A wet start for the new month
News Desk With February coming to an end, we are getting ready for March which is the month that will end Winter and welcome in Spring. By the end of the month,…
February 2026
Rousseau shuts down Fuel for 2-0 Heartlanders win
Iowa Heartlanders news release Fishers, IN — Iowa Heartlanders goaltender William Rousseau blocked 23 shots for his first shutout of the season and the Heartlanders shut out the Indy Fuel,…
Black History Month: QCA Black history children’s book fair
The last week of February is recognized as Black Children’s Book Week, and the TMBC Lincoln Resource Center in Davenport hosted a free Black history children’s book fair. The event…
Hawkeyes Split Day 2 of LSU Invitational
UI Athletics news release BATON ROUGE, La. – The University of Iowa softball team split Day 2 of the LSU Invitational, defeating Nicholls, 8-5, and falling to No. 17 LSU,…
Iranian state media say country’s supreme leader is dead
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead, Iranian state media reported early Sunday. Iranian state television and the state-run IRNA news agency reported…
Mahaska County saw lowest price for regular gas at $2.13 in week ending Feb. 21
Mahaska County had four gas stations selling regular gas at the lowest price of $2.13 per gallon during the week ending Feb. 21, according to customer reports submitted to GasBuddy.…
Cheapest regular gas in Tama County reach $2.47 in week ending Feb. 21
Tama County had one gas station selling regular gas at the lowest price of $2.47 per gallon during the week ending Feb. 21, according to customer reports submitted to GasBuddy.…
Drivers in Jasper County see lowest regular gas at $2.11 in week ending Feb. 21
In the week ending Feb. 21, two gas stations in Jasper County sold regular gas at the lowest reported price of $2.11 per gallon, according to customer reports submitted to…
Iowa baseball bounces back against Houston, 6-4
UI Athletics news release FRISCO, Texas – The University of Iowa baseball team defeated Houston, 6-4, on Saturday afternoon at Riders Field in the Frisco College Baseball Classic. “Really proud…
Iowa falls at Penn State 71-69
UI Athletics news release STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – The University of Iowa men’s basketball team fell to Penn State, 71-69, on Saturday afternoon at the Bryce Jordan Center. The Hawkeyes…
NRSC: Zach Wahls to host event at radical progressive bookstore
Radical Zach Wahls is hosting an event tonight at Dog-Eared Books in Ames, a radical leftist bookstore that hosts drag storytime for children, called to abolish ICE, and sells books…
Blood moon: Total lunar eclipse will be seen March 3
A blood-red moon will soon grace the skies for a total lunar eclipse — and there won’t be another until late 2028.
Letter to the editor: Trump-Netanhayu war on Iran ‘illegal, unconstitutional’
To the editor: President Trump, along with his right-wing extremist Israeli ally Benjamin Netanyahu, has begun an illegal, premeditated and unconstitutional war. Tragically, Trump is gambling with American lives and…
Rosalie Lemke of Cheyenne, Wyoming
Rosalie Lemke, born Rosalie Brown on April 5, 1956, in Perry, Iowa, passed away on Dec. 20, 2025, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, at the age of 69. Rosalie’s life was marked…
REP. COLLINS: Screen Time Limited in K-5 Legislation
House File 2451 is a bipartisan bill limiting daily “digital instruction” for K-5 students to 60 minutes, exempting specialized, teacher-led, or mandated testing activities. The bill regulates the use of…