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Start your day with the essentials. Coffee. Breakfast. And the local news you need to know. Host Meghan McKinney rises bright and early to bring you the top news stories from around Iowa in under 10 minutes. Wake up, grab that coffee and get your news Here First. You can support what you hear on thi...
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Thursday, November 20th, 2025
A U.S. Assistant Attorney General is in Iowa to investigate competition in agriculture. A Republican state senator has ended his exploratory campaign...
Wednesday, November 19th, 2025
Both the Senate and House have passed a bill to release the Epstein files. A Minnesota-based newspaper company has about the Cedar Rapids Gazette. And...
Tuesday, November 18th, 2025
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to take a vote on the release of the Epstein files. Another lawsuit has been filed against the state ove...
Monday, November 17th, 2025
A third Iowa educator has sued a former employer for wrongful termination over comments related to Charlie Kirk's death. Iowa is holding off on privat...
Friday, November 14th, 2025
November SNAP benefits should be released to Iowa participants today. A public meeting about a nuclear power plant in eastern Iowa drew mixed reaction...
Thursday, November 13th, 2025
The historic government shutdown has ended. The Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa is starting to form. And an Independent is r...
Wednesday, November 12th, 2025
Iowa State University's next president has been named. A Democratic candidate for governor shares a plan to address water quality. And the University...
Tuesday, November 11th, 2025
Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks was confronted by angry constituents at a town hall. Over 200 Iowa scientists are signing onto the 15th annual...
Monday, November 10th, 2025
Iowa Democrats criticize the deal the Senate passed to reopen the government. Refugees in Iowa are being told they are not eligible for SNAP benefits...
Friday, November 7th, 2025
The latest Republican to launch a campaign for Iowa governor says he'd work to address rising cancer rates. An eastern Iowa county passed a moratorium...
Thursday, November 6th, 2025
Iowa is asking for federal money to fund rural health care initiatives. The state has settled a wrongful termination lawsuit with a former public heal...
Wednesday, November 5th, 2025
The finalists for the next president of Iowa State University are visiting campus this week. Local residents in southwest Iowa are taking water qualit...
Tuesday, November 4th, 2025
The Trump Administration will fund half of SNAP benefits this month. People can't apply for Section 8 housing vouchers in Des Moines right now. And Pr...
Monday, November 3rd, 2025
Funding for a federal heating assistance program is up in the air. The president of a central Iowa community college is hesitant on a proposal lawmake...
Friday, October 31st, 2025
The state of Iowa will match cash donations to food banks up to a million dollars. Health insurance premiums through the ACA marketplace are expected...
Thursday, October 30th, 2025
Some Iowa Head Start programs will have to close Nov. 1 because of the federal government shutdown. The USDA is being sued because of withholding cont...
Wednesday, October 29th, 2025
Republican Fourth District Congressman Randy Feenstra is officially running for governor. Democratic Senate candidate Josh Turek says President Trump’...
Tuesday, October 28th, 2025
Google says it will buy electricity from the Duane Arnold Nuclear Power Plant near Cedar Rapids when it’s reopened in 2029. A Republican running for g...
Monday, October 27th, 2025
The Sioux City City Council will have a majority of new members after next week's election. At least one Iowa-based bank is telling its customers that...
Friday, October 24th, 2025
Immigrant rights advocates say a Des Moines high school student has been deported. Food pantries are preparing for higher need than normal. And beef p...
Thursday, October 23rd, 2025
A Democratic state lawmaker has requested an audit of the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners' licensing procedures. A few eastern Iowa cities are ask...
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025
Gov. Kim Reynolds says IPERS is not going anywhere. Polk County and crowdfunding sources are trying to fund water sensors throughout the state. And wh...
Tuesday, October 21st, 2025
It's day 21 of the federal government shutdown. Des Moines' camping ban is stricter. And a federal court has blocked the Creston Community School Dist...
Monday, October 20th, 2025
Iowans protested at No Kings rallies across the state. SNAP recipients might not get November food assistance benefits because of the government shutd...
Friday, October 17th, 2025
Iowa will rely more on reserve funds to fill a growing budget gap left by declining tax revenues. The chair of the Des Moines school board is out of t...
Thursday, October 16th, 2025
A second city in Iowa has affirmed protections for LGBTQ residents. Some airports are refusing to play a video from U.S. Secretary of Homeland Securit...
Wednesday, October 15th, 2025
Cancer researchers say the tobacco tax needs to be higher in Iowa. The state auditor is going to look into Des Moines Public Schools' finances. And an...
Tuesday, October 14th, 2025
A Republican has dropped out of the race for Iowa's 2nd Congressional District. The nation's largest book supplier has suddenly closed. And lawmakers...
Monday, October 13th, 2025
A Democrat from eastern Iowa is running for U.S. Senate. Newspaper company Lee Enterprises will stop printing on Mondays. And new kinship licensing re...
Friday, October 10th, 2025
A southwest Iowa teacher facing termination for her social media comments about Charlie Kirk's death is suing her school district. There is a woman co...
Thursday, October 9th, 2025
Gov. Kim Reynolds signed an executive order that requires work authorization checks for new state employees. The Iowa Supreme Court is deciding if low...
Wednesday, October 8th, 2025
Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks says she will hold a town hall when "hell freezes over." Community members had mixed feelings at the Des Moines...
Tuesday, October 7th, 2025
The Department of Homeland Security says former Des Moines Superintendent Ian Roberts has several past criminal charges. Google wants to build a data...
Monday, October 6th, 2025
Des Moines Public Schools is suing the search firm they used to hire former superintendent Ian Roberts. Some Iowa immigrants are struggling to pay inc...
Friday, October 3rd, 2025
Community members attended a town hall for the former Des Moines Public Schools superintendent. The Johnson County Sheriff is now seeking a bond initi...
Thursday, October 2nd, 2025
Sen. Chuck Grassley says he isn't sold on President Trump's proposal to use tariff revenue for farmer aid. Early radon testing at Iowa public schools...
Wednesday, October 1st, 2025
The Des Moines Public School Board has accepted Ian Robert's resignation from superintendent. DMPS students walked out of classes yesterday in connect...
Tuesday, September 30th, 2025
The Des Moines School Board has placed Superintendent Ian Roberts on unpaid leave as he remains in federal detention, and the state has revoked his ed...
Monday, September 29th, 2025
The Des Moines School Board voted over the weekend to place Superintendent Ian Roberts on paid administrative leave, following his arrest Friday by fe...
Friday, September 26th, 2025
Tax changes in President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” will reduce Iowa’s revenue by about $400 million this fiscal year. Iowa says its efforts to help...