Severe thunderstorms developed over Iowa Friday afternoon and evening, bringing hail and high winds through the metro.

China’s retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods, including a 10% tariff on soybeans, are causing concern for Iowa farmers like Doug Fuller, whose family has farmed in northern Polk County for generations.

Peregrine falcons, once nonexistent in Iowa, hatched and raised at least 36 young falcons in 2024 out of the 17 nests monitored in the state. The Iowa Department of Natural ...

The co-chairs of the Joint Committee on Ways and Means released Senate Bill 5550 March 5. The cities of Dallas, Monmouth and ...

The measles outbreak is now confirmed in at least 15 states, with new cases in Vermont, Maryland, and Oklahoma.

“We just want folks to make sure they’re aware of the forecast coming up and know what they’re going to do for that severe ...

The measles outbreak is now confirmed in at least 15 states, with new cases in Vermont, Maryland, and Oklahoma.

A former longtime Iowa lawmaker has died.Janet Metcalf represented Polk County in the Iowa House from 1985 to 2003. She was a ...

Immigration was the biggest factor in population growth for many booming Sun Belt counties as well as for the agricultural Midwest, according to a Stateline analysis of new U.S. Census Bureau county ...

Letters published March 10-16, 2025, deliver their verdicts on Congress, town halls, tampons and the Polk County Board of ...

"In just a 10-day period in January under weather amnesty, the expense was $100,500 and that extra cost was not only due to the rate of having additional staff to make sure we had a safe work ...

A budget shortfall and proposed tax overhaul put pressure on Polk County supervisors — themselves highly paid — to act on ...