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Iowa Democratic U.S. Senate candidate J.D. Scholten held a campaign event Monday at a central Iowa farm to highlight his federal agriculture policy proposals.

Republican state Rep. Bobby Kaufmann will help lead his party’s supermajority after Iowa House Republicans elected him as majority leader Monday morning. He replaces former House Majority Leader Matt Windschitl, of Missouri Valley, who stepped down from his leadership role to focus on his campaign for Iowa’s 4th Congressional District.

A serial sexual abuse convict from Cedar Rapids, who in 2021 was sentenced to 12 years in prison after convictions in two sexual abuse cases, has now been charged with sexually assaulting a child back in 2014.

Three people sustained serious or life-threatening injuries after a wrong-way crash Sunday night outside West Branch in Johnson County, according to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol.

The Iowa Board of Nursing has suspended the license of a Cedar Rapids nurse accused of repeatedly showing up for work while intoxicated.

Bayer, the biotech company and manufacturer of Round Up, has substantially increased its spending on lobbying in Iowa since the introduction of a pesticide labeling bill in 2024.

Also, Fairfax will host an open house for city administrator finalists

An Iowa native, Mardorf was hired in June to lead oversee parks operations and spearhead department initiatives.