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12/26/2025

Judge Jeffrey Farrell filed his ruling Friday, stating that the state must allow Achieva to reopen the resort “as soon as reasonably practical,” but no later than March 12, 2026.

A district judge granted a temporary injunction that orders the state restore Achieva Enterprises as the operator of Honey Creek Resort state park as a lawsuit continues.

11/04/2025

Today is Election Day in Iowa for 2025 local elections. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. throughout the state.

Today is Election Day in Iowa for 2025 local elections.

10/30/2025

The Honey Creek Resort is closing as the state ends its management contract. The resort will stay closed while Iowa finds a new operator, with plans to reopen in 2026, according to an announcement from the state.

DES MOINES — The Iowa Department of Administrative Services announced Wednesday that its business relationship with Achieva Enterprises, which has managed Honey Creek Resort near Moravia since 2023, ended effective

07/17/2025

The City of Centerville has scheduled a special council meeting for 2 p.m. on Friday to discuss emergency housing support for displaced residents.

CENTERVILLE — Several residents at Oak Tree Estates mobile home park were displaced this week after Centerville police condemned one unit and found widespread ordinance and permit violations throughout the

07/15/2025

Human remains were recovered Tuesday morning from the rubble of a building destroyed in a fire on the south side of the Albia square.

ALBIA — Human remains were recovered Tuesday morning from the rubble of a building destroyed in a fire on the south side of the Albia square.

07/14/2025

Fire departments from six towns responded to the south side of the Albia square Monday morning for a large fire that consumed a building with six apartments and three commercial businesses.

ALBIA — A blaze on the south side of the Albia square led to significant smoke, building damage and involved six fire departments battling the fire for several hours Monday.

06/22/2025

President Donald Trump says the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel’s effort to decapitate the country’s nuclear program.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel’s effort to decapitate the country’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime

06/12/2025

In her veto of the bill, Gov. Kim Reynolds said, “While I shared the bill's goal of protecting landowners, good policy should draw clear, careful lines. This bill doesn't."

Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds has rejected a bill that could have introduced more complications for a massive carbon-capture pipeline project routed across several Midwestern states. The veto Wednesday is

05/27/2025

Honey Creek Resort, a few miles west of Moravia, has seen ebbs and flows much like the waters of Rathbun Lake, which is just outside the windows of the resort. But improvements are ongoing as new concessionaires continue to make changes.

MORAVIA — When Terry and Beth Henderson, as part of Achieva Inc., took over as concessionaires of the state-owned Honey Creek Resort two years ago, they knew the task at

05/08/2025

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, has been elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year

04/11/2025

In a surprise announcement Friday, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said she will not seek a third term in office in 2026.

In a surprise announcement Friday, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said she will not seek a third term in office in 2026. Reynolds, a Republican, has held the position since 2017,

03/28/2025

The Centerville Eagles Aerie will close this weekend, after they were found in default for a civil rights lawsuit brought by a former employee and ordered to pay more than $300,000 in damages.

CENTERVILLE — The Centerville Eagles Aerie will close this weekend, after they were found in default for a civil rights lawsuit brought by a former employee and ordered to pay

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