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Baseball signed by Pete Rose in 1970s sits in Iowa Treasurer’s vault
20 hours ago
<img width="150" height="150" src="https://cdn.radioiowa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/PeteRoseBaseballRIphoto-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block;margin-bottom: 5px;clear:both;max-width: 100%" />State Treasurer Roby Smith is highlighting some sports memorabilia from unclaimed bank safety deposit boxes that has been turned over to the state. A baseball signed by Pete Rose and other Cincinnati Reds players was in a box rented by Jonathan Pederson of Mason City. The treasurer is seeking the public’s help in tracking down […]
Read MoreGarner company reaches semi-finals of country-wide SBA contest
20 hours ago
<img width="150" height="150" src="https://cdn.radioiowa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Dean-and-Marcia-Sonquist-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block;margin-bottom: 5px;clear:both;max-width: 100%" />Out of some 1,200 nominees, a northern Iowa manufacturing company has made the top ten in a national contest celebrating free enterprise and innovation. Plas-Tech Tooling of Garner is a semi-finalist in the Patriot Pitch Competition, part of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Freedom 250 initiative. Dean Sonquist and his wife Marcia founded the technology-driven […]
Read MoreIowa RISE funds approved for Butler County, Burlington
21 hours ago
<img width="150" height="150" src="https://cdn.radioiowa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Butler-County-project-DOT-graphic-150x150.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block;margin-bottom: 5px;clear:both;max-width: 100%" />The Iowa Transportation Commission approved funding Tuesday for road improvements to provide more access to business projects in Butler County and Burlington. The DOT’s Deb Arp says the Butler County award will extend a roadway in the business park near Shell Rock. “Feldmeier Equipment plans to establish a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in the Butler […]
Read MoreMontezuma woman is recovering from quadruple organ transplant surgery
1 days ago
<img width="150" height="150" src="https://cdn.radioiowa.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Medical-graphic-1-1-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block;margin-bottom: 5px;clear:both;max-width: 100%" />An Iowa woman will head home this week after organ transplant surgery that was the first-of-its kind in the U.S. Thirty-six-year old Elizabeth Wehrle of Montezuma has cystic fibrosis and was diagnosed with chronic rejection of transplanted lungs early this year. Doctors at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago performed a retransplant — replacing them with another […]
Read MoreHoneyberries could be Iowa’s next go-to niche crop
1 days ago
<img width="150" height="150" src="https://cdn.radioiowa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Honeyberries-Photo-by-Brooke-Dietsch-Iowa-State-University-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block;margin-bottom: 5px;clear:both;max-width: 100%" />A type of berry that’s considered a “superfood” for its potential health benefits is being tested on plots in Iowa to see how it adapts to our soil and climate, though it grows wild in parts of Canada. Honeyberries are also known as honeysuckle berries or haskaps. Randall Vos, a horticulture fruit crops field specialist […]
Read MoreOnawa’s special effort for RAGBRAI tire dipping
1 days ago
<img width="150" height="150" src="https://cdn.radioiowa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/OnawaRAGBRAIgraphic-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block;margin-bottom: 5px;clear:both;max-width: 100%" />RAGBRAI, the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, starts Sunday in western Iowa. The city at the start of the week-long route is making special preparations so riders who follow the tradition of dipping their rear tire in the Missouri River don’t have to peddle an extra six miles. Onawa sits about three miles […]
Read MoreCongresswoman Hinson talks with Supreme Court justices about security funding
1 days ago
<img width="150" height="150" src="https://cdn.radioiowa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Cong.-Ashley-Hinson.-photo-from-CSPAN-video-150x150.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block;margin-bottom: 5px;clear:both;max-width: 100%" />U.S. Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barret asked members of the House Appropriations Committee today for more security funding. Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson is on the committee and spoke with the justices. “I did ask about some of the potential gaps in funding resources and, frankly, navigating an increased threat environment. They’re […]
Read MoreIowa community explores alternative to pricey new public pool
1 days ago
<img width="150" height="150" src="https://cdn.radioiowa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/NewellSwimmingPoolLindseyKrusePhoto-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block;margin-bottom: 5px;clear:both;max-width: 100%" />Facing a multi-million dollar price tag for replacing its public swimming pool, a small Iowa community is aiming to build a different kind of structure. A delegation from Newell, a northwest Iowa town of about 900 residents, will meet later this month with the company that built a public swimming pond that opened this summer […]
Read MoreWould a proposed Union Pacific/Norfolk Southern merger be good for agriculture?
1 days ago
<img width="150" height="150" src="https://cdn.radioiowa.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Railroad-crossing-RI-phoo-DD-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block;margin-bottom: 5px;clear:both;max-width: 100%" />As federal regulators consider the proposed merger of two major railroads, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says it may -not- be in the best interests of America’s farmers to have Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern join forces. “I would expect the Surface Transportation Board to consider issues like competition,” Grassley says. “Obviously, being an agricultural state, […]
Read MoreErnst reveals gift late Sen. Graham gave her after 2014 campaign
1 days ago
<img width="150" height="150" src="https://cdn.radioiowa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/GrahamPlaque4ErnstPhotofromErnststaff-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block;margin-bottom: 5px;clear:both;max-width: 100%" />Iowa Senator Joni Ernst delivered an emotional tribute to the late South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham this morning, praising his humor, his 33 years in the military, and his efforts to project American leadership around the globe. “Lindsey Graham was tough, he was funny and he loved this country,” Ernst said. “…Lindsey, we miss you […]
Read MoreReport details migration in and out of Iowa counties
1 days ago
<img width="150" height="150" src="https://cdn.radioiowa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/CSI-graphic-150x150.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block;margin-bottom: 5px;clear:both;max-width: 100%" />A report just released from the Common Sense Institute (CSI) takes a deeper look into its 2025 findings that Iowa’s population growth remains mostly concentrated in metro areas. Research and policy director Ben Murrey says there’s just one positive growth marker for non-metro counties. “Non-metro Iowa has net positive for international migration, but they are […]
Read MorePalo City Council moves ahead with data center ordinance despite opposition
1 days ago
<img width="150" height="150" src="https://cdn.radioiowa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/IA-News_800x450-01-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block;margin-bottom: 5px;clear:both;max-width: 100%" />The Palo City Council approved the second of three readings on a data center ordinance Monday with a 4-1 vote. The proposal was put on hold for five weeks and council members say they spent the time evaluating data centers, including visits to other facilities in Iowa. Tax revenue was cited as a primary reason […]
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