As water quality issues dominated headlines and nitrate levels spiked in central Iowa rivers last summer, the Izaak Walton League of America is reporting a record number of Iowans requested water ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — When Laura Yindra received her assessment notice and saw the assessed value of her two-story Marion home rose a whopping 43 percent — to $327,800 — she was surprised, to say the least.

Iowa students have begun to show improvement in English language arts, according to newly released state testing results. Iowa’s English language arts proficiency rates ranged from 68% to 80% on the ...

Iowa students’ proficiencies in math, reading and science did not change significantly in 2023 compared to last year, according to the most recent Iowa Department of Education report. The department ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Science scores for Iowa's elementary and middle school students have rebounded to prepandemic levels, new statewide testing shows.

DES MOINES — The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship last week certified the results from the Iowa sheep assessment referendum that was held Feb. 25 to March 15 of all eligible Iowa ...

IOWA, USA — Two weeks ago, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed her "school choice" plan into law that creates a new Education Savings Account program. The bill gives every Iowa student the option of ...