Writers, artists, poets, a virologist, activists and filmmakers are among the luminaries named as this year’s MacArthur fellows. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation on Tuesday announced 25 people will each receive $625,000 over five years to use as they please. The Chicago-base…
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas inmate faces execution Tuesday evening for fatally stabbing two Houston-area brothers during a robbery in their home more than 30 years ago.
Here are 15 places in Iowa that would make you do a double take if you saw them named on a highway sign.
PHOENIX (AP) — A judge on Monday struck down Republican-passed Arizona laws that block schools from requiring masks and restrict the power of local governments to impose COVID-19 requirements, the latest turn in a nationwide legal battle over pandemic rules.
More than 145,000 Western New Yorkers have contracted Covid-19 since March 2020 and 2,630 have died of it.
A roundup of state government and Capitol news items of interest for Monday, Sept. 27, 2021:
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge on Monday extended a restraining order for 14 days that prohibits Iowa officials from enforcing a law that bans school districts from enacting mask mandates.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge on Monday extended a restraining order for 14 days that prohibits Iowa officials from enforcing a law that bans school districts from enacting mask mandates.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge on Monday extended a restraining order for 14 days that prohibits Iowa officials from enforcing a law that bans school districts from enacting mask mandates.
The state ended fiscal 2021 with a general-fund surplus of nearly $1.24 billion, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Monday — much more than earlier forecast and money she has indicated could lead to further tax cuts.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Faculty at Iowa public universities are demanding the right to require masks in their classrooms regardless of state law or policies against them.
During a phone conversation on Monday afternoon, Sen. Chuck Grassley said that he supported carbon capture plans as a way to address global warming.
MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois man unexpectedly won the Quad Cities Marathon this weekend when the two Kenyan runners who had far outpaced him were disqualified after being diverted off the course by a race volunteer bicyclist.
Citing the need for deaf students to see their teachers’ faces, Gov. Kim Reynolds is fighting efforts to extend a court order that effectively allows schools to impose mask mandates in combatting the spread of COVID-19.
MUSCATINE — A Muscatine woman accused of sexually molesting an 8-year-old child on tape and selling the video has pleaded not guilty and demanded her right to a speedy trial. Her trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 18.
It was only a year ago last April 2020 that we saw some horrible prices for the commodities and livestock that we raise here in the US and sell to the rest of the world. Now, as I write we have had an amazing comeback.
Iowans ranked the highest for the percentage of individuals who passed a high school equivalency exam administered in 25 states and four U.S. territories, state officials announced Tuesday.
FAIRFAX, Iowa (AP) — Officials in eastern Iowa say two people are dead after their vehicle was hit by a train at a private railroad crossing in Linn County.
Des Moines Register. Sept. 26, 2021.
GOP governors have asked for meeting with Biden over border
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The companies working to build pipelines to capture carbon dioxide produced by ethanol plants and transport it as a liquid under high pressure to permanent storage deep underground may face opposition from farmers and environmental groups in Nebraska and Iowa.
KINGSLEY, Iowa (AP) — Standing at the top of a ladder to clean the gutters on the house is the highest many of us will ever work.
MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Senior kicker Ava Seaton thought she might get an opportunity to kick the ball at some point during the second half of Mason City’s home opener against Charles City on Friday night.
SLOAN, Iowa (AP) — A 12-year-old Iowa boy died after being run over during a homecoming parade accident Friday.
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — At least 16 people in eastern Iowa were charged with gun crimes after a two-day sweep by federal authorities this week.
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