An estimated 12% of Iowans, including 16% of Iowa children, are food insecure. These are people who, through a combination of factors — unemployment, stagnant wages, lack of health insurance, and the worst inflation since the 1970s — don’t know where their next meal is coming ...

This week, all Hy-Vee stores with hot food service will offer free meals to kids ages 12 and under from 4 to 7 p.m. The meals will be available to everyone else for $3 for dine-in or carry-out. Hy-Vee meals menu today through November 7: Today, November 4: Spaghetti with meat sauce, salad ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will pay about half of November benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, though benefits could take months to flow to recipients, the department said Monday in a brief to a federal court in Rhode Island. A four-page ...

Here are the precinct voting locations for voters in Hamilton County, according to the Hamilton County Auditor’s Office: WEBSTER CITY 1 & WC 1/Cass — Ed Prince Building, 1200 Bluff Street, Webster City. WEBSTER CITY 2 & WC 2/Freedom — Ed Prince Building, 1200 Bluff Street, ...

There is a genuine treasure on the market in Webster City. One of only three structures on the National Register of Historic Places in the community, the William and Hattie Zitterell House at 821 Division Street is an iconic piece of local history that hundreds have called home in its nearly ...

Election day is Tuesday. Those who have absentee ballots or wish to vote early can do so at the Hamilton County Courthouse. Residents are reminded of the following information necessary to vote, as noted on the Hamilton County auditor’s website for the city and school elections in Hamilton ...