China’s foreign ministry said police have arrested a 55-year-old man suspected of stabbing four instructors visiting from a small college in Iowa. IPR News spoke with one victim who’s recovering in a hospital in China.

USDA Sec. Tom Vilsack said unprecedented federal money will promote the planting and maintenance of new trees. His tour to get out the word about the spending began in a town still recovering from the loss of many of its trees.

The first Iowa Democrat has announced plans to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks. Christina Bohannan is a law professor in Iowa City. She lost to Miller-Meeks in 2022.

One of the nation’s newest nuclear attack subs was christened on June 17 by former Iowa First Lady Christie Vilsack.

Hundreds of U.S. law enforcement officers, elected officials, and military members are among the 38,000 names listed as Oath Keepers, according to leaked membership documents.

Speaking in Iowa President Biden announced Tuesday that his administration will temporarily allow E15 gasoline — gasoline that uses a 15 percent ethanol blend that is usually banned from sale from June to September — to be sold this summer, in an attempt to help ease gas prices.

Ahead of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation process, Black law students from the University of Iowa are traveling to Washington D.C. in support.

Research suggests access to public health insurance can help curb recidivism. Reentry organizations in Missouri are working to enroll people in Medicaid after they leave prison to keep them from coming back.

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, so do broadcasts of what critics decry as Kremlin-funded propaganda on KCXL, a radio station in Liberty, Missouri. Pressure is mounting for KXCL to end broadcasts that have kept the station in business.