Trump announces plans for new Navy ‘battleship’
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced a bold plan for the Navy to build a new,…
Two Iowa National Guard members killed in Syria attack
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Two members of the Iowa National Guard were killed in what’s being called…
Bowl officials seek 5-7 teams to fill in after Irish, Iowa St, Kansas St say they’re done for year
In a matter of hours Sunday, what had appeared to be a year no teams with losing records…
Vanderbilt Football | Commodores Receive ReliaQuest Bowl Invite
TAMPA, Fla. — Vanderbilt football will be playing in a postseason bowl game in consecutive seasons for only…
China’s soybean buying promises welcomed, but soaring costs worry farmers
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — American farmers welcomed China’s promise to buy some of their soybeans, but they cautioned…
Iowa soybean farmers lost China as a buyer. Cattle was their backup plan — then Trump announced plans to import more beef
After several years of losing money on cattle, Burleen and Pete Wobeter thought this would finally be the…
USDA reopens county offices to support farmers despite the ongoing government shutdown
The Agriculture Department will reopen about 2,100 county offices all across the country Thursday despite the ongoing government…
Rural No Kings, anti-Trump protests: Do they work?
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Iowa Democrat Jackie Norris ends US Senate campaign
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Democrat Jackie Norris ended her campaign for Iowa’s open U.S. Senate seat Thursday,…
Pamela Bondi stonewalls Democrats at DOJ oversight hearing
Attorney General Pamela Bondi repeatedly declined to answer questions from Democratic senators during a Senate oversight hearing Tuesday…
Trump plans aid package for US soybean farmers while seeking trade deal with China
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is planning a significant aid package to U.S. soybean farmers to help…
ICE arrest reveals alarming past of Iowa school leader involving drugs and guns
New information revealed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shows an illegal immigrant who was working as…