No. 10 Iowa Women Face No. 8 Vanderbilt in FS1 Top-10 Showdown

No. 10 Iowa faces No. 8 Vanderbilt in Sioux City on Sunday in its second top-10 test in a week. The Hawkeyes bounced back from a loss at No. 2 UConn with a 78-40 win over Northern Iowa; Vanderbilt arrives unbeaten and averaging more than 100 points per game. Iowa...

This Iowa Park Lets You Take Home 375-Million-Year-Old Fossils For Free

You can find a fossil within a few steps of your car at this Iowa spot. Then you get to keep it. The fossils here are shells and corals from an ancient sea. Many are around 375 million years old. They sit in the rock of an old quarry. I...

One of Iowa’s last remaining Art Deco movie theaters is due for repair

It took nearly a century for the lashings of Iowa weather to wear down the Art Deco façade of Charles City’s landmark 1935 movie theater. But a few summers ago, it became clear the terracotta tiles which rise in a carnival of red, blue and gold above the marquee needed repair.

2026 IHSAA State Football Semifinals: Schedule, Matchups & Live Updates

(UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa - KIWA Staff Photo) Cedar Falls, Iowa — The Iowa High School Football Playoffs continue Friday with Class 1A and Class 5A semifinal rounds at the UNI-Dome. Several northwest Iowa programs remain in the hunt for state championships, including West Lyon, Spirit Lake and...

Floyd County Fossil and Prairie Park SSNHA People’s Choice Site Of The Year

FFloyd County’s Fossil and Prairie Park Preserve has been selected as the SSNHA People’s Choice Site of the Year. Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area’s “People’s Choice Site of the Year” celebrates the best in heritage development. The special honor is voted on by the public and is presented to only one deserving SSNHA Heritage Area Site.

Aplington-Parkersburg defeats West Lyon 27-22

Iowa universities seek approval for reduced-credit degrees, program eliminations

New, reduced-credit pathways to a degree are making their way to Iowa’s public universities with preliminary approval from their state governing body. The Iowa Board of Regents Academic Affairs Committee Wednesday recommended approval for the University of Iowa and University of Northern Iowa to establish bachelor of applied professional studies degrees, developed in deference to […]

South Dakota football vs Northern Iowa, prediction for Week 11

No. 10 South Dakota is coming off a late-season bye week, and the Coyotes are aiming to get back in the win column against MVFC foe Northern Iowa at home. South Dakota's (7-3) last game was a 31-21 loss to South Dakota State in Brookings two weeks ago. Northern Iowa (4-5) lost 41-15 to the Jackrabbits in Cedar Falls a week ago. South Dakota head coach Matt Vitzthum has turned the page from the rivalry loss and is ready to get back on the field and put together a better performance. "We've positioned ourselves really well to head down the stretch here to achieve the things we want to achieve," Vitzthum said. "I know our group's hungry. We're going to play loose and we're going to let it just go here." Suffering a third loss on the season puts lots of extra pressure on these remaining two games for South Dakota. The Coyotes likely need to win out against Northern Iowa and Illinois State to hold onto a first-round bye in the FCS playoffs, so the stakes are clear heading into the final two. "The emphasis in the building has been about just getting back to playing the game of

3 Clinics separating from Cedar Valley Medical Specialists announce plans

BLACK HAWK COUNTY, Iowa (KWWL) - As the fallout from the Cedar Valley Medical Specialists financial situation continues to unfold, numerous medical care clinics once associated with the embattled medical group have announced plans to go independent. In statements posted onto their respective Facebook pages, officials from the Cedar Valley...

Large Grant for Public Transit

The Black Hawk County Gaming Association has awarded a $750,000 grant to improve public transit in Waterloo and Cedar Falls. A joint initiative between the cities and MET Transit is looking to raise a total of $4.6million to fund a micro-transit pilot program. The program will use smaller passenger vans to navigate designated zones to provide shared rides that connect riders directly to their destination or link them efficiently to MET Transit’s existing fixed route bus network. Ideally, it would be a “first-mile/last-mile” connector. Specific passenger fares remain under evaluation but the program aims to lower transit barriers, shorten travel times, and increase ridership across the transit system.

Iowa housing inventory grows as Franklin County prices rise

Iowa’s housing market had more homes available for buyers in October, while sales activity slowed with the seasonal shift toward winter. Locally, Franklin County saw fewer home sales but higher prices compared with a year ago. According to the latest figures from Iowa REALTORS®, the state had 10,737 active...

Farm Feature Friday: Randy Swestka

“This isn’t my farm. This has never been my farm. It has always been my mom & dad’s farm. Without them, I wouldn’t have what I have now. I owe it all to them.” -Randy Swestka. Add KCHA News as a preferred source on Google to...

College Volleyball (11/14): Nebraska, UNI, Omaha roll to sweeps; Drake, Kansas City fall

(KMAland) -- Nebraska, Northern Iowa and Omaha picked up straight-set victories, while Drake and Kansas City suffered setbacks during Saturday's regional college volleyball action. Nebraska swept Iowa 3-0, Northern Iowa cruised past Valparaiso 3-0 and Omaha completed a 3-0 sweep of Oral Roberts on Senior Day. Elsewhere, Drake dropped a...

KMAland Sports Schedule (11/14): State football semifinals in Iowa, state soccer quarterfinals in Missouri

(KMAland) -- The state football semifinals continue in Cedar Falls, and the Missouri state boys soccer quarterfinals hit the pitch on Saturday’s schedule. Check out the complete slate below. KMALAND FOOTBALL SCHEDULE. Iowa State Semifinals (at Cedar Falls) Class 2A: Spirit Lake vs. Alburnett, 10:00 AM. Class 2A: Roland-Story...

High school football — Clear Lake prepares to face Des Moines Christian in 3A semifinals

CEDAR FALLS — It’s two days in the books and two more to go for the semifinal round of the state football playoffs at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls. The final game of the semifinals will take place tomorrow night when 2nd-ranked Clear Lake faces 3rd-ranked Des Moines Christian in a Class 3A semifinal.