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Garth Brooks is excited -- he was honored at the "Kennedy Center Honors" on May 21! He was honored alongside Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Allen, Joan Baez, and Midori. This ceremony had been delayed from…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO AP - Nearly one-third of federal correctional officer jobs in the United States are vacant, forcing prisons to use cooks, teachers, nurses and other workers to guard inmates.…

 BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR Leaders of Iowa’s dairy industry are praising the state legislature for passing a pair of bills before adjourning to address the hauling of milk and also what are known as anaerobic digesters.…

Five people in Iowa have been reported to have died from coronavirus.  The Iowa Department of Public Health says as of Thursday (5/20), the state’s death total is 6018.  Meanwhile, there have been another 233…

Jurors at the trial of the man charged with fatally stabbing a University of Iowa student in 2018 were shown surveillance videos Thursday (5/20) of a woman running and a vehicle later tied to the…

"Nat Geo" is going to have a ten-party documentary series on the National Parks, narrated by none other than Garth Brooks. The series will take a look at both the landscape of the parks and…

Waukee is launching plans to build a Miracle League baseball field, and an all-inclusive playground at the Youth Sports Complex being built in the city. Miracle League fields remove the barriers that keep children with…

By MIKE STOBBE NEW YORK (AP) — When do I still need to wear a mask? It depends, mostly on whether or not you’re vaccinated. If you’re fully vaccinated, the latest guidance from the U.S.…

The Iowa Legislature ended the 2021 session nearly three weeks later than expected after Republican lawmakers completed negotiations over a complex tax plan that they approved to add to a host of other conservative priorities…

Republicans in the Iowa legislature have voted to ban mask mandates in all Iowa schools, as well as in cities and counties. Governor Reynolds signed the bill early Thursday morning (5/20) and it took effect…