DES MOINES — Josh Turek won Iowa's rare open U.S. Senate race in Tuesday's midterm elections, flipping a Republican-held seat and becoming the first Democrat since Barack Obama to win a federal race in the state. Turek defeated Republican Ashley Hinson to succeed retiring two-term ...
DES MOINES — Iowa voters chose Democrat Rob Sand to be their next governor, flipping the seat Republicans have held for more than two decades and likely ushering in a new era of divided state government. Sand defeated Zach Lahn, a first-time candidate who surprised even members of his own ...
Some rural roads in Humboldt, Kossuth and Wright counties will benefit from a major investment of federal funding. The U.S. Department of Transportation recently awarded $76.2 million to Iowa. A little over $7 million of that total will be used for safety upgrades in nine northern Iowa ...
Today is the final day to vote in the 2026 general election. All polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday. A list of polling places and a map showing their locations is on page A2 of today’s edition of The Messenger. Voters in and around Webster County will be picking a U.S. ...
A proposal to open nearly 64 acres near Marker 126 to industrial development will return to the Webster County Board of Supervisors today for a final public hearing and a decision on whether the rezoning should proceed. The meeting begins at 10 a.m. at the Webster County Courthouse. It will include the third and final public hearing on Kevin Stumpf’s request to rezone two vacant parcels totaling approximately 63.9 acres from Agricultural Preservation District to Industrial District. The land lies north of U.S. Highway 20 on both sides of Poplar Avenue, near the Marker 126 travel ...
