CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs will end its labor and delivery services Aug. 31, citing staffing issues.

Iowa has a unique high school baseball and softball schedule. Is it odd or should other midwestern states consider following ...

ROCKWELL CITY, Iowa—James Hepp is sick of excuses. The 36-year-old farmer manages about 1,600 acres of corn, soy and small grains in northern Iowa. He keeps a close eye on his bottom line and says he ...

Register readers are talking about the farm bill, rural healthcare and library funding in letters published July 6-12, 2026.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Four years of film study and fundamentals culminated in one legacy-defining moment for Iowa defensive end Ethan Hurkett last fall. The Hawkeyes led rival Iowa State 20-13 with 1:23 ...

An Iowa law removing gender identity as a protected class from the state’s civil rights code took effect Tuesday, the first action of its kind in the United States. The new rollback of protections is ...

The moment the Iowa-Nebraska series became a true football rivalry came not during a game but in an offhanded remark. On Nov. 30, 2014, two days after the Huskers had rallied from a 17-point deficit ...

Most new laws take effect July 1 — the beginning of the state's fiscal year — unless otherwise specified. Some of the most notable new laws will ban drivers from holding cell phones, prohibit ...

Iowa's speed limit is going up this summer. Gov. Kim Reynolds signed legislation June 1 raising the state's default speed limit to 60 miles per hour, up from the current speed limit of 55 miles per ...

Theresa Weeks was making spaghetti when a Senate candidate came knocking on her door. “I was just watching your commercial,” Weeks said, extending her arms to give Josh Turek a hug on her front steps.

An Iowa law banning most abortions in the state will take effect Monday, roughly one year after Gov. Kim Reynolds signed it. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

A retired water scientist named Chris Jones is running in the Democratic primary for secretary of agriculture in Iowa. That may not sound like a blockbuster race. But Jones is an unusual candidate: It ...