Zach Lahn, the Republican nominee for Iowa governor and a Siouxland native, called on Democratic nominee Rob Sand to join him in "six Lincoln Douglas style debates." Last month Sand called for four debates spread across Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Des Moines and Sioux City.
Illinois lawmakers are digging deep on data centers, with a House committee hearing from mayors, labor groups and agriculture representatives about the facilities’ local impacts in the first of three planned meetings.
It is the first bill passed out of a full chamber in this young legislative session, which started last week, signaling the issue’s importance to Iowa House Republicans.
Education groups and others raised questions Tuesday during an Iowa House subcommittee meeting about legislation that could potentially change continuing education requirements for licensed professionals.
Iowa Democratic candidates who are running in the state’s 2026 elections have been campaigning throughout this summer, and some of them sound different from what might be expected.
President Donald Trump talked extensively about the nation’s semiquincentennial – including his pledge to have Iowa kick off a Great American State Fair – and also talked plenty of politics.
Thousands of people Saturday joined together at Tom Hanafan River's Edge Park to express their collective dissatisfaction in the way the country is being run.
Iowa State Rep. Steven Holt backed away from a call to impeach Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, but he vowed to continue to fight for the rights of landowners.
The provision is in a budget bill that was among those Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed or vetoed on Wednesday.
Iowa Workforce Development is launching a new unemployment system website, which will consolidate portals for finding jobs and submitting unemployment claims all into one place.
Some able-bodied Iowans who are covered by Medicaid would be subject to work requirements under legislation signed into law Friday by Gov. Kim Reynolds.
Consolidating Iowa’s counties and benchmarking state employee benefits to those in the private sector were some of the ideas suggested during an Iowa DOGE Task Force meeting on Wednesday.
Monday, Iowa State Rep. J.D. Scholten (D-Sioux City) announced he's running for Joni Ernst's U.S. Senate seat in 2026. He's the second Democratic candidate to declare a bid.
Through its Haul Out Hunger initative, the Deb and Jeff Hansen Foundation is donating ground pork to food pantries across Iowa, including 1,152 in Crawford County.
CMSgt. Nick Hamstra of the Iowa Air National Guard's 185th Air Refueling Wing talks about his family's long history of military service
In the early railroad era, Council Bluffs was the fifth largest rail center in the county and was the eastern terminus of the first transcontential railroad.
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley talked about data centers, the positives and negatives of them, possible legislation on the building of them and more during a Q&A with employees at the Chesterman Company in Sioux City on Tuesday, June 30, 2026.
Eldon Cleveland's dining room table was filled with Navy memorabilia Friday morning. There were hats, banners, piles of newspaper clippings and photos. But two of the most important items were at the head of the table: a photo of his father, Harold J. Cleveland, and a book. Born and raised in Sioux City, Harold was a member of the United States Navy during World War II and kept a massive ...
CEDAR FALLS—In a showcase of the hard work that seniors across the state have put into their high school football careers, team North overcame a slow start and scored a pair of touchdowns in the second half to defeat team South in the 2026 Shrine Bowl on Saturday. In Iowa’s premier football all-star game, 92 players gathered to support Shriner’s Hospital in a week-long event that culminated in ...
Kadin Hoger was grilling at the encampment on Williamson and South Baldwin streets from 2 p.m. Friday until 2 a.m. Saturday.
People gather at Williamson and South Baldwin Streets where Corey Ruiz was fatally shot by a police officer on Wednesday afternoon in Madison.
* Trump says tech companies have committed to fund or build infrastructure to meet their power needs * Consumer anger at data centers' power use and rising electricity bills an issue for November
WASHINGTON – Time may be running out for a bill to stop changing the clocks.
Almost three years into the war and amid shortages of basic goods, lighters are shared among dozens of families, passed from tent to tent.
Officials described Saturday night’s attack, which killed one person and injured 29 others, as an Islamist terrorist attack.
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Kadin Hoger was grilling at the encampment on Williamson and South Baldwin streets from 2 p.m. Friday until 2 a.m. Saturday.
People gather at Williamson and South Baldwin Streets where Corey Ruiz was fatally shot by a police officer on Wednesday afternoon in Madison.
The memorial for Corey Ruiz has been in place on Williamson Street since Wednesday, when Ruiz was shot dead by police there. It was still holding strong Saturday, with no sign of police or other means of removal. Protesters said they plan on staying as long as they can.
The owner of a Dow City bar will spend up to a decade in prison for sexually abusing an employee.
Trump’s remaking of the Rose Garden continues with sculptures lining one side of the paved-over garden, facing the Oval Office.
Members of the public spoke for about two-and-a-half hours at the Clinton Plan Commission meeting on Wednesday.
Nearly 100 people attended a Salix City Council meeting on Wednesday to hear the latest about plans to develop a potential data center on 900 acres northeast of town. The council ultimately voted 3-2 to direct their attorney to draft a one-year moratorium on data centers while they study policy and ordinances. One attendee opposed to the plan said "These are your neighbors, your friends, these people do not want a data center."
Quarters One might be the most famous, but there are a handful of other officers’ living quarters on the island.
