How did the universe begin? How will it end? This episode of River to River tackles those and other big questions.

With less than 40 days until the Iowa Republican caucus, Ron DeSantis wraps up his 99-county tour and Nikki Haley launches her first official campaign television ad.

River to River host Ben Kieffer visits an Illinois dispensary 15 minutes from the Iowa border to see how much of its customer base comes from the Hawkeye state where recreational marijuana use remains illegal.

What happens to your trash and recycling, from your curb to the landfill and everywhere in between?

Two lawsuits were filed this week challenging a state law that bans books that include sexual content from school libraries, among other things.

Use of e-cigarettes and vapes has become ubiquitous over the last ten years. What have we learned in the years since they were first marketed?

Americans for Prosperity, the political arm of the Koch network, formally endorsed Nikki Haley's presidential campaign Tuesday.

NPR's Books We Love tool helps readers find great new releases. And revisiting a conversation about homelessness around the state.

Iowa received its first blanket of snow over the holiday weekend.

A federal appeals court moved to drastically weaken the act, which was passed in 1965.