Iowa PBS News

Iowa PBS Announces 2020-2021 Ready for School Communities

Posted:  September 3, 2020
Education specialists work to strengthen STEM and literacy skills of young Iowans.

Iowa PBS seeks innovative teachers to join Iowa Science Phenomena project

Posted:  August 28, 2020
Interested teachers must apply online by Friday, October 16 at 4 p.m.

Iowa PBS to host Iowa Press Debates: 2nd Congressional District

Posted:  August 26, 2020
Live statewide broadcast and livestream Thursday, September 24, 7 p.m

Iowa PBS to host Iowa Press Debates: 1st Congressional District

Posted:  August 26, 2020
Live statewide broadcast and livestream Monday, September 7, 8 p.m.

Iowa PBS to host Iowa Press Debates: U.S. Senate; 1st, 2nd and 3rd Congressional Districts

Posted:  August 12, 2020
Live coverage of debates to be broadcast statewide and livestreamed.

Iowa PBS celebrates the spirit of the Iowa State Fair online

Posted:  July 23, 2020
Join Iowa PBS in honoring the tradition and memory of the Iowa State Fair online!

Iowa PBS presents Celebrating the Fair

Posted:  July 21, 2020
Premiering Monday, August 10 through Friday, August 14 at 9 p.m.

Girls State Softball Championships on Iowa PBS

Posted:  July 14, 2020
Thursday, July 30 & Friday, July 31

Iowa PBS celebrates the Fair in August

Posted:  June 26, 2020
August 10-14 at 9 p.m. on Iowa PBS’s primary channel, Facebook and YouTube

Susan Moritz Scharnberg announces her retirement from Iowa PBS Foundation

Posted:  June 25, 2020
Iowa PBS Foundation President Susan Moritz Scharnberg has announced plans for her retirement, slated for mid-October 2020. After nearly 40 successful years in the non-profit fundraising sector, nineteen devoted to leading the Iowa PBS Foundation, Scharnberg plans to spend more time with family, traveling, volunteering and enjoying her many hobbies. Scharnberg joined the (then named) Iowa Public Television Foundation in 2001 while it was still in its infancy, created by the merger of several fundraising entities. The foundation is a separate, nonprofit, fundraising entity that aims to foster...