Dar Danielson

The U.S. Justice Department has proposed a settlement with the nation’s largest egg producers who allegedly conspired to fix prices between June of 2022 and March 2025. The settlement involves Versova Management Cooperative, which manages egg farms in Iowa, Cal-Maine Foods of Delaware, and Hickman’s eggs in Arizona. The companies will donate 50 million eggs […]

June is normally the wettest month of the year in Iowa and State Climatologist Justin Glisan says around half of the state did see record precipitation. “If you take a line from the northeast corner to the southwest corner, basically stations southeast of that line were above average in terms of wetness. Particularly eastern and […]

Iowa is once again taking part in a holiday effort to keep an eye on the state’s waterways. DNR boating education coordinator Rachel Alliss says the effort starts tomorrow. “Operation Dry Water is a national campaign. We’re looking to deter impaired boating, reduce the number of alcohol and drug-related incidents and fatalities on our waterways,” […]

A Waukee elementary student’s poem is one of the winners in the national America 250 contest for describing what America means to her. Radio Iowa’s Dar Danielson explains. Mary Elouise Bowman just finished fourth grade, and her poem describes how the American flag represents her family’s military service to our country. Her mom Sarah […]

Iowa’s 2025 Teacher of the Year recently talked with the state Board of Education about her travels throughout the state. Melanie Bloom of Sioux Rapids says she learned there needs to be more done to educate students on the careers available to them. She would ask students about careers and says the majority could tell […]

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed the first case of measles this year. Information from the department says a vaccinated adult from central Iowa acquired measles during international travel. The state has identified 20 locations the infected person visited between July 1st and July 5th. HHS says anyone present at those […]

The early pheasant forecast shows hunters in Iowa could once again have a lot of birds to chase. DNR wildlife biologist Todd Bogenschutz uses weather information to predict pheasant numbers. “Our prediction is the population is going to be similar, might go up a little bit or down a little bit, but more or less […]

Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson joined pork producers at a farm near Marshalltown today to talk about the “Save Our Bacon Act.” It’s an attempt to override California’s Proposition 12, which requires pork to be raised under their rules to be sold there. Dean Frazier raises hogs on a farm near Liscomb that has been in […]

A report just released from the Common Sense Institute (CSI) takes a deeper look into its 2025 findings that Iowa’s population growth remains mostly concentrated in metro areas. Research and policy director Ben Murrey says there’s just one positive growth marker for non-metro counties. “Non-metro Iowa has net positive for international migration, but they are […]

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barret asked members of the House Appropriations Committee today for more security funding. Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson is on the committee and spoke with the justices. “I did ask about some of the potential gaps in funding resources and, frankly, navigating an increased threat environment. They’re […]