Extreme weather has created more uncertainty for Iowa farmers — especially during spring planting. Because of the changeable weather and the growing number of questions farmers, policymakers, journalists and others have about it, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach hired Madelynn Wuestenberg to be its first agricultural climatologist.
3.8 percent tax rate coming next year: All Iowa taxpayers will pay a 3.8 percent income tax next year under a law Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed last week. The law builds on a 2022 tax code overhaul Republicans passed, creating a flat income tax sooner, and lower than initially planned. The law is expected to save Iowa taxpayers — and r...
The court system can be difficult enough to navigate for someone who’s proficient in English, but for litigants, witnesses and victims who don’t speak English, it can be overwhelming without help. Over the last decade, the Iowa Judicial Branch has made it a priority to provide qualified court interpreters to meet the needs of an increasingly div...
Background When Al Pierson looks around the Time Check neighborhood in northwest Cedar Rapids, he sees some progress and still much potential.
Kia Telluride, a five-door SUV, debuted for the 2020 model year. Now, in 2024, it's available in five trim levels: LX, S, EX, SX, and SX Prestige, and further delineated by X-Line versions of LX and X-Pro iterations of the SX and SX-Prestige. Beneath the hood resides a naturally aspirated 291 horsepower V-6 engine with an eight-speed automatic t...
One in an occasional series of articles about issues that are likely to return for debate in next year's session of the Iowa Legislature.
Ellen Bengtson was riding her bicycle near Charles City on a sunny Sunday evening in 2020 when she was killed by a driver who was opening an app on his cellphone.
IOWA CITY — At first blush, 13-year-old Archie Damschen wasn’t so sure. His dad had come home with the news that artists were being sought to design and then execute their plan on a 6-foot-tall fiberglass statue of University of Iowa mascot Herky the Hawkeye.
Approximately 34 percent of the population of Iowa is over the age of 50. Guarding older adults from scams is a critical component of consumer protection. A somewhat surprising national finding, though, is that young people, ages 18 to 24, reported losing more money to scams than older age groups, according to a new report published by the BBB ...
The impact of Iowa’s citizen diplomacy was on full display at the Nov. 15 dinner in San Francisco that featured a keynote address by Chinese president Xi Jinping, which drew over 600 of the nation’s most prominent business leaders. Consider that potentially the most influential American at that event was not Elon Musk or Apple CEO Tim Cook, but ...
WARSAW, Poland — As a teenager, Phil Richmond hung around the minor-league ballpark in Cedar Rapids, collecting autographs of future Angels such as the late Nate Adenhart in 2006 and getting to videotape an interview with Mike Trout. “I also grew up right near where the field is at Coe,” said Richmond, who played there after attending Kirkwood C...
