U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright toured the Ames National Lab at Iowa State University Thursday. One of the Lab’s core research priorities is developing ways to extract and re-use rare earth ...

At least 300,000 people are expected at the Iowa State Fair over its final three days, as the forecast for Des Moines calls for mostly sunny skies and steamy high temperatures back in the 90s ...

The 2025 Iowa State Fair doesn’t end until Sunday night, giving a few more politicians a chance to engage in what’s turned out to be common exercise for vote-seekers. Dana Wanken of Clarion ...

Dozens of Iowa school districts will be starting classes soon without a full roster of full-time teachers and staff. This ...

The State Health Department has confirmed the first case of West Nile virus. The Department says the adult between 41 and 60 years old is from northern Iowa. The virus is transmitted through bites ...

Many Iowa schools start classes in less than two weeks and what used to be a fall rite of passage — getting kids updated on their shots — is happening less frequently, and is more often the ...

Hy-Vee used the facility in Ankeny to make sandwiches, salads, bakery items and take-and-bake pizzas. JBS will retool the plant and it will make fully-cooked, ready-to-eat bacon and sausage. JBS ...

Iowa’s numbers are out for July and Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend says things held steady. “Unemployment remained at 3.7% and our labor force participation also remained ...

Every stall in the Horse Barn at this year’s Iowa State Fair has been occupied and Clydesdale and Percheron draft horses have arrived as their National Shows get underway today.

It’s going to be a throwback Thursday for the Iowa Lottery at the Iowa State Fair. CEO Matt Strawn says they will commemorate the sale of first lottery ticket at the Fair 40 years ago. “So we ...

State Auditor Rob Sand, a Democrat who’s running for governor, says a government efficiency panel appointed by Republican Governor Reynolds should drop the idea of changing the pension system ...