IOWA – An Iowa-based poll known for its accuracy in predicting outcomes in the state has shown a dramatic shift in the 2024 General Election just days from November 5th. The Des Moines Register Poll, conducted by J. Ann Selzer, shows Vice President Kamala Harris with a three-point lead over former President Donald Trump in Iowa. The 45th president won Iowa by significant margins in 2016 and 2020 — both of which were accurately predicted by the pollster. The numbers also show gains for Democrats on the generic congressional ballot in U.S. Districts 1 and 2 — both rated as toss-ups by national election forecasters. That includes a 16-point lead for Democrats in the district held by current U.S. Representative and Republican Marianette Miller-Meeks. The poll has a 3.3% margin-of-error.

IOWA – Three more fatal crashes have added to what has been an autumn of above-average deaths on Iowa’s roadways. The Iowa State Patrol responded to three crashes in Story, Cerro Gordo, and Lee Counties from Thursday through Saturday. Among those are 67-year-old John Husted Berg of Ames, who was traveling in the wrong lane of 13th Street in Ames late on Halloween and collided head on with another vehicle while not wearing a seatbelt. Fifty-nine-year-old Michelle Schultz was walking along Interstate 35 at 1:16 Saturday morning and was struck by a box truck driven by Henry Moss, Jr. of Des Moines. A BMW driven by 234-year-old Josue Alexander Boton Pinula failed to yield at a stop sign near the intersection of U.S. 218 and Iowa Highway 16 and was struck by tractor and trailer in the southbound lanes. This comes has traffic deaths in Iowa exceed 2023 numbers by 11 in September and nine in October. That has pushed 2024 into being the second most-deadly on Iowa’s roadways in the last five years.

IOWA – The average price received by farmers for corn during September 2024 in Iowa was $4.09 per bushel according to the latest USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service report. This was 7 cents above
the August price but $1.13 below September 2023. The September 2024 average price received by farmers for soybeans, at $10.00 per bushel, was 10 cents below the August price and $3.10 below the September 2023 price.