The Carlisle City Council received nine bids for the new library building’s construction, with the lowest bid coming from ...

While Iowa school officials expressed relief that federal funding for English Language Learners and migrant families was ...

A former Des Moines Area Community College administrator, fired after making a comment about having “pulled a knife” on someone, is now suing the school, alleging age and racial discrimination.

Bayer, the biotech company and manufacturer of Round Up, has substantially increased its spending on lobbying in Iowa since ...

Twenty-eight-year-old Michaela Bonner has been working 12-hour shifts as an emergency medical technician in Norfolk, Virginia ...

A report from the Center for Rural Affairs found that funding from the Inflation Reduction Act had a “significant impact” on ...

The Indianola chapter of the Izaak Walton League will open its range to the public for an evening that blends outdoor ...

While the weather people have talked about the floods of rain falling across central Iowa in recent weeks, we at the Independent Advocate have been talking about the monsoon of ...

Raising a family is no easy task, but it shouldn’t bankrupt you. As both a parent and grandparent, I’ve seen how much harder it is for Iowa families to afford ...

When Kim Reynolds gave her big annual speech at the beginning of the year, she told Iowans that “the condition of our state ...

The only item that was completely destroyed was the replica of a Montgolfier balloon that had been donated in 2023 by ...

National Civics Bee, on Tuesday, Aug. 5, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Hubbell Hall at Simpson College. The event is open to the ...