The 2025 Rural Policy Action Report highlights struggles and solutions for small communities in Iowa and nationwide.
SNAP benefits will not be issued starting on November 1. Here’s how that’s impacting Iowans.
A spotted lanternfly was found in Des Moines in September. The invasive species could pose problems in the future.
Ames, Iowa, has experienced several brushes with paranormal incidents. Here are five stories that prove it’s haunted.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has just completed taking public input as it considers strengthening Iowa drinking water standards.
My neighbor Tamara is tired of politics; she tells me this all the time. She says she doesn’t watch the news except for the weather, and would rather read a good book instead. I get it, I tell her, as I drop off a paperback I just finished. But Tamara is also...
by Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch October 17, 2025 State, city and county inspectors have cited Iowa restaurants and stores for hundreds of food-safety violations during the past several weeks, including offenses related to dirty kitchens, unlicensed...
Des Moines is on the precipice of becoming a safe haven for women’s sports.
The Iowa City City Council candidate wants to bring her library background into city government. When Clara Reynen turned 18, she asked her parents if it would be OK for her to skip school that day because she had something important she wanted to do: Register to...
A new report from a prominent food and environmental advocacy group reveals that at least one in four Iowa children under the age of five and their families are at risk of losing critical nutrition assistance due to the government shutdown in Washington.
