Iowa ranks second in cancer rates nationally. A local group is testing water for nitrates and demanding policy change.

Iowa law enforcement agencies have tested less DNA evidence in sexual assault cases at the state crime lab in recent years than they did five years ago. Iowa police and sheriffs maintain vastly ...

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect the Iowa Department of Education's response, provided after the article was initially published on Oct. 1, 2025. When a pulmonologist told Gail ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It is past time for Iowa policymakers to take a simple step to reduce the number of fentanyl overdose deaths in the state. As of ...

Editor's note: A previous version of this article said radon gas in Iowa does not come from uranium but from radium. However, when uranium 238 undergoes radioactive decay it later becomes radium 226.

State Ag Secretary Mike Naig says Iowa officials are taking a different approach compared to other states when it comes to bird flu testing. When a poultry flock has been hit by the virus, the testing ...

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig discusses the bird flu outbreak during his appearance Friday on "Iowa PBS" at Iowa PBS studios in Johnston. (Photo supplied by Iowa PBS) Buy Photo JOHNSTON — ...

WILLIAMS DIED IN THAT CRASH. NEW AT NOON. IOWA HAS ENROLLED IN A NEW PROGRAM WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO HELP TRACK BIRD FLU IN DAIRY HERDS. IOWA IS ONE OF A DOZEN STATES TO ENROLL IN ...

Iowa Department of Natural Resources forest health technician Mark Runkel (right) and GIS specialist John Mullen (left) look for trees last Monday exhibiting signs of the oak wilt fungus at Hickory ...

An Iowa lawmaker is accusing state investigators of testing software on the Iowa Capitol before using it to monitor Iowa and Iowa State athletes to see if they were using smart phone apps to gamble.