Iowa Bicycle Coalition Leader wants Regulations for Fake Electric Bikes
The executive director of the Iowa Bicycle Coalition says there needs to be more regulation on one of the hottest new type of bikes rolling around Iowa. Luke Hoffman says electric bikes and gravel road riding are the top two trends in the industry. “I do know that like probably the majority of bikes being sold right...
Rare Fisher Reappears In Iowa After 150 Years Of Absence
Wildlife enthusiasts across Iowa are buzzing with excitement after the confirmed sighting of a fisher in Allamakee County—the first documented appearance in over 150 years. This elusive member of the weasel family, once thought permanently vanished from Iowa’s landscape, was captured on a trail camera in a wooded...
Beaverdale Fall Festival: A Tradition of Fun and Festivities
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Beaverdale Fall Festival provided fun for the whole family with parades, fun activities and various food options. The tradition continued this year with over 40 years of the Beaverdale Fall Festival where community members could enjoy the annual celebration. This year, the event featured five...
Mother’s Against Violence holds annual Victim Walk, Gun Down Mic Up event
DES MOINES, Iowa — Mothers Against Violence held their annual Victim Walk and Put the Guns Down, Pick Up a Mic show on Saturday, memorializing over 10 years of MAV. Calvetta Berry helped start Mother’s Against Violence in 2013 after the child of a friend of hers died. “I thought, ‘I need to do something […]
I Asked 5 Chefs for Their Favorite Fast Food Dessert—and the Winner Was Unanimous
From brownies and pies to sundaes and shakes, the fast food dessert game is strong. No wonder when we reached out to chefs to ask them to dish about their favorite drive-thru or delivery dessert, one turned the question back on us: "Is there really a bad fast food dessert?" Fair point, restaurant chef and owner...
Migrant Farmworkers Sue Seed Corn Company Over Wages and Housing
Seven migrant farmworkers from Texas claim they were recruited to work in Iowa, where they were paid illegally low wages and forced to live in substandard housing. The workers are suing Remington Seeds, which operates a seed corn processing facility in DeWitt, in southeast Iowa; and Javier Chapa, a Texas labor broker...
Iowa public schools receive positive performance report
The Department of Education released its 2024-25 School Performance Report which ranks nearly 56% of public schools in the top 3 out of 6 categories.
Blind Iowans protest changes to a state program that trains people with limited vision...
Blind Iowans marched outside of the Iowa Department for the Blind in Des Moines Tuesday as they protested changes to a state program that prepares people with impaired vision to live independently. The department recently ended the requirement for blind Iowans to use sleep shades — eye masks that block...
Off-Highway Vehicle Registration Window Now Open
(Lewis) The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is reminding off-road enthusiasts that four-wheelers, UTVs, snowmobiles, and off-road motorcycles must be registered to operate on public lands, designated trails, and even on the ice. John Lorenzen with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. The registration period...
Former Iowa CEO who stole from company sentenced to prison
JESUP, Iowa (KCRG) - The former CEO of a telecommunications company in Iowa will spend more than three years in federal prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the company. Anthony James Lang, 42 of Jesup, was sentenced this week after pleading guilty to one count of federal...
