President Donald Trump returns to Iowa today in what is described as a shift to focus on the 40 weeks until November’s ...

The Monona County Sheriff is investigating three suspicious fires in Onawa this week. The latest fire destroyed the historic grandstand area at the Monona County Fairgrounds Wednesday evening. There ...

Administrators at a southwest Iowa school are promoting literacy in a new way. A book vending machine is now installed in the media center at Clarinda’s Pre-K-6 Building. Clarinda Elementary Principal ...

An Iowa-born actress, writer, teacher and director with more than five decades of stage experience is starring in the title role of a touring Broadway production that will make a one-week stop in Iowa ...

House Minority Leader Brian Meyer (D-Des Moines) on the "Iowa Press" set on Jan. 30, 2026. (Iowa PBS photo) Brian Meyer, the leader of Democrats in the Iowa House, says a “silent majority” of Iowans ...

Iowans who yet haven’t upgraded to a Real ID with the gold star in the top right corner will have to pay a $45 fee at the airport if they want to fly, starting this Sunday. Jessica Mayle, regional ...

Representative Taylor Collins (R-Mediapolis) is chairman of the House Higher Education Committee (Official photo) A bill that’s cleared an Iowa House subcommittee would have the board that governs the ...

Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart on the Iowa Press set in Feb. 2025. (Iowa PBS photo) Iowa Democrats and Republicans will be holding Caucuses on Monday night, starting at 7 p.m. The meetings ...

House Republicans are proposing longer sentences for violent offenders with previous convictions and new restrictions in the bail system. The mandatory, 20 year sentences for “habitual” offenders ...

The annual Winter Dance Party starts today at the Surf Ballroom and Museum in Clear Lake, the site where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and “The Big Bopper” J.P. Richardson played their final concert ...

Residents of nine communities hit by historic flooding in northwest Iowa in 2024 are still waiting for FEMA to buyout 267 homes, totaling more than $53 million. Almost half the homes are in Rock ...

The state Environmental Protection Commission has approved the use of federal funding to continue support of the Lake Rathbun watershed protection program in southern Iowa. Ginger Murphy from the ...