A defiant Trump vows no SNAP payments until Democrats cave on shutdown
President Donald Trump backtracked Tuesday on a pledge by his administration in court filings to partially fund November food assistance during the government shutdown,...
Sierra Club calls for legislative review of the 2022 changes to bottle bill
Sierra Club Iowa Chapter is calling on a legislative committee to conduct a review of the impacts a 2022 law, which allowed some stores...
Watchdog faults federal efforts to improve care at worst nursing homes
A federal government oversight agency says the program intended to improve resident care at some of the nation’s worst nursing homes “is not working.”
The...
Tune into the Past with Ottumwa Radio: A Tragic Mystery Remains Unresolved
The case of Steven Ray “Stevie” Leasure, who went missing from Burlington, Iowa, on May 2, 2015, continues to haunt his family and the...
Farmers walk a fine line between cutting costs and sustaining yields
Many farmers are analyzing their crop fertility programs while preparing for 2026.
Mosaic agronomist Kip Jacobs says low commodity prices and high input costs create...
Ag sector watching as Supreme Court considers the legality of President Trump’s use of...
All eyes are on the Supreme Court this week as it considers the legality of President Trumps’ tariff actions.
Rusty Rumley is a senior staff...
Southeast Iowa farmer reports mixed harvest results amid USDA data gap
A farmer in southeast Iowa reports mixed reviews as harvest winds down.
Tom Adam of Keota says yields in his area are above average.
“Maybe above...
Nunn meets with ag leaders worried about their finances
Iowa Congressman Zach Nunn and a small group of central Iowans from the ag sector say farmers don’t like bailouts, but emergency federal assistance...
U.S. Rep. Nunn calls government shutdown catastrophic
Republican Congressman Zach Nunn says it’s up to a handful of Democrats in the Senate to end the federal government shutdown.
“There is no reason...
Iowa DOT needs 100s of snowplow drivers before the flakes fly
If you’ve ever seen one of those big orange snowplows carving a path through the drifts and thought, “That’s the job for me!,” now...
