https://www.radioiowa.com/ Iowa's Radio News Network Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:31:30 +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/2026/08/19/during-iowa-state-fair-stop-usda-official-assesses-usmca-negotiations/ Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:31:30 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=182002 A top Trump Administration official says negotiations with Canada for revisions in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement have been challenging. Luke Lindberg, the USDA’s Under Secretary for Trade and Agricultural Affairs, visited the Iowa State Fair on Tuesday. “I think everybody knows what needs to happen,” Lindberg said. “It’s just a matter of political courage and goodwill […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/08/19/new-documentary-highlights-the-micro-industry-of-iowa-state-fair-parking/ Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:00:14 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=181988 About a million people visit the Iowa State Fair every year, and there are only about 15,000 parking spaces on the fairgrounds, which has led to a micro-industry of nearby residents parking cars in their yards. It’s the subject of a new feature-length documentary. Des Moines filmmaker Shawn Hicks says “Parkers” is the tale of […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/08/19/details-released-on-stuart-shooting-of-woman-and-state-trooper/ Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:40:10 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=181995 The Iowa Department of Public Safety has released more information on the shooting death Tuesday of a woman in Stuart and the wounding of a state trooper. Officers responded to reports of shots fired at 3:35 p.m. in Stuart. State Trooper Chase Carruthers was among the first to arrive and found 46-year-old Austin Reed armed […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/08/19/fourth-districts-mcgowan-and-dawson-on-war-with-iran/ Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:45:32 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=181985 Chris McGowan, the Republican campaigning for Iowa’s fourth congressional district seat, says the federal government must be prudent about waging war, but McGowan isn’t publicly commenting on President Trump’s decision to authorize the use of force against Iran. “I’m not a member of congress,” McGowan said. “I don’t have access to all of the information […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/08/19/estherville-city-council-puts-new-regulations-on-e-bikes-scooters/ Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:30:34 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=181983 Electric scooters and e-bikes can be a lot of fun or a terrible menace, depending on who you ask, and communities across Iowa are working to better regulate the speedy two-wheelers. Estherville City Administrator Penny Clayton says the city council voted this week to put new restrictions on what it calls micro-mobility devices. “We took […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/08/19/northwest-iowa-man-jailed-for-threats-against-attorney-police/ Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:21:07 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=181978 A Sioux City man is accused of threatening Woodbury County Attorney James Loomis and the Sioux City Police. Twenty-eight-year-old Christian Burford is charged with two counts of threats of terrorism. Police were alerted to the 300 block of Court Street around 7:30 Monday morning for papers which were left there which appeared to be threatening […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/08/19/iowans-are-warned-too-much-screentime-can-lead-to-anxiety-depression/ Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:00:59 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=181928 Most researchers agree that too many hours spent in front of a screen can be bad for your health, but there’s no clear number as to how many hours per day or per week are too many. Chris Sekorski is a licensed clinical social worker at Emplify Health by Gundersen. He says studies are finding […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/08/19/iowa-approved-for-federal-funding-of-foster-care-diversion-effort/ Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:49:46 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=181973 https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/08/18/more-iowa-counties-added-to-cattle-and-conservation-working-lands-program/ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:15:41 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=181968 Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced the next phase today of the program that uses conservation practices upstream to improve water quality from the drinking water sources for thousands of central Iowans. Naig says the Cattle and Conservation Working Lands Program is expanding into 22 counties in the Greater Des Moines Watershed. “The highest […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/08/18/dea-iowa-parents-should-monitor-kids-phones-for-potential-drug-deals/ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 18:00:02 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=181959 School bells will soon ring, and federal agents are warning Iowa parents to have conversations with their kids about the dangers of drugs, which are becoming much easier to get using smartphones. Emily Murray, spokeswoman for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Omaha Field Division, says there are lethal consequences to drug experimentation, so the agency […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/08/18/lahn-says-iowas-cancer-rate-linked-to-agricultural-practices/ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:29:29 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=181963 Zach Lahn, the Republican candidate for governor, says the state’s high cancer rate “is tied into agriculture” and that assessment is not popular with many of his fellow Republicans. “We just have to own it and solve it,” Lahn said. “…We’ve passed the point of being able to not address this…It doesn’t matter if you’re […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/08/18/hundreds-of-sioux-city-students-get-free-backpacks-school-supplies/ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:44:46 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=181956 As the first day of school looms, hundreds of colorful backpacks — packed with essential school supplies — were passed out Monday in Sioux City. Parents and students lined up at the district’s Downtown Educational Service Center for the backpacks that were distributed for free. Lizzy Diaz, with the district’s Student Services Department, says local […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/08/18/rfk-jr-and-u-s-rep-miller-meeks-tout-presidential-fitness-test/ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:49:03 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=181953 A new state law makes the new version of the Presidential Fitness Test a required part of P.E. classes. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., joined Iowa Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks in Newton yesterday to promote the test. “I can remember doing these,” Miller-Meeks said. “I’m not the biggest kid, so I […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/08/17/u-s-senate-candidate-hinson-questions-opponents-iowa-house-voting-record/ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 03:47:51 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=181951 Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, the Iowa Republican Party’s candidate for the U.S. Senate, used her speech at the Des Moines Register’s Political Soapbox yesterday to question her Democratic opponent’s voting record in the Iowa House and his fundraising. “It’s a pity, but do you know where Josh Turek is tonight? He is actually in Nantucket with […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/08/17/hegseth-headlines-fundraiser-for-iowa-congressman-nunn-during-iowa-state-fair/ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 03:00:12 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=181948 U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth joined Iowa Congressman Zach Nunn on the Iowa State Fairgrounds Monday afternoon to honor Iowa veterans and make the case for a 40% increase in military spending. Hegseth was originally scheduled to headline the annual “Operation Top Gun” fundraiser for Iowa’s third district congressman in March, but the event […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/08/17/iowa-natural-resource-commission-approves-trail-camera-ban/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 22:04:54 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=181945 The Iowa Natural Resource Commission approved a new rule on the use of trail cameras at their meeting last week. The DNR’s Chris Ensminger says the new rule prohibits the use of trail cameras in game management areas, except where the department permits them.  Ensminger says they held a public hearing on the change at […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/08/17/state-health-officials-tracking-measles-outbreak-in-southern-iowa/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:59:54 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=181940 The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services reports an an outbreak of at least 12 measles cases in southern Iowa. The Department says there is evidence of person-to-person spread of measles and they are working with local public health agencies and affected families and community leaders to identify illnesses, share information, and ensure access […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/08/17/as-school-starts-iowa-families-need-to-revisit-online-safety/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:00:04 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=181923 Next Monday will be the first day of class for many Iowa schools, which means more time online for kids, creating more opportunities for scammers. Khesha Duncan, spokeswoman for the Better Business Bureau, says Iowa families need to be prepared. “Talking about privacy policies and terms of agreement,” Duncan says, “making sure they understand what […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/08/17/us-veterans-affairs-sec-at-iowa-state-fair-veterans-parade/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:54:31 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=181937 Doug Collins, the U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, is at the Iowa State Fair today and helped kick off the fair’s annual Veterans Day Parade. “Look around for just a second. You don’t have any of this. You don’t have 250 years except somebody raised their hand and said: ‘I’m willing to go do what […]]]> https://www.radioiowa.com/2026/08/17/boone-man-dies-two-kids-injured-in-accident/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:52:29 +0000 https://www.radioiowa.com/?p=181935 A Boone man died and two young passengers were injured in an accident there Sunday evening. Officials say a 2019 Jeep Renegade, driven by 45-year-old Joshua Burns, was driving southbound on Story Street when Burns vehicle went over the curb on the west side of the road, entered into a ditch, before returning to the […]]]>