SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa state Rep. J.D. Scholten, a Democrat, announced a run for U.S. Senate on Monday, a decision he says he made after U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst made a retort about Medicaid ...

Shawn Showers of Washington County has been appointed chief judge of the Eighth Judicial District, located in southeast Iowa. Showers, a district court judge, will succeed Chief Judge Myron Gookin, ...

Bettendorf City Council member Scott Webster won the Iowa Senate District 47 seat, defeating Bettendorf physician Mary Kathleen Figaro by 3,461 votes. Webster received 15,481 votes, or 56.24%.

DES MOINES, Iowa — District Administration, a magazine written for K-12 district-level school leaders across the country, tabbed Des Moines Independent Community School District superintendent Dr. Ian ...

FORECAST AHEAD. A LITTLE BIT. THANK YOU. ZANE THE VERY LAST CLASS FROM THE ORIENT-MACKSBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT GRADUATED IN MAY. THIS AFTERNOON THEY HOSTED A HUGE CLASS REUNION AS ONE LAST CHANCE FOR ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The "Believe in CR Schools" committee ... a petition that would place the Cedar Rapids Community School District's bond plan on the November 4 ballot. Volunteers with ...

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Another Democrat is throwing their hat into the 2026 gubernatorial race. Julie Stauch, a fifth-generation Iowan, announced her campaign for Iowa governor on Tuesday ...

Fonda Specialty Care and five other facilities operated by Care Initiatives of West Des Moines are among Iowa's lowest ranked care facilities for total nurse staffing. (Photo via Google Earth) The ...

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WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Another Democrat is throwing their hat into the 2026 gubernatorial race. Julie Stauch, a fifth-generation Iowan, announced her campaign for Iowa governor on Tuesday morning, ...

Scholten came within three points of knocking off the raging nativist Steve King back in 2018 in a deeply conservative western Iowa district. Two years later, he lost decisively to Republican ...

Since 2023, Scholten has represented a Sioux City district in the Iowa House. In the most-recent legislative session, which ended in May, Scholten focused on education issues and "protecting the ...