Doctors, nurses, food bank directors and other social safety net providers across Iowa warn major cuts to public health insurance and food assistance programs could lead to crowded emergency rooms, more rural hospital closures, drained family budgets, overworked providers and reduce care for veterans, seniors and children.
Also, Democratic candidates announce endorsements for their 2026 campaigns
The Nature Call: Arborists from around state showed off skills during event in Cedar Rapids recently
Aisha Ahmad Nyala will have to spend a year in a residential correctional facility and will be on supervised probation for up to five years.
Seniors feel prepared for life after high school thanks to rigorous academics, hands-on activities
With a slate of newly-confirmed regents on the nine-member board tasked with governing Iowa’s three public universities, President Sherry Bates this week doled out regent assignments to the board’s seven committees.
The nonprofit who handles Iowa foster care referrals receives 35% more children than parents to place them with. They need to recruit more than 1,200 foster families to help meet the need.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public input as it rewrites the definition of a key term in the Clean Water Act that determines over which waters the federal government has jurisdiction.
A Colorado man who threatened an Iowa City bank teller with a gun was sentenced to 10 years in prison for a January robbery. He attempted to withdraw his plea made in March, but the judge denied it.
A Cedar Rapids woman was arrested last week on charges that she misused Social Security deposits and stole thousands of dollars from a disabled woman for whom who she was the legal guardian for more than 10 years.
The handbook is meant to help local officials prepare for animal welfare cases and respond to complaints. A representative of an Iowa-based national animal advocacy group called the handbook the most comprehensive guide available in the country.
Maintaining its lease of the historic Macbride Nature Recreation Area that for decades has hosted thousands of researchers, naturalists, and students will cost the University of Iowa an immediate $14.8 million in repairs and upgrades — plus nearly $1 million annually to maintain — according to a new report on UI use of the land.
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