Iowa

DES MOINES, I.A. (KELO.com) – Changes to social services, including Medicaid and food and nutrition programs like SNAP, have Iowans who rely on those services on edge. In some cases, several programs work together to help parents provide for their families. Sara Shiltz, a convenience store assistant manager and...

Walgreens Pharmacies in Burlington and Fort Madison have been sanctioned by the state for negligence with regard to temporary closures and customer service. The Iowa Board of Pharmacy’s says the Walgreens store in Burlington temporarily closed in October of last year due to a shortage of pharmacists and sent customers prescriptions to a Walgreens in Fort Madison but failed to communicate that to the public, customers, or even store staff. According to the board the exact same set of difficulties

DES MOINES, Iowa — An on-again, off-again soccer development in Des Moines appears to be back on. Just two months ago, the city warned the project was too expensive. “I think the, under the fiscal, you know, fiscal constraints that we’re facing right now due to the current legislation, we have been trying to come […]

A felon who ran from officers and dropped a gun in northeast Iowa has been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison. Evidence at a prior court hearing showed that on October 1, 2025, in Waterloo, officers went to a liquor store because of a report that two men wearing masks were walking around the area and looking in cars. Officers arrived and located the two men. One man, later identified as 19-year-old Darrell Wilson of Cedar Rapids, fled the scene.

Davenport, IA – Residents across eastern Iowa and northwestern Illinois face a wet and windy start to the workweek as a strong storm system brings widespread showers, thunderstorms and wind gusts reaching 35 mph through Tuesday, November 3.

A new livestock health warning is putting Iowa cattle producers and pork operations on high alert. The USDA confirmed Arizona’s first case of New World screwworm in a dog near the Mexican border, following recent detections in Texas and New Mexico. While the parasite hasn’t reached the Midwest, the...

BLACK HAWK COUNTY, Iowa (KWWL) - As the fallout from the Cedar Valley Medical Specialists financial situation continues to unfold, numerous medical care clinics once associated with the embattled medical group have announced plans to go independent. In statements posted onto their respective Facebook pages, officials from the Cedar Valley...

A nearly 15-year effort to build a regional airport in south-central Iowa could come to an end this week as officials move to dissolve the project. The Oskaloosa City Council is scheduled to consider ending its participation in the South Central Regional Airport Agency on Monday, followed by a similar vote in Pella on Tuesday. According to local KCCI, the agency’s board is expected to meet Wednesday to consider discontinuing the project.

An Iowa man criminally charged with running an unlicensed hospital in a rural area of Appanoose County is alleging in court that as “a living man” he is not under the jurisdiction of the state’s licensing boards. In August 2026, Centerville’s Old Cabin Retreat, which had allegedly been operating as a hospital or medical clinic […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (Nov. 2, 2026) — The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) has awarded more than $18.5 million in State Historic Preservation Tax Credits to support the rehabilitation of eight historic properties across Iowa. The projects are located in Burlington, Des Moines, Dubuque, Iowa City, Ottumwa and Waterloo....