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The Panorama Panther softball team had their final regular season game in Afton against the East Union Eagles, resulting in the Panthers claiming a 20-8 victory over the Eagles. Panorama would score a run in the top of the first but East Union would respond quickly and take the lead, notching in three runs of their own in the bottom of the first. This would light a fire under the Panthers, who would score six runs to take a 7-3 lead and would not look back. Panorama would score every inning, and would notch in another six runs in the final inning of the contest resulting in a 20-8 landslide victory for the Panorama Panthers.

UNION COUNTY, Iowa — Several Iowa communities are being asked to boil their water. The Southern Iowa Rural Water Association says a water main broke, draining all the water out of a tower just north of Afton in Union County. Cities and towns in both Union and Madison counties...

(KMAland) -- Creston swept Denison-Schleswig, Melcher-Dallas finished a sweep of Orient-Macksburg, Clarinda pitched a shutout in non-conference play and Kuemper Catholic, Wayne and SBL were also winners in KMAland softball on Friday. Check out the full rundown below. HAWKEYE TEN CONFERENCE. Creston 10 Denison-Schleswig 5. •Jersey Foote, Creston: 2/4, HR,...

Keith Murphy and Ed Wilson talk about Iowa’s eventful weather – and how central Iowans are reacting to it.

Iowa Woman Infant and Children (WIC) has partnered with Hy-Vee to offer more convenient shopping for those enrolled in the nutritional program. The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Special Supplemental Nutrition Program WIC is now available to purchase accepted items for online ordering and pick up. HHS started exploring the idea of advancing the program to participate in this new feature with a pilot program in a Des Moines store in February of this year. After working out the details to be as efficient as possible, the initiative expanded across Iowa, Minnesota, and Nebraska in early June. The new feature for the WIC program was made possible through a grant from the Center for Nutrition and Health Impact. HHS Director Kelly Garcia says, “This is yet another incredible example of a public-private partnership that will greatly benefit individuals receiving WIC benefits in our state. The goal of this program is to provide easier access and conveniences- and every parent of young children wants the convenience while balancing work and life.” WIC members can select qualifying food items online in the Hy-Vee app and enter their eWIC card numbers during checkout. The WIC program was established nationwide in 1974, celebrating 50 years of supporting mothers, children, and families in Iowa, assisting them to live healthier lives. WIC provides supplemental nutritious food, health care referrals, breastfeeding support, and nutritional education to pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women and infants through age five children who are at nutritional risk.

(KMAland) -- With disastrous flooding going on in the Midwest, it is important to remember the "do's and don'ts" of grain impacted by flood water. Dr. Charles Hurburgh of the Iowa Grain Quality Initiative says the first thing to remember about flooded grain is under moving river water, it is considered adulterated.

Starting July 1, Iowa implemented new speed cameras in cities like Davenport, Cedar Rapids, and Des Moines, automatically issuing fines up to $1,000 for drivers exceeding the speed limit by over 11 mph, aiming to enhance road safety and deter reckless driving. New Iowa Speed Cameras Aim to Improve Road Safety with Hefty Fines and […]

OTTUMWA, Iowa (KYOU) - It’s a lovely morning across Eastern Iowa with temperatures in the 50s and 60s with lots of sunshine. We’ll have plenty of sunshine this afternoon with only a few clouds and highs reaching the low 80s. A few scattered showers and rumbles of thunder will be possible this evening but there will be a better chance for rain overnight with lows cooling into the 60s.

So far this year over 1,000 workers in Iowa have lost their jobs at John Deere; that includes the recent announcement of layoffs coming to Davenport on August 30th of 211 workers and the 99 being released from the Dubuque plant on the same date. John Deere, a leading manufacturer...

Gov. Kim Reynolds has announced 150 appointments to Iowa boards and commissions, including three area individuals. Two of the appoints are from Crawford County. Tonya Eller was selected to serve on the state’s Real Estate Appraiser Examining Board, and Debora Quandt was chosen for the State Banking Council. Ben Booth, who is the IKM-Manning FFA Advisor, was selected for a seat on the Council on Agricultural Education. Eller’s appointment is subject to confirmation by the Iowa Senate, while Quandt and Booth’s appointments are not. A full list of the appointments announced earlier this week is included below.

(KMAland) -- Forty KMAland conference teams play in 25 district openers to begin postseason play tonight. Let’s take a look at every last one of them. Boyer Valley (8-9) vs. Newell-Fonda (14-10) (at Woodbury Central), 1:00 PM. Boyer Valley has run off four consecutive wins heading into postseason play...

The Des Moines Register's sister paper, the Evening Tribune, reports on July 2, 1919, that the Iowa Legislature in a special session has added the state to the growing roll of those in support of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. That amendment, ratified the following year, gave women the full right to vote. Iowa women had long been prominent in the suffrage movement. Today in Iowa, women hold two of four congressional seats, one of two U.S. Senate seats and the governor's office.

Iowa is expected to receive about $174 million in opioid settlement funds over the next 18 years.

Fresh, locally-grown sweet corn is one of the true pleasures of an Iowa summer. On this Horticulture Day episode of Talk of Iowa, host Charity Nebbe is joined by Dan Fillius, horticulture specialist at Iowa State University. Fillius shares practices for optimizing your sweet corn crop. Later in the hour,...

Drought conditions within the three counties of the Raccoon Valley Radio listening are continuing to improve. The U.S. Drought Monitor shows that Greene, Guthrie, and Dallas counties are all completely out of drought in the state of Iowa. Most of Iowa is out of drought except for areas in the southeastern corner of the state.

(Ames) -- Weather researchers at Iowa State University say a shifting climate and warmer ocean temperatures are partially responsible for a record number of tornadoes this spring. Eleven hundred tornadoes were reported regionwide in May -- from Texas to Minnesota, and from West Virginia to Georgia. That's more than twice...

(KMAland) -- Postseason baseball is here with KMA Sports covering six games between Neola, Lenox and Afton on Saturday. Check out the KMAland Sports Schedule for Saturday below. KMALAND BASEBALL SCHEDULE. Iowa Class 1A District 3 — First Round. Boyer Valley vs. Newell-Fonda (at Woodbury Central), 1:00 PM. Audubon...

Davenport, IA – Residents of the Iowa Quad Cities can look forward to a beautiful summer day today, with highs reaching the upper 70s to low 80s. The mostly sunny skies provide an ideal backdrop for outdoor plans this weekend. However, the pleasant weather is set to shift early next week.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) – Attached are the highlights and scores from our local Iowa high school baseball games from July 5th, 2024: Algona 4, Bishop Heelan 2 Creston 5, Denison-Schleswig 3 (Game 1 – Doubleheader) Denison-Schleswig 9, Creston 3 (Game 2 – Doubleheader) Sioux City North 5, Unity Christian 1 Akron-Westfield 12, Trinity Christian […]