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New Iowa Poison Control Center program to help treat opioid addiction

By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) The Iowa Poison Control Center is setting up a program to provide round-the-clock clinical advice to healthcare professionals treating patients who’ve overdosed on opioids or have an opioid addiction.…
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Iowa’s mourning dove season opens Sept. 1

DES MOINES -- Lights bobbing from headlamps guide hunters in the early morning hours from overflowing parking lots to a spot in the standing sunflowers or wheat fields where they will sit and wait for…
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Secretary Pate’s 2026 State Fair Straw Poll Shows Iowans’ 2026 Election Preferences

DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate today announced the results of the unscientific Iowa State Fair Straw Poll. The poll, which closed Sunday at 8pm, allowed fairgoers to cast their preference for…
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2026 Iowa State Fair attendance nearing record

By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) The Iowa State Fair’s 11-day run ended Sunday and it will likely set an attendance record. During the first 10 days of the State Fair, 1,114,985 people entered the fairgrounds.…
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Iowa’s Unemployment Rate Remains at 3.2 Percent for the Third Month

DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained at 3.2 percent in July, equal to the rate in May and June and down from a jobless rate of 3.5 percent one year ago. Meanwhile,…
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Details released on Stuart shooting of woman and State Trooper

By Dar Danielson (Radio Iowa) The Iowa Department of Public Safety has released more information on the shooting death Tuesday of a woman in Stuart and the wounding of a state trooper. Officers responded to…
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Lahn says Iowa’s cancer rate linked to agricultural practices

By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) Zach Lahn, the Republican candidate for governor, says the state’s high cancer rate “is tied into agriculture” and that assessment is not popular with many of his fellow Republicans.…
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Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report

DES MOINES -- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. Additionally,…
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Wildfire smoke may be hurting Iowans’ physical and mental health

By Radio Iowa Contributor Even with all the recent rain, much of Iowa’s northern half remains under a moderate health advisory due to smoke from distant wildfires, and a mental health expert says that smoke is affecting…
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Reynolds says last State Fair as governor ‘bittersweet’

By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) Kim Reynolds has taken a different path as governor when it comes to the Iowa State Fair. Terry Branstad, Tom Vilsack and Chet Culver made appearances at the Iowa…
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