Iowa law enforcement agencies have tested less DNA evidence in sexual assault cases at the state crime lab in recent years than they did five years ago. Iowa police and sheriffs maintain vastly ...

Iowa students’ proficiencies in math, reading and science did not change significantly in 2023 compared to last year, according to the most recent Iowa Department of Education report. The department ...

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect the Iowa Department of Education's response, provided after the article was initially published on Oct. 1, 2025. When a pulmonologist told Gail ...

More than 800,000 people each year take a 10-question civics test to try to become a U.S. citizen. A bill passed by the Iowa House and Senate would require students in grades nine-through-12 to pass a ...

State Ag Secretary Mike Naig says Iowa officials are taking a different approach compared to other states when it comes to bird flu testing. When a poultry flock has been hit by the virus, the testing ...

Iowa students will be required to pass a civics test to graduate high school under a law Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed. Starting in the 2026-27 academic year, the new measure makes it mandatory for ...

It is past time for Iowa policymakers to take a simple step to reduce the number of fentanyl overdose deaths in the state. As of August, only four states and Puerto Rico still lump drug checking ...

County election officials across Iowa have been testing their vote counting machines for accuracy ahead of Election Day, when Iowans will vote on paper ballots and feed them into the tabulators that ...

IOWA CITY — The athletic departments across Iowa’s public universities have together spent over $7.3 million on COVID-19 testing and other pandemic precautions and measures — expenses covered by their ...

Iowa's list of beaches not recommended for swimming is piling up, going from one to nine in just one week, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Wondering how can you check up on ...

Harm reduction boxes in Polk County, Iowa, will not include fentanyl testing strips that can detect the dangerous opioid in other drugs before a user suffers an accidental overdose. The Polk County ...