Iowa’s sales tax holiday this year begins at 12:01 a.m. Friday, Aug. 1 and ends at midnight before Sunday.
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Iowa’s sales tax holiday this year begins at 12:01 a.m. Friday, Aug. 1 and ends at midnight before Sunday.
Strong storms that brought hurricane-force winds to an area stretching from the Upper Plains to the Midwest have been preliminarily classified by the National Weather Service as a derecho, defined as a long-lived line of storms with extreme winds.
A Tiffin man, who directed and recorded videos of child porn involving a toddler, was sentenced to 37 years in prison. He also must pay $6,000 in victim restitution.
Iowa State University on Tuesday officially launched its search for a new president with a refined position overview and list of expectations, attributes, and qualities infused with the stark reality that higher education is at a crossroads.
Ryne Sandberg, a Hall of Fame second baseman who became one of baseball’s best all-around players while starring for the Chicago Cubs, has died. He was 65.
How career and technical education for students across the state is implemented could see drastic changes in the coming years after the Iowa State Board of Education voted to shift millions in funding for these programs away from community colleges and to K-12 school districts.
Announcement comes after fatal shooting at NYC office building.
The shooting took place at a skyscraper that is home to the headquarters of both the NFL and Blackstone, one of the world’s largest investment firms, as well as other tenants.
Buren Sherman’s house was included in a 1969 directory that also included Benton County’s Tilford Academy and the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School.
Also, Ted Cruz to headline Brenna Bird fundraiser
State Library of Iowa attributes delivery changes to “rising costs and federal budget uncertainty.”
A state law that bans most abortions after roughly 6 weeks of pregnancy appears to be driving down the number of abortions in Iowa but also driving up the number of Iowans having abortions in neighboring states with less restrictive policies
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