After weeks of inaction, bills on ‘school choice’ private scholarships, charter schools advance in Iowa House 
Des Moines School Board rejects stadium construction bids; 2022 opening to be delayed by four or five weeks 
Suspicious device found at Ankeny polling place confirmed as live pipe bomb 
A national system to prioritize COVID-19 vaccine distribution has largely failed 
Here are the 2021 Iowa boys’ basketball state tournament brackets After weeks of inaction, bills on ‘school choice’ private scholarships, charter schools advance in Iowa House
Proposals to give taxpayer-funded scholarships to help some students attend private schools and to rewrite…
Des Moines School Board rejects stadium construction bids; 2022 opening to be delayed by four or five weeks
The Des Moines School Board unanimously voted Tuesday to reject construction bids for a planned stadium at…
Suspicious device found at Ankeny polling place confirmed as live pipe bomb
The suspicious device found near an Ankeny polling place Tuesday has been confirmed to be…
A national system to prioritize COVID-19 vaccine distribution has largely failed
Operation Warp Speed thought it had a futuristic solution to help ration COVID-19 vaccines so…
Here are the 2021 Iowa boys’ basketball state tournament brackets
The Iowa boys’ basketball state tournament is here. Well, almost. Right around the corner. Action…
Special election results: Ankeny, Johnston, Mitchellville vote on spending; Indianola decides mayoral race
Unofficial results are in for central Iowa’s special elections on Tuesday. In Polk County, a…
Marshalltown, other CIML schools plan to leave suburban schools and form new conference
Change is likely coming to the Central Iowa Metropolitan League. According to a letter obtained…
BaconFest co-founder to replace Iowa State Fair’s Diamond Jacks with new ‘pork-centric’ concession and bar
It should come as no surprise that Brooks Reynolds’ new concession on the Iowa State…
Central Iowa special elections feature spending decisions, mayoral race
Some central Iowa voters are preparing to cast their ballots in special elections today. In…
Hy-Vee drops in Greenpeace’s ranking of grocers’ efforts to reduce single-use plastics
West Des Moines-based Hy-Vee is among grocery chains that dropped the most in Greenpeace’s latest ranking of…
2-year-old in critical condition after Des Moines home hit by more than a dozen bullets
CORRECTION — An earlier version of this story misstated where a shooting occurred. Police now…
Iowans would no longer need a permit to carry or buy guns under a GOP bill in the Legislature
Iowans wouldn’t need a permit to buy or carry firearms if a Republican-sponsored bill in…