The Charlie Daniels Band, with Diamond Rio, will be headlining Rosefest 2012 at the Wild Rose Casino in Emmetsburg, Saturday, July 14. Tickets are on sale now at $25. Must be 21 or older. Gates open...

SIOUX CITY -- Deb Hanson was moved to tears at a meeting of the state Racing and Gaming Commission last month as she described what casino gaming has meant for her Iowa commmunity.

In April 2010, a routine audit revealed alleged violations of lending regulations and a pattern of misconduct by a Iowa Trust & Savings Bank loan officer, Richard L. Jones. The Federal Deposit...

By JOE SUTTER Messenger staff writer EMMETSBURG - Dorothy O'Brion doesn't take life lying down. After she lost most of her eyesight to macular degeneration, she was unable to enjoy many of her old hobbies.

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State Senate President Jack Kibbie was a new member of that legislative body in 1965 when he joined forces with former Gov. Harold Hughes and other lawmakers to create the community college system.

DES MOINES --- The Iowa Senate passed its last piece of the fiscal 2013 budget Tuesday, but not before members tried to debate a handful of “dead” issues:

The Iowa Democratic Party will induct Gartner into the 2012 Hall of Fame as Outstanding Supporter on June 15, according to a news release this afternoon.

Valley City State University technology education Professor and Great Plains STEM Education Center director Donald Mugan retires June 15 after 39 years as a teacher and administrator at VCSU.