About 1 in 15 homes nationally have high levels of radon. Around 3 out of 4 in Iowa, or 70 percent, have high levels. “All of them have the same percentage chance of failure,” Shearer said. “Every ...

Spring commencement is less than a month away, which means that many seniors will be leaving Iowa State and pursuing jobs and ...

Iowa State marks first amendment week, with guest speakers focusing on the value of an independent media. On central Campus, the ISU Greenlee School of Journalism ...

Over 7,000 students from 160 schools across the state came to participate in the Build My Future event to learn more about ...

This week we dig into two key issues in Iowa — disparities faced by the Black population in Polk County and the circumstances surrounding the state of cancer in Iowa.

Penn Cambria High School graduate Reed Niebauer would have been satisfied with focusing on his academics in college. The COVID-19 pandemic altered his high school athletic career when he competed in ...

My mom died last year at age 103; an inscription on her high school diploma led me to reflect on how Iowa has changed, writes ...

Since 2021, IPR has received no financial support from the state of Iowa or Iowa’s Regent universities ... Research shows that people who consume local news are more civically engaged in ...

33,128 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?33,128 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?

I put off writing this column for weeks, for a few reasons.  As a rule, journalists are much more comfortable writing about ...