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Iowa high school students make up 32% of community college credit hours
2 hours ago
<img width="150" height="150" src="https://cdn.radioiowa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Community-College-credit-Iowa.-Board-of-Ed-graphic-1-150x150.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 5px;clear:both;max-width: 100%" />The number of high school students who are also taking community college courses at the same time continues to rise. Department of Education Community Colleges Bureau Chief Amy Gieseke says it’s called joint enrollment. “In total, joint enrollment students earning credit at both the high school and college level comprised 47% of all headcount enrollment […]
Read MoreProgram trains carpenters, electricians while fixing up Iowa’s run-down houses
3 hours ago
<img width="150" height="150" src="https://cdn.radioiowa.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Radio-Iowa-News-generic-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 5px;clear:both;max-width: 100%" />A new program in central Iowa will train people for a trade apprenticeship and preserve low-income homes. Participants in the Work that Improves Housing program will go through residential and commercial training in construction. They’ll spend four months doing tasks like repairing low-income homes and doing commercial training in carpentry or electrical work. Julian Neely, […]
Read MoreMeyer calls for Iowa House review of IPERS situation
7 hours ago
<img width="150" height="150" src="https://cdn.radioiowa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/RepBriaMeyerOfficialPhoto-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 5px;clear:both;max-width: 100%" />House Democratic Leader Brian Meyer says the House Oversight Committee should meet soon to find out why the CEO of the state-run pension system resigned and a top deputy was fired on May 1. “We need to investigate it and if we can do it sooner rather than later and get to the bottom of […]
Read MoreSevere storms spin off tornadoes, hurricane-force winds in northern Iowa
9 hours ago
<img width="150" height="150" src="https://cdn.radioiowa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/702660651_1507159131438243_6066171352673472493_n-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 5px;clear:both;max-width: 100%" />Damage assessment will get underway soon after last night’s storms brought multiple possible tornadoes and straight-line winds gusting over 80 miles an hour. Likely twisters are reported near as many as a dozen towns in northwest and north-central Iowa, including Armstrong, Pomeroy, Crystal Lake, Moville, Salix, Kingsley, Pierson, Mason City, Graettinger, Moorland, Joice and Wesley. […]
Read MoreIowans who leave earlier for a holiday road trip may beat the rush
10 hours ago
<img width="150" height="150" src="https://cdn.radioiowa.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Interstate-Travel-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 5px;clear:both;max-width: 100%" />Iowa motorists who want to avoid the high stress of traffic-packed interstates during the upcoming Memorial Day holiday might consider changing up their departure time, if they can be flexible. AAA-Iowa spokesman Brian Ortner says the motor club’s research helps to determine what windows of time will be the most hectic for highway travel, versus […]
Read MorePush continues for funding of Iowa Air National Guard’s runway project
11 hours ago
<img width="150" height="150" src="https://cdn.radioiowa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/185thRefuelingWingFilePhoto-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 5px;clear:both;max-width: 100%" />The lobbying effort continues for federal funding of a project that will keep the Iowa Air National Guard’s Refueling Wing operating out of Sioux City. The runway was designed for F16s, but in 2003 the pilots based in Sioux City began flying massive refueling tankers. The FAA says the runway will soon be unsafe and […]
Read MoreCamp Courageous hosts its annual car cruise fundraiser Sunday
2 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="margin-bottom: 5px;clear:both;max-width: 100%" />The 39th annual Cruisin’ for Camp Courageous is this Sunday at the camp near Monticello. Spokeperson Julie Davis says you can stop out between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. “It’s a fun event. It’s just not for your car show people. It’s for a family. It’s a great Sunday afternoon at Camp Courageous. Cars will […]
Read MoreIowa’s governor signs over two dozen bills into law
3 days ago
<img width="150" height="150" src="https://cdn.radioiowa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/FlagAtHalfStaffRIphoto-150x150.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 5px;clear:both;max-width: 100%" />A new state law will require the Iowa DOT to check a federal database if someone seeking a driver’s license does not arrive with proof they’re a citizen or a legal resident of the United States. The policy is currently scheduled to go into effect March 1, 2027. Governor Kim Reynolds signed that policy into […]
Read MoreIowa Community Colleges continue moving toward pre-pandemic enrollment
3 days ago
<img width="150" height="150" src="https://cdn.radioiowa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Community-College-credit-Iowa.-Board-of-Ed-graphic-150x150.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 5px;clear:both;max-width: 100%" />The annual report on the state’s 15 community colleges is out. Department of Education Community Colleges Bureau Chief Amy Gieseke says enrollment this past year was more than 123,000 students. “Which is an uptick of 3.1% over the previous year. And if you’ll recall in our fall enrollment report, fall enrollment had showed that we […]
Read More2,500 Special Olympians meet at ISU for next week’s Summer Games
3 days ago
<img width="150" height="147" src="https://cdn.radioiowa.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Special-Olympics-logo-150x147.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 5px;clear:both;max-width: 100%" />A few thousand athletes with intellectual disabilities from all across the state will gather in Ames next week for the Special Olympics Iowa Summer Games, according to games spokeswoman Megan Filipi. “It’s our largest competition of the whole year,” Filipi says. “We have competitions year round, but our Summer Games is our biggest one. It’s […]
Read MoreIowa Congresswoman Hinson says Trump is taking on China in ‘a meaningful way’
3 days ago
<img width="150" height="150" src="https://cdn.radioiowa.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HinsonIowaPressIowaPBSphoto-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 5px;clear:both;max-width: 100%" />Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says the Trump Administration is making progress in trade talks with China. President Trump is flying back from China today after his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. “I think that the president and his team and Secretary Rubio are making meaningful progress in these discussions,” Hinson said. “There is more […]
Read MoreIowa forecast shows risk of large hail, 75 MPH winds late today
3 days ago
<img width="150" height="150" src="https://cdn.radioiowa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/National-Weather-Service-graphic-150x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 5px;clear:both;max-width: 100%" />Forecasters warn that severe weather is possible later today for wide sections of Iowa, with hail, high winds and tornadoes possible. Meteorologist Dylan Dodson, at the National Weather Service, says Iowans will need to stay weather aware and keep connected with the changing forecast. “We’ve got storms that are going to be firing here this […]
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