Iowa experienced a rollercoaster year of weather in 2025, with periods of relief from drought conditions interrupted by dry ...

For more than 25 years, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources has been testing the water at dozens of sites in rivers and ...

Here is this week’s Northwest Iowa Fishing Report as released by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Wednesday, December ...

Ice conditions at many Iowa lakes have been changing by the day, and even by the hour in some places. Iowa’s stretch of unseasonably warm temperatures has deteriorated the quality of ice across much ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Unseasonably warm temperatures have compromised ice quality south of Iowa Highway 3, making ice fishing unsafe in the area. “Ice fishing in central and southern Iowa, is not advised ...

Over 875,000 hunting and fishing licenses were sold last year, according to the 2025 State Fish and Game Protection Fund Report. Revenue from license fees goes into the Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund.

AMES − The Iowa State women's basketball team will open Big 12 Conference play with just one player unavailable. Cyclones guard Reese Beaty is ruled out for 10th-ranked Iowa State's Sunday contest ...

Complaints to the state ombudsman's office, many of which come from Iowa's jails and prisons, represented the second-highest total in the history of the office. (Photo via Getty Images) Iowa’s Office ...

Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources confirmed Thursday that Canada geese at two southern Iowa lakes tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza. The ...

Iowa’s Office of Ombudsman, which investigates complaints related to local and state government, saw an almost 10% increase in cases opened during the last fiscal year.The agency’s annual report, ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources confirmed Thursday that Canada geese at two southern Iowa lakes tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza.The outbreak was detected following ...