Iowa Senate adjusts, then approves bill on restrictions on cell phone use in class

The legislature is still tinkering with the governor’s plan to require that Iowa school districts adopt policies that restrict students from using smart phones when they’re in classes. Senator Lynn Evans, a Republican from Aurelia, said the bill is …

Iowa’s 2024 floods spell a shortage of spring seeds for farmers

Seed supply shortages could cause problems for farmers in Iowa this spring. Flooding early in the season last spring devastated parts of southern Minnesota and northwestern Iowa, and Casey Staloch, with Albert Lea Seed Company in Minnesota, says seed …

41 GOP Lawmakers Still Hoping Iowa Legislature Will Limit Eminent Domain For Carbon Pipeline

Des Moines, Iowa — Republicans who oppose the use of eminent domain to seize land for the proposed Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline are urging Iowans to lobby members of the Senate to protect property rights. During a news conference at the Iowa Capitol, …

Iowa senate passes proposal to restrict cell phones in public schools

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) - Iowa lawmakers are one step closer to restricting cell phones in public schools. The Iowa senate unanimously passed the proposal Monday. The bill bans the use of electronic devices during instructional time. School boards are also …

A rollover pickup truck crash kills a northeastern Iowa man

CRESCO, IOWA. (KTTC) – One man is dead after crashing his pickup truck in Howard County. The accident happened just before 5:30 p.m. Sunday on Valley Avenue, north of 90th Street near Cresco. According to the Iowa State Patrol, 38-year-old Tyler Johnson of …

Proposed SNAP, Medicaid cuts could cost Iowa $1 billion in GDP and nearly 10,000 jobs

A new report finds that $1 billion of Iowa's gross domestic product (GDP) would be lost if the federal government moves forward with proposed budget cuts that could slash funding to SNAP and Medicaid. The study from the Commonwealth Fund and the George …

Western Iowa Tech holds first ever ‘Voices of Migration’ event

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - 14.3% of U.S. residents are foreign-born and 5.8% of Iowa’s residents are foreign-born. That’s all according to the American Immigration Council. Monday night, one local college held an event to raise awareness about the immigration …

Northeast Iowa man killed in rollover crash

CRESCO, IOWA. (KTTC) – One man is dead after crashing his pickup truck in Howard County. The accident happened just before 5:30 p.m. Sunday on Valley Avenue, north of 90th Street near Cresco. According to the Iowa State Patrol, 38-year-old Tyler Johnson of …

Pipeline Iowa Capital Dispatch

Republican lawmakers applaud landowners whom they have worked with in opposition to a proposed carbon sequestration pipeline. From left, Rep. Eddie Andrews, Sen. Dennis Guth, Sen. Cherielynn Westrich, Rep. Charley Thomson. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa …

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