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 ...

There’s a living history encampment this weekend to mark the 1804 Lewis and Clark Expedition’s stay along the Missouri River in the area that is now Sioux City.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers at the University of Iowa are looking for help testing out developing technology that’s designed to determine whether a driver should be behind the wheel. Tim Brown, director of ...

The northwest Iowa community of Le Mars is hosting its first-ever beer festival later this month. Event organizer Ben Sitzmann, of the Le Mars-based Wise I Brewing, says the gathering is being ...