Iowa law enforcement agencies have tested less DNA evidence in sexual assault cases at the state crime lab in recent years than they did five years ago. Iowa police and sheriffs maintain vastly ...

Storm drains at the fence line of The Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids are pictured Thursday. “Forever chemicals” have been detected in wells in the area, and also in the headwaters of Plum Creek, ...

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect the Iowa Department of Education's response, provided after the article was initially published on Oct. 1, 2025. When a pulmonologist told Gail ...

State Ag Secretary Mike Naig says Iowa officials are taking a different approach compared to other states when it comes to bird flu testing. When a poultry flock has been hit by the virus, the testing ...

A Tyson Foods meat packing plant in Iowa has had more than half of its workforce test positive for coronavirus, as the pandemic continues to impact meat packing plants across the country. On Tuesday, ...

DES MOINES | Seeking to bypass what could be a protracted court battle, the Iowa House Tuesday voted 94-3 to require the contract to develop standardized tests for K-12 students go to the University ...

Students wait to walk during a commencement ceremony May 6 at Iowa Wesleyan University in Mount Pleasant. The 2023 class was the university’s last. The university, founded in 1842, closed permanently ...

It is past time for Iowa policymakers to take a simple step to reduce the number of fentanyl overdose deaths in the state. As of August, only four states and Puerto Rico still lump drug checking ...

Newly released records show the State of Iowa deployed “strike teams” to conduct rapid on-site coronavirus testing at 17 businesses in 2020, including some of the state's most powerful pork and beef ...

I guess this is what they mean by getting out in front of the story. Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz and athletic director Gary Barta held a news conference Tuesday morning where they revealed very little ...