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 ...

As water quality issues dominated headlines and nitrate levels spiked in central Iowa rivers last summer, the Izaak Walton League of America is reporting a record number of Iowans requested water ...

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 ...

Storm drains at the fence line of The Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids are pictured Thursday. “Forever chemicals” have been detected in wells in the area, and also in the headwaters of Plum Creek, ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

“We feel Iowa testing products have served the state well over a long period of time,” Dunbar said. “We offer in our development capacity the same provisions promised by this yet-to-be-developed test.