Iowa DOT crews will begin updating about 1,800 speed limit signs as a new rural road speed limit takes effect. Here's what drivers need to know.
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Check out Wednesday's softball and baseball scoreboard
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The Hugh and Maxine Loudon Business Park in Clarinda recently earned an Iowa Certified Site designation through the Iowa Economic Development Authority.
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Iowa Western Community College will use close to $1 million in federal funding to expand its skilled trades training at multiple locations in Southwest Iowa.
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The Sidney softball team had another big night at the plate Tuesday in a road win over Essex
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The Sidney baseball team, complete with East Mills athletes this summer, earned a convincing win Tuesday at Essex
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Forward Joshua Jefferson is the first Cyclone selected in the first round of the NBA Draft since Tyrese Haliburton in 2020.
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The price of regular unleaded gasoline fell 12 cents from last week's price and is currently averaging $3.54 across Iowa.
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is continuing a series of criminal prosecutions for alleged illegal voting, even as the first wave of cases has led to mixed results in court.
The Woodbury County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a 12-month moratorium on data centers in the unincorporated parts of the county.
UNMC and Nebraska Medicine leaders spoke of lessons learned in the quarantine, some of which they have begun sharing with others in a national disease-fighting network.
U.S. Department of Energy Deputy Secretary James Danly praised the virtues of data centers while calling for a “nuclear renaissance” in relation to the nation’s growing electricity demands.
A proposal to build the state's largest data center near the Clinton’s airport has been making headlines — not all of them good.
Four years after Dobbs, abortion pill access has become the next battleground as Iowa enforces new restrictions and advocates debate federal action.
Iowa’s Board of Regents has announced it will spearhead a study group to investigate how “grade inflation” across the state and nation is impacting admission standards at its public universities.
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