Otter and bobcat populations continue to do well in Iowa
Nov 29, 2023
By Dar Danielson (Radio Iowa) The Iowa DNR is easing off the collection of information on bobcats and otters in the state as it appears the two species are doing well. DNR furbearer biologist Vince…
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Attorney General Bird Announces Top Five Tips for Avoiding Online Shopping Scams
Nov 28, 2023
DES MOINES — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced her top five tips for avoiding online shopping scams. Online shopping scams are reportedly the second most common form of fraud in the United States.…
GovConnectIowa portal open for individual taxpayers
Nov 27, 2023
By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) There’s a new online portal for Iowans to pay next year’s state income taxes. It’s called GovconnectIowa. “That’s where people can go and have access to their individual tax information,”…
Black Friday sales are important break-even point for many Iowa merchants
Nov 24, 2023
By Matt Kelley (Radio Iowa) Tomorrow’s Black Friday shopping extravaganza, followed by Small Business Saturday, marks a vital kickoff to the holiday shopping season, which a University of Iowa College of Business professor says could…
First of Iowa’s popular gun deer hunting seasons opens Dec. 2
Nov 22, 2023
DES MOINES -- Iowa’s most popular hunting seasons are less than two weeks away when more than 100,000 blaze orange clad hunters will be walking, posting, sitting and standing in Iowa’s timber and field edges…
Thanksgiving holiday forecast calls for no snow or rain in Iowa
Nov 21, 2023
By Matt Kelley (Radio Iowa) A few days ago, forecasters were warning of the possibility of snow on or around Thanksgiving, but now that we’re closer to the holiday, foul weather is being removed from…
Survey: The cost of a Thanksgiving meal fell more than 4% this year
Nov 20, 2023
By Matt Kelley (Radio Iowa) Iowans who are heading to the grocery store this weekend to stock up for next week’s big feast will be pleased to hear they may actually be paying less to…
Less than half of Class of 2023 in Iowa High Schools took the ACT
Nov 17, 2023
By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) ACT scores among Iowa high schoolers who took the test dropped slightly from a year ago and far fewer students are taking the test. The average ACT composite score…
Teen who admitted to murdering Fairfield teacher could be paroled after 25 years
Nov 16, 2023
By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) One of two students who pleaded guilty to murdering a Fairfield Spanish teacher two years ago has been sentenced to life in prison, however Jeremy Goodale will be eligible…
The 2024 Iowa Caucuses Are In Two Months
Nov 15, 2023
By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) The January 15th Iowa Caucuses are just two months away. Iowa GOP chairman Jeff Kaufmann says over 10,000 Republican volunteers will run the more than 1,600 precinct meetings. "I…