Central Iowa

The Iowa Arboretum and Gardens near Madrid in Boone County celebrated the opening of its $2 million Adele and Dean Bowden Treehouse Village Wednesday.

A long-anticipated connection between the Raccoon River Valley and High Trestle trails in central Iowa opens on Saturday, Aug. 17.

Less than 0.1% of Iowa's tallgrass prairie remains today, which once covered 85% of the state's land prior to European-American settlement.

Tyson Foods is shuttering its pork processing plant in Perry on June 28. Community leaders are trying to make it easier for workers and their families to stay in the community and find new opportunities.

Officials now say four people were killed and at least 35 were injured in the storm that destroyed dozens of homes in the southwest Iowa community.

A bill passed in the Iowa House would ban guaranteed income programs such as the UpLift pilot program currently underway in three central Iowa counties.

A ballot proposition asks voters if they support changing the structure of the Pella Public Library Board of Trustees. The change would limit the board’s authority over the library and give the city council more control over library policies and decisions.

Ramaswamy’s campaign says at least two protesters upset about the Republican presidential candidate’s remarks in opposition to aid for Ukraine purposely rammed his car in retaliation on Thursday, but police say there is no evidence to support that claim.

Less than 0.1% of Iowa's tallgrass prairie remains today, which once covered 85% of the state's land prior to European-American settlement.

A pilot program that will study the effect of basic income on reducing poverty will make its first payments next month to a group of central Iowa residents.