Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand released policy priorities Wednesday to support Iowa farm and rural economies. Part of Sand’s priorities included raising the state minimum wage to $12 an ...

Nate Willems, the Democrat running for Iowa Attorney General, said he plans to create an enforcement unit dedicated to wage theft recovery if elected in 2026. Willems, a labor lawyer and former state ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is working to develop a reporting and data collection system to better understand recycling in the state. In an online stakeholder meeting Tuesday about a ...

An Iowa nursing home worker charged with dependent adult abuse after being convicted of stealing medications can continue to practice in Iowa, the Iowa Board of Nursing has ruled. The board recently ...

Osceola County has agreed to settle a legal malpractice lawsuit against its attorneys by accepting a payment of $1.22 million. Minutes from the county board’s July 21, 2026, meeting indicate the board ...

Clarke University plans to use a professional development grant to explore and strengthen its community ties in Dubuque and the surrounding area, bringing together college and community officials. The ...

Iowa regulators have sanctioned a second state-employed nurse in the 2024 death of an inmate at the Newton Correctional Facility. In October 2025, the Iowa Board of Nursing charged two Department of ...

Dordt University undergraduate students Cameron Grimes and Daniel Garcia spent this summer studying air quality in relation ...

Iowa row crops are in good conditions as of the latest report from USDA, though plant pathologists say disease pressure is creeping up.

The Newton Village Health Care Center has been fined $8,500 by the state, according to the Iowa Department of Inspections, ...

Rural public school districts are seeing effects of Iowa's Education Savings Accounts on their classrooms, budgets and ...

An Iowa nursing home administrator has been fined by state regulators for failing to report a 2019 criminal conviction to licensing authorities. The Iowa Board of Nursing Home Administrators recently ...