Iowa

DES MOINES, Iowa - Iowa health officials have identified a new location where people may have been exposed to measles. The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services and local public health agencies said people who visited Hy-Vee at 3111 Main Street in Keokuk on Friday, Oct. 30 between 1:30 p.m. and 3:45 p.m. should watch for symptoms. Symptoms include fever, cough, runny nose, red or watery eyes and rash.

Fuel prices, both in Iowa and nationwide, fell the day after Tuesday’s elections, according to the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) and AAA-Iowa. As of Wednesday, Nov. 4, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in the state was $3.97, down 17 cents from the prior week but still $1.23 higher than a year ago. The national average on Wednesday was down 13 cents to $4.12 per gallon. As for Iowa retail diesel, the average dropped 11 cents to $6.03, compa

New applicants face Iowa’s Medicaid work rules beginning Dec. 1, 2026; current members face the requirements at renewals starting in February 2027. Hola America News editor’s note — Iowa Medicaid (updated Nov. 6, 2026): Iowa’s community engagement requirements will apply to certain adults ages 19 to 64 in the Iowa Health and Wellness Plan, not to everyone enrolled in Medicaid. For new applications submitted on or after Dec. 1, 2026, affected applicants must meet the requirement during the month

State and local offices have launched an audit into more than 2,000 midterm election ballots left uncounted in Johnson County, though race outcomes are not expected to change. According to a Friday afternoon joint statement from Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate and Johnson County Auditor Julie Persons, an official in the Johnson County Auditor’s […]

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (KCRG) - A Gilbertville man who stole an ATM and led officers on a high-speed chase was sentenced Thursday to more than four years in federal prison. John Fitzgerald Bennett, 56, pleaded guilty to one count of credit union larceny. According to the U.S. attorney’s office, Bennett...

The remains of an Iowa sailor who died in a Japanese prison camp more than 80 years ago will be buried in Sioux City Saturday. Fireman first class Robert Shove was born in Cherokee in 1922 and lived most of his life in Sioux City before joining the Navy in 1940. Shove’s nephew Michael O’Brien says his uncle was captured in Corrigador as he and his shipmates from the U.S.S. Canopus fought the Japanese. He was then sent on the “Bataan Death March” to a prison in the Philippine Islands.

Iowa opened its Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program to every income-eligible household on Nov. 1, a month after households with a member 60 or older or with a disability could start applying. Iowa Health and Human Services takes applications first-come, first-served through April 30. The income cap is $31,920 a year for one person. First-come, […] The post Iowa’s heating assistance opened Nov. 1 to all income-eligible households on a first-come, first-served basis appeared first on The Mo

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KGAN, BRANDY MEISHED, CNN) — Two pregnant sisters in Iowa, whose due dates were two weeks apart, gave birth to their sons on the same day, just 30 minutes apart. Brandy Meisheid, a Linn County supervisor, was at the hospital for an induction when her sister...

Waukee Northwest repeats in Class 5A, and Western Christian records its 20th state volleyball championship.

‘Why We Dance’ takes viewers into the heart of Indigenous communities in Iowa, South Dakota, Hawaii and Mexico.