WATERLOO -- The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission Tuesday granted the Wild Rose casino at Emmetsburg permission to drain the water from under its casino as part of an improvement project. At the time its construction began, state code required the ...

NORTHWOOD -- Gaming revenues at Iowa's casinos and racetracks increased only slightly in 2007, prompting casino officials to look to other sources of revenue. A souring economy, higher costs and an extended stretch of bad weather all combined to ...

No matter where they go, Iowa lawmakers from the Fort Dodge area can't avoid the fallout from the state's new smoking ban. During a Thursday evening forum that was to be focused on mental health issues, five local lawmakers and three legislative ...