https://www.radioiowa.com/ Iowa's Radio News Network Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:22:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://cdn.radioiowa.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/LEARFIELD_FAVICON-150x150.png https://www.radioiowa.com/ 32 32 https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/04/24/more-help-for-iowa-infants-with-potential-hearing-problems/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:00:56 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=179904 Thanks to a sizeable grant, a central Iowa non-profit is helping the state’s families connect with more testing and resources if their newborn infants fail initial screenings for hearing. Molly Gosselink, with Every Step, says they plan to hire navigators to help connect families to resources available through the state or the University of Iowa. […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/04/24/iowa-senate-votes-for-new-tax-on-vapes-money-for-pediatric-cancer-research/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:00:48 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=179902 The Iowa Senate has voted to establish a new state tax on vaping products — the electronic cigarettes that heat liquid that turns into vapor that’s inhaled. Senator Kara Warme, a Republican from Ames, said the first three million dollars of revenue from the tax would go toward pediatric cancer research at the University of […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/04/24/supreme-court-rules-in-worth-county-wind-farm-case/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:22:19 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=179910 The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Worth County in a lawsuit over its wind farm moratorium and ordinance. Worthwhile Wind began developing plans in 2018 to build 55 wind turbines in Worth County at an estimated cost that could exceed 300 million dollars. Two new supervisors were elected to the three member […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/04/24/ex-congressman-king-backs-lahn-for-iowa-governor/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:06:19 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=179909 Former Congressman Steve King has endorsed Republican Zach Lahn’s bid for governor. King served nine terms in the U.S. House. He lost his campaign for re-election in 2020 to current Congressman Randy Feenstra, who is also running for governor. In a statement released by the Lahn campaign, King said he knows all the GOP candidates […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/04/24/bill-says-iowa-schools-must-accept-cash-for-tickets-to-sporting-events/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:55:19 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=179903 Cash will have to be accepted as payment for tickets to any sporting event in an Iowa public school under a bill that’s won approval in the Iowa House and Senate. Senator Tom Shipley of Nodaway said it’s a response to complaints legislators were getting from parents and grandparents. “While many schools and athletic associations are […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/04/24/iowans-whose-lives-were-touched-by-pancreatic-cancer-gather-for-walk/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:27:32 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=179905 One of the deadliest forms of cancer is the focus of a fundraising event in central Iowa this weekend that will bring in survivors from across the state, as well as advocates and loved ones of those who’ve lost their lives to the disease. Melinda Thach, a volunteer with the Iowa affiliate of the Pancreatic […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/04/24/uni-debuts-new-school-focused-on-public-service/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=179888 The University of Northern Iowa is marking the launch of its new School of Public Affairs and Service with a conference at the Cedar Falls campus this afternoon. School director Scott Peters says the event will bring together leaders working across local, state and federal agencies to highlight how criminology and political science connect to […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/04/24/multiple-reports-of-tornadoes-skipping-across-western-central-iowa/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:40:50 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=179900 Tornado survey teams from the National Weather Service will be scouting several locations in western and central Iowa today after a powerful line of storms rumbled across the state last night, dropping an undetermined number of twisters. Meteorologist Devin Chehak, at the National Weather Service office in Valley, Nebraska, says a long line of storms […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/04/24/bill-to-ban-warrant-resolution-clinics-after-iowa-participant-charged-with-murder/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:35:16 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=179899 A bill in the Iowa House would ban warrant resolution clinics after a participant in Polk County was charged with first degree murder a week later. “Warrant resolution clinics, if they’re going to do it the way they did this one, should never happen again in the state of Iowa,” said Representative Steven Holt, a […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/04/23/regents-vote-8-1-to-increase-tuition-fees-at-iowa-universities/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:11:10 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=179896 The Board of Regents approved a 3% increase in tuition and mandatory fees for all undergraduate students at its meeting today. The 8-1 vote came after student representatives from the three state schools gave their input. University of Iowa