The announcement to close the building by June 2026, community members say, was poorly handled while the state argues necessary budgetary action
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The announcement to close the building by June 2026, community members say, was poorly handled while the state argues necessary budgetary action
This year, Iowa is seeing an increase in fireflies, but the species’ future remains uncertain. There are more than 200 firefly — or lightning bug — species across North America and over 2,000 worldwide, but scientists say the firefly population has been declining for decades due to factors such as habitat loss, pesticides and droughts.
Oliver Matalon is a second-grade problem solver, and last month he was awarded a national award for his invention that fixes a problem he kept running into: recessed seat belt buckles.
Governors have always made political hay out of slashing waste or taming bureaucracy, but DOGE has, in some ways, raised the stakes for them to show that they are zealously committed to cutting costs. Many drive home the point that they have always been focused on cutting government, even if they're not conducting mass layoffs.
The Linn County Board of Supervisors in many ways is a lesser known cog in the local government machine with a broad purview over issues affecting Linn County residents. And for the first time in over a decade, it’s made up entirely of first-term members.
As cities, farmers and businesses plan for an uncertain future, researchers are attempting to determine how much weather history should be included when we’re assessing what constitutes drought.
Plant hardiness zones are shifting northward nationwide as the country continues to warm, affecting farmers, gardeners and producers across the country. The biggest changes in the coming decades are predicted to be in the Upper Midwest.
Four anonymous University of Iowa students in April sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for terminating, without explanation or due process, their status in the Student Exchange Visitor System — compelling a judge days later to grant a temporary restraining order blocking the terminations and other government threats.
There’s a risk that comes with having long hair while welding. But Iowa State University student Boluwarin Ojo didn’t want to cut her hair. So she came up with a product to solve her problem. A program at ISU has given her time and money to develop the idea this summer, and she’s already won two pitch contests as she works toward bringing her product to market.
Iowa state Rep. Lindsay James, a Democrat from Dubuque, said she is “seriously considering” launching a campaign to seek her party’s nomination to challenge Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson for Northeast Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District seat.
The 2026 elections were top of mind during the annual Family Leadership Summit Friday as speakers and conservative lawmakers stressed the importance of electing pro-life candidates to office and commending President Donald Trump for his actions during the first few months of his second term.
A Linn County jury deliberated three hours before finding a Traer woman guilty of first-degree murder. The prosecution said she planned with her “lover“ — a much younger Shellsburg man — to kill her husband and start a new life with his $500,000 life insurance policy. She was the sole beneficiary.
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