The John Deere manufacturing facility in Ottumwa, pictured, is slated to close along with a facility in Clarion, the company announced. (Photo via Google Earth) John Deere factories in Ottumwa…
INCUMBENT U.S. SENATOR PETE RICKETTS OF NEBRASKA WAS ONE OF THE REPUBLICANS WHO KEPT HIS SEAT IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. RICKETTS WAS DECLARED THE WINNER OVER INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE DAN OSBORN…
SOUTH SIOUX CITY NEBRASKA VOTERS PASSED A SCHOOL BOND PROPOSAL IN TUESDAY’S ELECTION. THE $95 MILLION DOLLAR PROPOSAL APPROVES CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW K-4 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, A NEW GRADES 5…
IN SOUTH DAKOTA, REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR LARRY RHODEN WAS ELECTED TO A FULL TERM AS GOVERNOR WITH 64% OF THE VOTES TO 36% FOR DEMOCRAT DAN AHLERS. REPUBLICAN MIKE ROUNDS WAS…
REPUBLICANS STILL MAINTAIN A MAJORITY OF MEMBERS IN BOTH THE IOWA HOUSE AND SENATE. LOCALLY, IN THE IOWA SENATE, DEMOCRAT CATELIN DREY OF SIOUX CITY RETAINED HER FIRST DISTRICT STATE…
DEMOCRAT JOSH TUREK OF COUNCIL BLUFFS WON THE U.S. SENATE SEAT FORMERLY HELD BY RETIRING REPUBLICAN JONI ERNST. TUREK, CELEBRATING HIS VICTORY WITH SUPPORTERS IN DES MOINES, NOTED IT’S BEEN…
ROD KOCH HAS WON A NEW FOUR YEAR TERM TO SERVE AS MAYOR OF SOUTH SIOUX CITY. KOCH, WHO HAS BEEN MAYOR THE PAST 12 YEARS, DEFEATED BUSINESSMAN LUPE GONZALEZ…
DEMOCRATS WON SOME OF IOWA’S KEY EXECUTIVE BRANCH POSITIONS IN TUESDAY’S ELECTION. FORMER STATE AUDITOR ROB SAND IS THE NEW GOVERNOR ELECT OF THE HAWKEYE STATE. https://www.iowamediawire.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/SANDWINS.mp3 SANDWINS OC…..THE NEXT…
REPUBLICAN JAMES LOOMIS WAS ELECTED TO A NEW TERM AS WOODBURY COUNTY ATTORNEY. LOOMIS DEFEATED DEMOCRAT BEN MULFORD BY JUST UNDER 4000 VOTES: https://www.iowamediawire.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/LOOMIS1.mp3 LOOMIS1 OC…..COME AFTER YOU. :24 LOOMIS…
Iowa State Student Government selected Senator Grant Pautsch as the Vice Speaker of the Senate after the previous Vice Speaker, Ryker Markus, resigned. College of Design Senator Sofia de Lima…
The 1922 silent film “Nosferatu” was screened by Iowa State University’s German program of the Department of World Languages and Cultures last Thursday in the spirit of Halloween. “We put…
Over the past 50 years, Iowa’s public schools have faced a significant decline in enrollment. The Ames Community School District lost 188 students between 2025 and 2026, a 4.2% decrease…
Democrat Rob Sand won the gubernatorial race against Republican Zach Lahn with 55.38% of the votes in the 2026 midterm election Tuesday. Republican Paul Pate won re-election for Secretary of…
Associated Press Democrat Josh Turek won the U.S. Senate seat against Republican Ashley Hinson in the 2026 midterm election Tuesday. Republican Joni Ernst currently holds the seat. Turek won 50.4%…
DES MOINES, Iowa – Urban Dreams, alongside Hubbell Construction Services, has announced a new affordable housing addition to Des Moines with the construction of a six-unit multifamily building at 1411…
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