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Iowa Issues 30-Day Overweight Permits for Harvest Season

Iowa has issued a proclamation that allows overweight loads for vehicles transporting corn, soybeans, hay, straw, silage, fodder, fertilizer and manure to be overweight for 30 days.

September 18, 2023
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Iowa Grants to Help Community Colleges Expand CDL Training

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced $5 million in commercial driver license infrastructure grants for community college training centers and new equipment.

August 24, 2023
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New Iowa Truck Road Unveiled at Missouri River Barge

A road partially funded by a $1 million U.S. government grant is enabling farmers to move freight from Interstate 29 directly to Iowa’s Port of Blencoe barge terminal on the Missouri River.

July 28, 2023
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds Signs Law Expanding CDL Testing

Iowa is making it easier for people to enter trucking careers with a new law expanding third-party testers for commercial driver licenses.

March 31, 2023
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Iowa Has New Overweight Permit Law for Emergencies

Iowa has a new law on its books allowing state and local officials to exempt overweight permits from load limits so truckers can move heavier loads in emergencies.

February 21, 2023
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Iowa Extends Overweight Limits for Agricultural Transport

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has extended through Feb. 19 the harvest time proclamation for weight limits and the transportation of grain, fertilizer and manure.

February 3, 2023
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Iowa Transportation Commission Approves Five-Year Plan

The Iowa Transportation Commission recently approved the state’s transportation improvement program.

June 16, 2020
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Trump’s Biofuel Plan Triggers Political Fallout in Farm Country

President Donald Trump’s decision to defend the U.S. government’s power to broadly exempt oil refineries from biofuel-blending requirements is triggering a backlash in Iowa and other states that are top producers of ethanol and the corn used to make it.

March 6, 2020
Business

Walcott Truckers Jamboree to Welcome Over 40,000 Attendees

The 40th anniversary event will be held July 11-13 at the Iowa 80 Truckstop, I-80 Exit 284. Festivities will include concerts, carnival games, firework shows, an antique truck display and a super truck beauty contest.

July 10, 2019
GovernmentSafety

Iowa Transportation Commission Approves Five-Year Improvement Plan

The Iowa Transportation Commission approved the state Department of Transportation’s outline for projects that will be conducted over the next several years.

June 18, 2018