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Sen. Chuck Grassley holds a pristine A+ rating from the NRA Political Victory Fund while Mike Franken, his Democratic challenger, has an F rating, which should give a clear indication of where the two stand on the issue of gun control. During a Columbus Junction town hall held less than a week after the school…

A seventh Iowan was charged for taking part in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. According to the Sioux City Journal, Kenneth Rader, 53, of Sioux City was arrested Thursday and was charged in the US District Court for the District of Columbia with four charges: knowingly entering or…

Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Justice David May as her newest Iowa Supreme Court appointment. May is replacing retiring-Justice Brent Appel, who was appointed in 2006 by Gov. Tom Vilsack. Iowa code requires judges to retire at 72, and Appel hit that mark on July 12. All of Iowa’s current Supreme Court Justices have now been…

On a regular basis via an internal site, Hy-Vee’s 93,000 employees can watch new episodes of “Employee Show: Hy-Lights,” a well-produced in-house program where spokesperson Tina Potthoff interviews CEO Randy Edeker about the latest happenings in the West Des Moines-based company. However, last Friday’s “Hy-Lights” was different, according to one former Hy-Vee employee who was…

Corn is king in Iowa. Look out any window or drive outside of the city, and it is the landscape. While it is used in a variety of products ranging from corn syrup to livestock feed to ethanol, another other important corn product is made in Iowa: Popcorn!  Iowa is one of the nine states…

Domestic violence, religious freedom, bodily autonomy, and women’s abilities to decide their own future. All of those and more are on the line now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v Wade according to abortion access advocates. Rep. Cindy Axne (D-Iowa) hosted a roundtable in Des Moines on Wednesday to hear perspectives from people…

Hy-Vee, the West Des Moines-based grocer, confirmed to Axios and KCCI on Wednesday that it was laying off employees, but the company didn’t specify which departments or how many people lost their jobs. The grocery store chain told Axios the people they laid off were hired for “COVID-related projects” that are no longer needed while…