If you're looking for a romantic getaway in Iowa, don't sleep on this beautiful state park with a storied past and panoramic ...

Iowa veteran Joedy VanVelzen surpassed 500 miles, meaning he is one-quarter of the way done hiking the Appalachian Trail: an expedition that extends nearly 2,200 miles between ...

Memorial Day weekend is approaching faster than a Midwestern thunderstorm, and if you’re still scrambling for getaway plans, I’ve got a gem hiding in plain sight: Ledges State Park in Madrid, Iowa.

Night - Cloudy. Winds from S to SSE. The overnight low will be 42 °F (5.6 °C). Cloudy with a high of 59 °F (15 °C). Winds variable at 3 to 6 mph (4.8 to 9.7 kph). Cloudy today with a high of ...

On Iowa Politics is a weekly news and analysis podcast that aims to re-create the kinds of conversations that happen when you get political reporters from across Iowa together after the day’s ...

Highlights: Ventura sits on the northwestern shore of Clear Lake, a popular northern Iowa lake with a town of the same name on the lake's northeastern shore. Clear Lake is a popular spot for ...

OTTAWA—More than a third of Francophones in Canada think Mark Carney’s French is not good enough to be prime minister, suggests a new poll by Abacus Data shared exclusively with the Star. The ...

Organizers for RAGBRAI announced the full route for this year's event and a number of Northwest Iowa towns, and even a sliver of southern Minnesota, will be included. The annual bicycle ride ...

Troubling headwinds persist in the GTA’s real estate market, as home sales were the lowest on record for a March in at least the last 23 years. The spring market, which is typically when buyers ...

THANKS, JOHN. CHECKING OUT YOUR ROADS. MOST OF CENTRAL IOWA STILL LOOKING PRETTY GOOD RIGHT NOW. THINGS GETTING A LITTLE BIT BUSIER UP IN THAT GRIMES AREA, WHICH ISN’T UNUSUAL FOR THIS TIME OF ...

Night - Cloudy. Winds variable at 5 to 6 mph (8 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 47 °F (8.3 °C). Mostly cloudy with a high of 62 °F (16.7 °C) and a 64% chance of precipitation. Winds ...