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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 — ...

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 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 ...

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 ...