Iowans advised to test water for nitrate levels

Although many Iowans rarely check the nitrate levels in their homes, that's beginning to change thanks to Iowa Citizens for ...
Des Moines Register

Iowa is testing less DNA evidence in sexual assault cases. Are serial rapists going free?

Iowa law enforcement agencies have tested less DNA evidence in sexual assault cases at the state crime lab in recent years than they did five years ago. Iowa police and sheriffs maintain vastly ...

Iowa's cancer crisis: Local group fights back with water testing

Iowa ranks second in cancer rates nationally. A local group is testing water for nitrates and demanding policy change.
The Gazette

Iowa student test scores hold steady as achievement gaps continue

Iowa students’ proficiencies in math, reading and science did not change significantly in 2023 compared to last year, according to the most recent Iowa Department of Education report. The department ...
Iowa Public Radio

Iowa schools have 5 years to test for radon. 3 years in, fewer than half have done so

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect the Iowa Department of Education's response, provided after the article was initially published on Oct. 1, 2025. When a pulmonologist told Gail ...
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Iowa wants students to pass a civics test to graduate. Could you pass? Test yourself here

More than 800,000 people each year take a 10-question civics test to try to become a U.S. citizen. A bill passed by the Iowa House and Senate would require students in grades nine-through-12 to pass a ...
Radio Iowa

Iowa’s testing for bird flu in dairy herds more extensive than other states

State Ag Secretary Mike Naig says Iowa officials are taking a different approach compared to other states when it comes to bird flu testing. When a poultry flock has been hit by the virus, the testing ...
The Gazette

Iowa’s aggressive bird flu testing to inform state research report

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig discusses the bird flu outbreak during his appearance Friday on "Iowa PBS" at Iowa PBS studios in Johnston. (Photo supplied by Iowa PBS) Buy Photo JOHNSTON — ...
Iowa Public Radio

Iowa schools making slow progress testing for radon

Iowa has some of the highest radon levels in the nation. By July of 2027, every public school building in Iowa must have tested for naturally occurring, cancer-causing radon gas. They're also required ...
Quad-City Times

Reform vs. the Iowa test: State’s namesake test may be left behind in Race to the Top

“We feel Iowa testing products have served the state well over a long period of time,” Dunbar said. “We offer in our development capacity the same provisions promised by this yet-to-be-developed test.
Fox News

Iowa law blocks fentanyl testing strips from inclusion in harm reduction boxes; seen as drug paraphernalia

Harm reduction boxes in Polk County, Iowa, will not include fentanyl testing strips that can detect the dangerous opioid in other drugs before a user suffers an accidental overdose. The Polk County ...