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Here First
Start your day with the essentials. Coffee. Breakfast. And the local news you need to know. Host Meghan McKinney rises bright and early to bring you the top news stories from around Iowa in under 10 minutes. Wake up, grab that coffee and get your news Here First. You can support what you hear on thi...
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Friday, December 12th, 2025
Iowa's U.S. Senators voted for the health care plan that would provide health savings accounts instead of ACA tax credits. Iowa state leaders talk abo...
Thursday, December 11th, 2025
Iowa's largest teacher union is voicing their principles. Four international students at the University of Iowa have had their statuses restored. And...
Wednesday, December 10th, 2025
Public employees shouldn't see changes to Iowa's public pension system anytime soon. Iowa land values are slightly up from last year. And who won last...
Tuesday, December 9th, 2025
A farmer bailout has been announced. A Somali immigrant rights advocate is speaking out against President Trump's recent hateful comments about Somali...
Monday, December 8th, 2025
Conservative political commentators spoke at the inaugural event for the new Center for Intellectual Freedom. Some federal grants for museums and libr...
Friday, December 5th, 2025
Unionized Starbucks workers in Des Moines and Iowa City are striking. Retiring ISU President Wendy Wintersteen reflects on her career. And Republican...
Thursday, December 4th, 2025
Both Republican and Democratic state lawmakers are planning on property tax relief in the next legislative session. The Iowa Board of Regents has a ne...
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025
Groups supporting refugees are calling on lawmakers to create a path to permanent residency for Afghan nationals. Immigrant rights advocates are still...
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025
Some communities in northwest Iowa are still waiting for FEMA buyouts, a year and a half after devastating flooding. Iowa and several other states wil...
Monday, December 1st, 2025
An eastern Iowa county is starting a free Narcan distribution program. Public health experts are encouraging more Iowans to get the flu shot. And some...
Wednesday, November 26th, 2025
Gov. Kim Reynolds says a property tax relief plan is still in the works. Several businesses in Iowa City had to close because of the building owners'...
Tuesday, November 25th, 2025
Satanic Temple Iowa has been denied a request to host a holiday event at the state capitol. Republican candidates say they can't be apathetic going in...
Monday, November 24th, 2025
An investigation into the Des Moines Public School board hiring former superintendent Ian Roberts has been released. Small business owners are feeling...
Friday, November 21st, 2025
The state department of education is revising a federal funding request after public feedback. Student homelessness is on the rise in central Iowa. An...
Thursday, November 20th, 2025
A U.S. Assistant Attorney General is in Iowa to investigate competition in agriculture. A Republican state senator has ended his exploratory campaign...
Wednesday, November 19th, 2025
Both the Senate and House have passed a bill to release the Epstein files. A Minnesota-based newspaper company has about the Cedar Rapids Gazette. And...
Tuesday, November 18th, 2025
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to take a vote on the release of the Epstein files. Another lawsuit has been filed against the state ove...
Monday, November 17th, 2025
A third Iowa educator has sued a former employer for wrongful termination over comments related to Charlie Kirk's death. Iowa is holding off on privat...
Friday, November 14th, 2025
November SNAP benefits should be released to Iowa participants today. A public meeting about a nuclear power plant in eastern Iowa drew mixed reaction...
Thursday, November 13th, 2025
The historic government shutdown has ended. The Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa is starting to form. And an Independent is r...
Wednesday, November 12th, 2025
Iowa State University's next president has been named. A Democratic candidate for governor shares a plan to address water quality. And the University...
Tuesday, November 11th, 2025
Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks was confronted by angry constituents at a town hall. Over 200 Iowa scientists are signing onto the 15th annual...
Monday, November 10th, 2025
Iowa Democrats criticize the deal the Senate passed to reopen the government. Refugees in Iowa are being told they are not eligible for SNAP benefits...
Friday, November 7th, 2025
The latest Republican to launch a campaign for Iowa governor says he'd work to address rising cancer rates. An eastern Iowa county passed a moratorium...
Thursday, November 6th, 2025
Iowa is asking for federal money to fund rural health care initiatives. The state has settled a wrongful termination lawsuit with a former public heal...
Wednesday, November 5th, 2025
The finalists for the next president of Iowa State University are visiting campus this week. Local residents in southwest Iowa are taking water qualit...
Tuesday, November 4th, 2025
The Trump Administration will fund half of SNAP benefits this month. People can't apply for Section 8 housing vouchers in Des Moines right now. And Pr...
Monday, November 3rd, 2025
Funding for a federal heating assistance program is up in the air. The president of a central Iowa community college is hesitant on a proposal lawmake...
Friday, October 31st, 2025
The state of Iowa will match cash donations to food banks up to a million dollars. Health insurance premiums through the ACA marketplace are expected...
Thursday, October 30th, 2025
Some Iowa Head Start programs will have to close Nov. 1 because of the federal government shutdown. The USDA is being sued because of withholding cont...
Wednesday, October 29th, 2025
Republican Fourth District Congressman Randy Feenstra is officially running for governor. Democratic Senate candidate Josh Turek says President Trump’...
Tuesday, October 28th, 2025
Google says it will buy electricity from the Duane Arnold Nuclear Power Plant near Cedar Rapids when it’s reopened in 2029. A Republican running for g...
Monday, October 27th, 2025
The Sioux City City Council will have a majority of new members after next week's election. At least one Iowa-based bank is telling its customers that...
Friday, October 24th, 2025
Immigrant rights advocates say a Des Moines high school student has been deported. Food pantries are preparing for higher need than normal. And beef p...
Thursday, October 23rd, 2025
A Democratic state lawmaker has requested an audit of the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners' licensing procedures. A few eastern Iowa cities are ask...
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025
Gov. Kim Reynolds says IPERS is not going anywhere. Polk County and crowdfunding sources are trying to fund water sensors throughout the state. And wh...
Tuesday, October 21st, 2025
It's day 21 of the federal government shutdown. Des Moines' camping ban is stricter. And a federal court has blocked the Creston Community School Dist...
Monday, October 20th, 2025
Iowans protested at No Kings rallies across the state. SNAP recipients might not get November food assistance benefits because of the government shutd...
Friday, October 17th, 2025
Iowa will rely more on reserve funds to fill a growing budget gap left by declining tax revenues. The chair of the Des Moines school board is out of t...
Thursday, October 16th, 2025
A second city in Iowa has affirmed protections for LGBTQ residents. Some airports are refusing to play a video from U.S. Secretary of Homeland Securit...