College football odds, picks, lines for 2018 Bowl Games: Advanced computer model loving Penn State, Iowa

The 2018-19 college football bowl schedule kicked off over the weekend. The action continues this week with the Boca Raton Bowl, Frisco Bowl, Gasparilla Bowl, Bahamas Bowl, and Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. Vegas has set college football odds for every bowl …

DMPS Students May Qualify for Iowa Seal of Biliteracy

Please enable Javascript to watch this video DES MOINES, Iowa – The Des Moines Public School District is honoring students who are fluent in two or more languages. “The Seal of Biliteracy” is an award from the Iowa Department of Education that recognizes …

Iowa homeless numbers 'trending in the right direction'

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa's homelessness rate is slightly down this year. An annual report from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development shows the number of families with children who are homeless is down 15 percent. The number of homeless in …

Firearms safety to be taught at 2 Iowa middle schools

Updated 5:09 am PST, Tuesday, December 18, 2018 GREENE, Iowa (AP) — Two rural northeast Iowa school districts intend to offer firearms safety courses for middle school students this spring. Joel Foster is superintendent for both the Clarksville and North …

NBB CEO to Keynote 2019 Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit

National Biodiesel Board CEO Donnell Rehagen will highlight the American success story of biodiesel and discuss what is on the horizon for the nation’s leading advanced biofuel on January 29th at the Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit. “Year after year the …

Sioux Falls Skyforce Shooting Suffers in Loss to Iowa Wolves

Each team played an outstanding half of basketball. The Iowa Wolves parlayed a sparkling second half to a win over the Sioux Falls Skyforce 119-112 on Monday night at the Sanford Pentagon. It took until early in the fourth quarter for Iowa (6-11) to get …

Iowa isn’t the worst at mental health

In the Dec. 6 T-R’s “Our town, Our people,” Creighton Jenness said when asked what changes he felt needed to be made in the community?: “I would like to see more family and mental health services here in Marshalltown.” Being in education, he said in the …

Iowa Caucus Poll: Klobuchar Leaps Into WH Contention

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., has suddenly joined top contenders in a crowded field of potential Democratic presidential candidates, placing fourth in a new Iowa caucus poll, Politico reported Monday. In the Focus on Rural America survey, former Vice …

Tuesday's weather feels like fall in central Iowa

Iowa Men and Women roll Northern Iowa

DES MOINES, Iowa — Jordan Bohannon never got to play in the Iowa High School Boys’ State Basketball Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena. His Linn-Mar teams never made it, including a crushing loss to Cedar Falls as a senior despite his 44-point effort. The …