SAC CITY, IOWA – State Senator Adrian Dickey (R-Packwood) was arrested on Monday, July 24, while participating in RAGBRAI in northwest Iowa. According to a complaint and affidavit filed in Sac County District Court, Senator Dickey was charged with interference with official acts, a simple misdemeanor. Online court records indicate that on July 24, around […]
by Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch July 24, 2023 Former President Donald Trump has kept a hold on his frontrunner position as candidates head back to the Iowa campaign trail, but new polling shows there could be room for others to gain footing in the field. A Fox Business poll of Iowa Republicans published Sunday […]
by Jay Waagmeester, Iowa Capital Dispatch July 19, 2023 A record amount was invested into Iowa roads and bridges over the past year, the Iowa Department of Transportation announced Wednesday. More than $1.47 billion was awarded to contractors to improve Iowa roads and bridges between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023. The spending spanned […]
by Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch July 17, 2023 Iowa’s corn and soybean crops were buoyed last week by above-normal rainfall and are now in their best shape since the middle of June, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report on Monday. About 64% of the state’s corn crop is rated good or excellent, […]
by Kathie Obradovich, Iowa Capital Dispatch July 14, 2023 Republican presidential candidates worked to appeal to about 2,000 evangelical Christians Friday at a Des Moines conference – in some cases despite critical questioning in on-stage interviews by conservative commentator Tucker Carlson. Carlson wrangled with former Vice President Mike Pence on his position that the U.S. […]
by Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch July 13, 2023 Synthetic chemicals that persist indefinitely in the environment have been detected in the water of several deep wells in parts of Iowa with porous bedrock, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. The department began in late 2021 to test community water supplies for perfluoroalkyl […]
Oskaloosa, Iowa – To many, a staple of the summer is hearing the crack of a baseball against an aluminum bat and the cheers of parents, siblings, and teammates alike. The start of little league practice in the springtime is often an early reminder that summer will soon be here. And just as soon as […]
by Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch July 6, 2023 Iowa’s soil had been drying out for six straight weeks until recent, repeated rainfalls ended the trend. The U.S. Drought Monitor on Thursday reported a slight retreat in the state’s overall dryness. That stopped the spread of drought that had occupied about 26% of Iowa in […]
by Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch July 5, 2023 Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Wednesday she will convene the Iowa Legislature for a special session next week to enact legislation restricting abortion. The governor issued a Proclamation of Special Session to bring the Iowa General Assembly back to the Statehouse at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. The […]
by Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch July 3, 2023 Rainfall totals of up to 6 inches in southern Iowa last week buoyed the state’s corn and soybean crops and reversed a weekslong downward trend of their conditions, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. About 61% of the state’s corn is rated good or excellent, […]
