On this episode of Love Girls the Podcast, co-hosts Kayla Babers and Jasmine Babers-Gunn tackle the viral Man vs. Bear discussion with special guest Janey Locander of Hey Janey & Co., along with Her Voice Media youth staff member Tamiah Rogers and sound engineer Amiyah Woods. It's all about consent, healthy relationships, and personal safety.

The coalition of labor, faith, and civil rights organizations met on Tuesday to share resources available to voters ahead of the November 3rd election.

The Ottumwa Republican is running against Democrat Christina Bohannan for a third time. The Cook Political Report has ranked the race as "lean Democrat."

A new 52-unit affordable housing complex in northwest Davenport, geared to seniors, held a ribbon-cutting Wednesday, Oct. 28.

Seven candidates, two seeking re-election, for three board seats. WVIK interviewed six of the seven candidates ahead of the November 3 elections.

A year after Davenport converted 3rd Street downtown from one-way eastbound, to two-way traffic, the city is completing a similar conversion for westbound 4th Street to two-way, effective Oct. 29.

An Oct. 19 fatal fire at Fuji Super Spa in Cahokia Heights led to the federal arrest of Quentin Hanks, who investigators say lit the parlor on fire because he was dissatisfied with the sexual service he’d paid for.

A federal judge in Benton sentenced two people to two years in prison each for their roles in running five illicit massage businesses that offered commercial sex services in southern Illinois and Indiana; three of the massage parlors have reopened under new ownership after being shut down.

Soybean processing plants have a documented history of explosions because of leaked Hexane, a flammable substance. ADM itself identified in 1997 a scenario similar to what preceded an explosion in September 2023.

Consumer and environmental groups carried over 10,000 public comments through the streets of Chicago on Thursday before hand delivering them to the Illinois Commerce Commission.

The study group formed by Gov. Kim Reynolds is recommending hiring more staff for the state's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, provider verification measures and higher penalties for fraud, according to a final report released by the governor.

The candidates found common ground on mental healthcare, water quality and government accountability, but offered different approaches to Medicaid, education and state spending.

In the 1st Congressional District, Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks is defending her seat against Democrat Christina Bohannan for the third election in a row. Some powerful factors shaping the race — like a proposed steel plant in southeast Iowa, an independent candidate and a centrist gubernatorial campaign — are out of their control.

Republican Paul Pate and Democrat Ryan Peterman disagreed about federal access to voter data, but found common ground on expanding early voting.

A study found a Wisconsin program that pays producers for measured reductions in phosphorus runoff was more cost-effective than a popular federal conservation program.

As farmers face financial uncertainty, the Trump administration has moved to end protections on gray wolves that sometimes prey on livestock. But experts question if it’s the right move for the species.

The Trump administration is narrowing longstanding interpretations of what it means to harm plants and animals protected under the Endangered Species Act. Conservation experts say the change will pose greater challenges for already-vulnerable populations, and several groups have sued the administration.

Schools in the U.S. serve almost 30 million lunches every day. But rising food costs, regulations and cuts to food assistance mean school kitchens have to do more with less.