student body president-elect Emily Cross says capping the increases at three percent is good, but said […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/04/23/iowa-bill-says-flags-must-be-lowered-on-governors-order/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:44:51 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=179895 The legislature has passed a bill requiring Iowa public officials to follow the governor’s order to fly the American flag and the Iowa flag at half staff on public buildings. Last September the chairman of the Johnson County Board of Supervisors defied Governor Reynolds’ executive order last September to lower the flags on public grounds […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/04/23/national-food-safey-center-coming-to-urbandale/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:39:07 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=179893 The U.S. Ag Department Announced it is creating a National Food Safety Center in central Iowa. The announcement says the center is part of the reorganization of the Food Safety and Inspection Service that’s designed to modernize operations, streamline support, and place key functions closer to the ag and food production systems. The Center will […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/04/23/waterloo-hosts-one-of-multiple-earth-day-tree-planting-efforts-in-iowa/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:00:46 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=179889 As part of this week’s Earth Day activities, Iowa-based Trees Forever is holding tree-planting events all over the state, including at an event tomorrow in Waterloo. Erin Carpenter, the group’s field coordinator for northeast Iowa, says she’ll be helping a group of 30 volunteers break ground. “We are planting 30 trees in the Church Row […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/04/23/senator-nuclear-plants-must-help-start-isu-engineering-program-to-get-tax-break/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:06:06 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=179892 A bill ready for debate in the Iowa Senate would create a sales tax rebate for nuclear power plant construction and require any company that gets the tax break to donate 15 percent of that savings to set up a nuclear engineering program at one of the state universities. Senator Dan Dawson, a Republican from […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/04/23/three-dead-in-mason-city-house-due-to-drug-overdoses/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:50:24 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=179891 Autopsies confirm drugs caused the deaths of three people whose bodies were found inside a Mason City house in February. The Mason City Police Department was called in the late afternoon hours of February 28th to a home following a report that multiple individuals were found unresponsive inside the home. On arrival, personnel from the […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/04/23/aspiring-food-entrepreneurs-in-3-iowa-counties-can-borrow-crop-cart/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:00:51 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=179864 A new project called the Crop Cart is bringing innovative, mobile food processing equipment and hands-on education to several Iowa communities. The cart is a pilot project through Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and it’s now available in Cass, Washington and Winneshiek counties. The extension’s Lisa Bates says it’s an effort to close the […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/04/23/sioux-city-students-hear-concert-played-on-violins-of-holocaust-victims/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:13:50 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=179881 Nearly 200 eighth grade students heard the Sioux City Symphony perform “Violins of Hope” Wednesday on restored violins from Holocaust victims of World War Two. Jerry Weiner organized the event as part of tolerance week activities. “By teaching the Holocaust to the eighth graders, because that’s when they start reading the story of ‘The Diary […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/04/22/police-identify-17-year-old-as-suspect-in-iowa-city-shooting/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 01:10:12 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=179886 Authorities are searching for a Cedar Rapids teenager who’s charged with five counts of attempted murder in connection with the shooting near the University of Iowa campus that wounded five people early Sunday. Iowa City Police Chief Dustin Liston said “video evidence” shows 17-year-old Damarian Jones was fighting with a group of people, got a […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/04/22/iowa-house-republicans-pass-their-property-tax-plan/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:32:17 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=179879 A property tax bill that would limit local property tax revenue growth to 2% a year has cleared the Iowa House. “We are simply asking for the same fiscal discipline from our governments that our citizens practice every day,” said Representative Carter Nordman of Dallas Center, the Republican who led debate. The plan would exempt […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/04/22/governor-gets-bill-to-raise-speed-limit-on-iowas-two-lane-highways/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:23:48 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=179878 The governor will soon get to decide whether the 55 mile an hour speed limit on two-lane state highways will go up to 60. The Senate today gave final approval to a bill that authorizes the move. Senator Kerry Gruenhagen of Walcott said the vehicles of today are well designed for the higher speed. “The speed […]]]>