As a respected Fort Dodge community leader, Charles Clayton is well-known for helping countless at-risk students with programs and mentorship as they try to survive adversity. The work is deeply personal to him, as he knows the danger of youthful mistakes — Charles...

As a respected Fort Dodge community leader, Charles Clayton is well-known for helping countless at-risk students with programs and mentorship as they try to survive adversity. The work is deeply personal to him, as he knows the danger of youthful mistakes — Charles...

As a respected Fort Dodge community leader, Charles Clayton is well-known for helping countless at-risk students with programs and mentorship as they try to survive adversity. The work is deeply personal to him, as he knows the danger of youthful mistakes — Charles...

While downplaying Iowa’s rising COVID-19 numbers and rebuking school districts who oppose in-person school reopening orders, Gov. Kim Reynolds today accused the media of implementing “scare tactics” in their coverage of how the virus is playing out across the state....

The Urbandale School District became one of the first in the state tonight to defy an Iowa Department of Education orders to immediately resume classes in-person amid the coronavirus pandemic. A motion to extend full remote learning at year-round Rolling Green...

Glance at any color-coded COVID-19 data map of the United States and you'll often easily be able to spot an outline of Iowa in the Midwest, signifying its high per-capita positive cases. Iowa has long struggled to contain the virus' spread, and infection rates here...

Hy-Vee last week resisted calls for face-covering requirements, instead implementing today an educational campaign that includes distributing 3 million free masks to customers. Top labor union officials and Iowa activists are continuing to call for stricter policies....

Iowa House District 92 candidate Jennifer Kakert has successfully tried her hand working at a multinational corporation, doing property development in the Quad Cities and owning a downtown Davenport small business while being on the board of several non-profits and...

Iowa House District 92 candidate Jennifer Kakert has successfully tried her hand working at a multinational corporation, doing property development in the Quad Cities and owning a downtown Davenport small business while being on the board of several non-profits and...

Iowa remains one of six U.S. states without any facial covering requirements as COVID-19 daily cases return to their previous peak in the state. Some local county and municipal leadership is left skeptical of CDC mask-wearing suggestions and others are fearful of...

Iowa remains one of six U.S. states without any facial covering requirements as COVID-19 daily cases return to their previous peak in the state. Some local county and municipal leadership is left skeptical of CDC mask-wearing suggestions and others are fearful of...

Iowa remains one of six U.S. states without any facial covering requirements as COVID-19 daily cases return to their previous peak in the state. Some local county and municipal leadership is left skeptical of CDC mask-wearing suggestions and others are fearful of...

Hy-Vee will remain open without requiring shoppers to wear facial coverings, saying it wants to stay inclusive to customers who cannot wear masks for medical reasons. The West Des Moines-based midwestern supermarket chain's decision stands against the increasing trend...

Hy-Vee will remain open without requiring shoppers to wear facial coverings, saying it wants to stay inclusive to customers who cannot wear masks for medical reasons. The West Des Moines-based midwestern supermarket chain's decision stands against the increasing trend...

Walmart’s newly-implemented mask requirement policy has stirred outrage, especially among rural Iowans, even as the state’s coronavirus cases creep back up to the peaks it hit in May. America’s largest retailer on Monday began enforcing a mandate which requires all...

Walmart’s newly-implemented mask requirement policy has stirred outrage, especially among rural Iowans, even as the state’s coronavirus cases creep back up to the peaks it hit in May. America’s largest retailer on Monday began enforcing a mandate which requires all...

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate was given the green light by a panel of state lawmakers on Friday to send absentee ballot request forms to all active registered voters ahead of November’s general election, but without auto-filled voter identification information or...

As Iowa on Friday set a new single-day high for COVID-19 cases, Gov. Kim Reynolds said the state’s schools must prioritize in-person learning this fall, overriding a number of school district’s recent decisions to implement online or hybrid learning options amid a...

With little guidance from national and state officials, many of Iowa’s school districts are themselves determining reopening plans before children enter classrooms this fall. President Donald Trump and Gov. Kim Reynolds have both said recently that they prioritize...

The majority of older Iowans support absentee voting, and many plan on voting absentee this November as the COVID-19 threat persists, according to a new AARP poll. Conducted with Selzer & Company, AARP Iowa polled over 800 registered Iowa voters age 50 and over...

The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors on Thursday refused to condemn the use of local militia members who stood guard at the county courthouse in late May during the initial aftermath of the George Floyd murder. At a morning board meeting, the Concerned...

When Steve King's name was once trending on Twitter in late June, C.J. Petersen, the Democratic candidate for the Iowa Senate seat King once held, said he thought it'd be a good time to introduce himself to the state with a campaign video. The spot was unique among...

Iowa became the first state in the nation to restart high school sports amid the pandemic, allowing baseball and softball high school teams to resume their summer seasons in early June. It was believed to be the first return of organized sports in the country,...

A $100,000 reward is on the market today for anyone able to turn in whoever placed the noose found in late June at the Altoona Facebook Data Center construction site. In an effort to gather tips that will lead to an eventual arrest in the now FBI and the Department of...

A $100,000 reward is on the market today for anyone able to turn in whoever placed the noose found in late June at the Altoona Facebook Data Center construction site. In an effort to gather tips that will lead to an eventual arrest in the now FBI and the Department of...

A $100,000 reward is on the market today for anyone able to turn in whoever placed the noose found in late June at the Altoona Facebook Data Center construction site. In an effort to gather tips that will lead to an eventual arrest in the now FBI and the Department of...

The Iowa Department of Public Health cracked down on the circulation of zip-code specific COVID-19 positive case numbers after an Allamakee County local official began publishing biweekly reports online. That data pointed to the rural county's coronavirus outbreak...

Brownells, the Grinnell-based international gun manufacturer and firearm supplier, was one of Iowa’s leading recipients of the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program. Data released Monday by the federal agency shows that Brownells was one of 50...

On her last day of classes at Boise State University in 1998, Iowa House District 37 Democratic candidate Andrea Phillips rode her bike all the way up to campus before realizing she forgot her bike lock. “I just turned to the person next to me in front of the business...