Some four dozen Iowa communities will observe National Night Out next week — with most cities holding events on Tuesday evening. Some cities will offer snacks or hold ice cream socials, while ...

Iowa City is a designated City of Literature under UNESCO and program manager John Kenyon says the community’s international status should stay intact.

The state Board of Regents is meeting today at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. Items on the agenda include a vote on a proposal from UNI that will allow the school to charge in ...

Officials with the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids are raising concerns about Alliant Energy’s plan for a gas-fired power plant nearby.

Scattered damage to trees and power lines is reported across northern and central Iowa after thunderstorms last night and ...

A lightning strike is being blamed for starting a basement fire in Clear Lake late Sunday night. The Clear Lake Fire Department says they were called shortly after 11:30 PM to 2213 North Shore ...

Iowans who are in the market for a vehicle need to be careful if they’re shopping for those new wheels online. Better Business Bureau spokeswoman Lisa Schiller says you should never buy a car ...

July is typically Iowa’s hottest month of the year, and while August will arrive later this week, it may be equally as steamy, which can mean trouble for Iowans with vegetable gardens and fruit ...

Tod Kingston is studying ways to make lithium-ion batteries safer. (photo by Christopher Gannon ISU) An Iowa State University researcher is using a special tool to test the limits of lithium-ion ...

A state program that allows libraries to borrow books from each other is on hold until August, after which, the State Library of Iowa will scale back deliveries and pickups of interlibrary loans ...

Plans are being unveiled that may mean faster delivery of packages for online shoppers in north-central Iowa. Officials with Amazon announced this week that the online retail giant has purchased ...