Lawyers for the state of Iowa are arguing the state’s open-records law is not a “a well-recognized public policy” and does not give job protections to employees who fulfill public information requests.

The 35th Annual Midwest Ford Fest show returns in August.

Showers and storms remain a possibility through at least mid-morning, exiting from north to south gradually.

Evictions are expected to increase in Iowa after the federal moratorium on them ends Saturday. Anne Bacon, whose nonprofit IMPACT Community Action Partnership is overseeing a rental assistance program in the Des Moines area, said the group is working to distribute aid quickly to help prevent homelessness. The state has set aside $195 million to help with outstanding rent, but so far only $7.6 million of that has been distributed. The separate program in the Des Moines area has already handed out $15.2 million in aid.

Officials with the Iowa State Fair say that with only two weeks to go before the 2021 fair kicks off, they’re still looking to fill fair job openings.

Garza became the second Iowa player drafted as he watched his former teammate Joe Wieskamp get selected in the second round by the San Antonio Spurs.

The Muscatine native becomes the first for Hawkeye basketball player taken in the NBA Draft since Aaron White in 2015 and the highest-drafted Hawkeye since Rickey Davis went #21 in 1998.

Blessings Soup Kitchen serves and helps others.

When deputies tried to turn off the motorcycle and have Trout get off it, he assaulted the deputy and drove off.

Ottumwa bride gives back to animals. She decided she already had everything she needed, but knew there were others who did not have all that they need.

Rental car shortages impacting Southeast Iowans.

According to court documents, on August 4th, 2019 Vancenbrock intentionally injected meth at an Oskaloosa apartment into a 24-year-old woman.

President Joe Biden will allow the eviction moratorium to expire but called on Congress to extend it “without delay.”

Part 3 of the Human traffic training will happen on August 12th.

Governor Kim Reynolds fielded questions about the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s change of course regarding mask guidance during a press conference on Wednesday.

Paralympic athlete preps for upcoming games.

Ottumwa law enforcement rallied at a cookout to raise money for an Ottumwa Police Officer whose wife was severely injured in a car accident. The cookout raised $18,593.

With coronavirus cases rising throughout Iowa, health experts are becoming increasingly worried about next month’s Iowa State Fair.

Iowa’s weekly update on the status of the spread of the novel coronavirus in the state indicates that nearly all metrics show a worsening situation.

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds defended her decision to send Iowa State Troopers to the Texas border while talking about their deployment on Wednesday. She described some of the responsibilities troopers fulfilled during their time at the border, and announced those deployed were back in Iowa.