Drivers: Iowa’s Hands-Free Law begins January 1
Beginning January 1, drivers in Iowa will have to remember a new law targeting distracted driving on roadways across the state. Starting New Year’s Day, Iowa’s Hands-Free Law goes fully into effect. Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the bill (SF 22) into law on April 2. For more information, click here.
Iowa grocery stores adjust to new SNAP guidelines
DES MOINES, Iowa — A new state law which made changes to what food items customers can purchase with EBT cards went into effect on New Years Day, and local grocery stores are now adjusting to the changes. “I think it’s going to take lots of adjustment,” said Hardik Kalra, whose family owns Linn’s Supermarket […]
Dentist with long disciplinary history, now 79, agrees to surrender his license
A 79-year-old Iowa dentist with a long history of disciplinary action has agreed to surrender his license after being accused, for the third time, of stealing a patient’s prescription drugs. In November, the Iowa Dental Board charged Robert Bruce Cochrane of Fort Dodge with unlawfully possessing or attempting to...
Iowa authorities search for missing man who may have traveled to southwest Missouri
BRANSON, Mo. (KY3) - Authorities in Iowa are searching for a missing 22-year-old man who may have recently traveled to southwest Missouri. The Tama County Sheriff’s Office is looking for Nicholas Collins, who disappeared more than a week ago. Deputies said Collins left his home on Dec. 19, driving...
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4-day school weeks are growing in popularity, despite a lack of data on the...
Northeast of the capital city of Des Moines in central Iowa, the 400-student Collins-Maxwell Community School District is one of many across the state shifting to a four-day school week. Like many rural K-12 schools, the district has struggled to find teachers, and it sees the four-day week as a...
DMPD makes arrest in fatal New Year’s Day shooting
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Des Moines Police Department says an arrest has been made in connection to the fatal New Year’s Day shooting. The DMPD says officers were dispatched to an apartment residence in the 300 block of Court Avenue around 2:30 a.m. Thursday on reports of gunfire. Officers arrived on scene and located...
New laws, regulations taking effect in Iowa on Jan. 1, 2026
IOWA, USA — A new year is set to begin, and Iowans can expect some changes when the calendar flips to January. Many laws passed this legislative session took effect in July, but a handful of laws and regulations will begin Jan. 1. For a full list of laws...
Medical director at Des Moines area health spa fined $10,000 by Iowa Board of...
WAUKEE, Iowa — The medical director of a Waukee health spa was fined $10,000 for not appropriately overseeing operations of employees he was deemed responsible for. According to allegations brought against Dr. Daniel Kollmorgen in early December, as medical director of 4Ever Young Med Spa & Wellness Center, he is...
Attempted murder case to be tried in Indianola
Warren County will be the new venue for the jury trial in the case of the State of Iowa v. George W. Douglas. Originally scheduled to begin Oct. 13 in Clarke County, Douglas filed an oral motion on day one of the trial with no resistance from the state. At the time, it was found that the jury pool in Clarke County...
