Rising electricity bills in Iowa are putting pressure on household budgets. Lawmakers in Washington have introduced a proposal to tackle those rising costs. As winter protections begin to expire ...

Amie Rivers is Iowa Starting Line's newsletter editor. She writes the weekly Worker’s Almanac edition of Iowa Starting Line, featuring a roundup of the worker news you need to know. Previously, she ...

Explore the stunning wildflowers in Iowa with our expert-backed guide covering top trails, bloom timelines, and 10 easy-to-identify flowers to find this year. Iowa’s wildflower season will soon begin, ...

Democratic congressional candidate Sarah Trone Garriott held a roundtable in Ottumwa where local health care professionals and patients discussed the closure of MercyOne’s Ottumwa clinic and how the ...

The Iowa Secretary of State’s office Monday released the finalized list of candidates who will appear on the June 2, 2026 primary. Candidates for state and federal offices had between Feb. 23 and ...

The period for public comment on Iowa’s impaired waterways report closes this week. The federal Clean Water Act requires the state to list potentially threatened rivers, lakes and streams every two ...

Bask in beautiful blooms at these flower festivals happening across Iowa this spring and summer. As winter loosens its icy grip on the Hawkeye State, brightly colored flowers begin to bend their ...

I could hardly see. My vision was blurry—I felt like I was looking through a dark tunnel. I couldn’t talk and my husband had to almost carry me as I stumbled from the car into the county hospital ER.

Fall—it’s the most colorful time of the year. Plan the perfect Iowa leaf-peeping adventure with our guide to the best places and times to see fall foliage. There is no wrong time to enjoy Iowa’s ...

After Waterloo, Iowa, retiree Rosetta Robinson’s daughter had a baby, the two moved out of the small apartment they shared together, expecting to get a more spacious home within a few months. That was ...

A Utah-based private equity firm is slowly selling off its Iowa mobile home parks after years of resident complaints. In one Iowa City park that Havenpark Communities still owns, residents report ...

Iowa Republican lawmakers have passed a bill to boost K-12 education funding by 2%—not nearly enough to keep pace with what’s needed for a once-thriving public school system. Meanwhile, Governor Kim ...