2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (105+ words) KGAN DES MOINES, Iowa — Governor Kim Reynolds is lifting highway weight limits on for many ag products this harvest season through a proclamation. The Governor's proclamation allows vehicles transporting corn, soybeans, hay, straw, silage, stover, fertilizer, and manure to be…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (579+ words) LINN COUNTY, Iowa — For more than half a century, the Duane Arnold Energy Center has been part of the landscape in Linn County. Iowa's only nuclear power plant went from decades of generating electricity to shutting down in 2020. Now, its…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (226+ words) CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Members of the Save Morgan Valley group protested outside Alliant Energy’s downtown Cedar Rapids building Tuesday, calling on the utility to abandon plans for a proposed natural gas power plant in Linn County. The group opposes the…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (310+ words) WASHINGTON (TNND) — The Sept. 11 attacks struck as the U.S. economy was already in a recession, shutting down financial markets, grounding air travel and disrupting businesses across the country. The nation’s securities markets reopened Sept. 17, 2001, after a four-day closure as officials…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (345+ words) CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — MidAmerican Energy customers had a chance Tuesday night to learn more about a proposed natural gas rate increase that could add about $2.89 a month to the average residential bill. MidAmerican representatives presented the proposal during a customer…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (176+ words) CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — In a rare move, the Cedar Rapids City Council terminated two contracts for street projects after the contractor -- Shift Companies LLC -- shut down in August. The projects -- one on 34th Street Southeast, and another on Richard Drive Northeast -- are…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (643+ words) LINN COUNTY, Iowa — Plans to restart Iowa's only nuclear power plant are moving forward with up to $1.9 billion in federal financing and construction already underway at the Duane Arnold Energy Center. The U.S. Department of Energy approved the loan to…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (177+ words) (TNND) — Hunter Biden, former President Joe Biden's son, is entering the cryptocurrency market with a meme coin named $LAPTOP, a reference to the laptop that became a flashpoint during the 2020 presidential campaign. Biden promoted the planned launch in a video…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (125+ words) KGAN CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Foundation 2 Crisis Services says their CEO, Emily Blomme, is stepping down on September 25. Blomme joined Foundation 2 as Chief Executive Officer in 2015. Her accomplishments include growing the organization, nearly tripling staff size. The organizations completed a $5.5 million…...