DES MOINES, IOWA (September 9, 2024) — A panel of industry judges recently selected the proposed Des Moines development of Goldfinch Lofts as the winner of the Iowa Finance Authority’s (IFA) second annual Innovation in Housing Pitch Competition held at the HousingIowa Conference in Des Moines last week.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (September 6, 2024) — Join WQPT on September 12, 2024, 5PM, for a screening of excerpts from the film, A Reason to Live, and an engaging panel discussion about suicide prevention and mental wellness.

Every day, twenty young people die by suicide in the United States.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 5, 2024) — For the second consecutive year, the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau and Iowa State Patrol collaborated at the Iowa State Fair to survey attendees on cell-phone use while driving. The survey, conducted with over 1,300 Iowans from nearly every county, revealed significant concerns about distracted driving.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 5, 2024) — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird jzx announced that the Attorney General’s office, in coordination with the Marshall County Attorney’s office, secured a second-degree murder conviction against Scott Swartz for beating his elderly father to death.