Des Moines IA

(Des Moines) Gasoline prices in Iowa continued to decline this week, falling 4 cents from last week to an average of $2.47 per gallon, according to AAA’s weekly fuel report released Wednesday. Prices are now 43 cents lower than this time a year ago. The national average for regular...

Sunny skies and sub-zero temperatures greeted about two dozen protesters in downtown Perry Saturday at their 51st consecutive weekly rally. News that federal agents in Minneapolis shot and killed another U.S. citizen Saturday, little more than two weeks after Renee Good of Minneapolis was shot to death by an agent of...

[DES MOINES, Iowa] — An Iowa House subcommittee gathered public comments on a potential bill that could increase penalties for possessing kratom, a substance some believe to be dangerous. The proposed bill aims to reclassify kratom as a hallucinogenic Schedule One substance. If passed, possession could lead to...

Statewide Iowa (RI) — A bill that would make it legal for Iowa pharmacists to make over-the-counter sales of two prescription medications some people sought during the pandemic has cleared a House subcommittee, but a key lawmaker says changes must be made in the bill. Ivermectin is a prescription...

In the heart of Marshalltown, Iowa, a culinary contender has entered the ring and is delivering knockout punches to taste buds across the state. The Flying Elbow isn’t trying to be fancy – and thank goodness for that – because what they’re doing instead is crafting burgers and hot dogs so monumentally delicious that...

Stacker compiled the richest billionaires in Iowa using data from Forbes. Net worth is as of Jan. 22, 2025. The first billionaire is generally considered to be John D. Rockefeller in 1916, though some argue it was Henry Ford in 1925. Fast-forward over 100 years and there are now around 3,000 billionaires around the...

DES MOINES, Iowa — MidAmerican Energy says Iowa crews are heading to Oklahoma to provide assistance ahead of the forecasted winter storm. MidAmerican Energy says 36 employees left Friday morning for Ardmore, located in southern Oklahoma, after the electric utility OG&E requested assistance ahead of the projected...

(L-R) : Asst. Guthrie Co. Attorney Charles Abel, Panora Police Chief Matt Reising, Sheriff Matt Harmann, Rep. Carter Nordman, Stuart Police Chief Dave Reha. State Representative Carter Nordman (R-Dallas Center) in collaboration with law enforcement and the county attorney’s office in Guthrie County, filed a new bill...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - A bill in the Iowa House would require all Iowa police officers to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The bill said, “All law enforcement agencies and officers in the state shall cooperate and work with United States immigration and Customs Enforcement and any other federal...

A lesson from the once popular book “Who Moved My Cheese?” is to not totally resist or go nuts every time conditions change, but rather, to adapt wisely. In the conversations around launching bachelor’s degree programs at Iowa community colleges , Iowa lawmakers and community college leaders are right about two...