition of nonpartisan selection of judges may end in Iowa
DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa was in the forefront of a national effort to reduce partisanship in the courts nearly 50 years ago when it decided to…
