Iowa State University Extension is hosting a couple of workshops on harvesting wild mushrooms. Chelsea Harbach oversees the workshops and says they offer a required certification for some mushroom ...

U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Red Oak) announced in September, 2025 that she would not seek reelection in 2026. (RI file photo) Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says more people need to learn how to find common ...

Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says she wants to see the SAVE Act get passed. The legislation requires you to prove you are ...

A Senate committee is expanding a House bill that would curb the emergency powers of Iowa governors, adding a plan that would keep state spending at the same rate if Iowa governors and the legislature ...

A popular group of tourist attractions in northeast Iowa faces deep funding cuts. The Waterloo City Council is considering slashing the budget of the Grout Museum District by $300,000, around ...

Iowa State Senior Joshua Jefferson completed the All-American circuit. Jefferson was named a second team All-American by both the NABC and the USBWA. Last week, Jefferson was named a First Team ...

A motorist was killed in a collision with a train Tuesday afternoon in northwest Iowa’s Lyon County, just a mile south of the Minnesota border. The Iowa State Patrol reports that at about 12:30 p.m., ...

Radio Iowa photo of the Des Moines St. Patrick's Day Parade in 2012 The forecast for Des Moines shows snow is possible and it won’t get above freezing on this Saint Patrick’s Day, but there’s a strict ...

Governor Terry Branstad and his wife, Chris, with Congressman Randy Feenstra (Feenstra campaign photo) Former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad is endorsing Congressman Randy Feenstra’s bid to be Iowa’s ...

The Board of Regents introduced David Cook to become the new president of Iowa State University in November, and he is now on the job. Cook told Radio Iowa he plans to do a lot of listening in the ...

The spokesman for the Iowa State Patrol says many people are following the new hands-free cell phone law since law enforcement went from warnings to tickets. Sergeant Alex Dinkla says many other ...