State News

State officials have treated a 19 acre section of the state’s deepest natural lake to kill a fast-spreading, invasive plant. Mike Hawkins, a fisheries biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says Eurasian watermilfoil […]

Former President Donald Trump is warning that Republican candidates may get “clobbered” in 2024 if they don’t learn how to “properly talk” about the abortion issue. Trump also reminded a crowd in Dubuque that he […]

State Treasurer Roby Smith says a rare trading card from a pro basketball star’s rookie season has sold for $5400. The 1986 Michael Jordan card was in a batch of unclaimed property Smith’s office put […]

Slain Algona police officer Keven Cram was remembered today (Wednesday) as hundreds of family, friends, and law officers gathered in the Algona High School gym. Algona Police Chief Bo Miller says Cram was a man […]

A southwest Iowa man has been sentenced to spend at least 35 years in prison for setting his ex-wife’s house on fire as she slept inside. A jury in August found 69-year-old Ellis Houk of […]

Dozens and dozens of men and women in uniform filed into the Algona Community School gym this morning for the funeral of the Algona policeman who was shot to death last weekend. Algona Police Chief […]

A Laurens man has been charged with attempted murder following a stabbing in Storm Lake. According to the Storm Lake Police Department, the incident happened late Monday afternoon. An investigation determined that 31-year-old Oscar Ortiz […]

Many of Iowa’s trees are struggling in the long-running drought. Joe Herring, a district forester with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources in Iowa Falls, says some insects are causing problems with trees, and not […]

Private colleges in Iowa have been cutting their tuition costs in an effort to retain students. Graceland College in Lamoni is the latest, with president Pat Draves making the announcement Tuesday. “I am delighted to […]

Volunteers are needed to help run the second annual IowAbility Fair next weekend in central Iowa, a free event designed to remind Iowans who have limited mobility how many other abilities they still have. One […]