State News

Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of government borrowing plans were approved by voters in this year’s city-school elections in Iowa. Eighty percent of Polk County voters approved a $350 million plan to build a […]

State Banking Superintendent Jeff Plagge says the Sac City bank he declared insolvent on Friday had heavy losses on some of its loans to commercial trucking firms. “This (bank) had a segment of a business […]

The Board of Regents will hear a report from the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion study group at its meeting next week on the UNI campus. The group made ten recommendations, including ensuring that employee performance […]

Investigators suspect embers from ground up hay sparked a large fire in rural Sioux County that drew a response from two dozen fire departments, including some from South Dakota. The fire started Sunday afternoon in […]

Much of Iowa has seen warmer-than-normal temperatures in recent days, but autumn will soon transition to winter and the National Weather Service is encouraging Iowans to prepare now for the inevitable. Meteorologist Chad Hahn says […]

Another potential federal government shutdown looms in ten days, and Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley predicts there will -not- be an agreement reached by November 17th, so another stopgap measure will be required to again extend […]

The corn and soybean harvest could be close to wrapping up this week. The U.S.D.A. crop report  says just 3% of the soybeans remain to be harvested statewide, and around 10%of the corn. The majority […]

Governor Kim Reynolds is joining Republicans who’ve expressed doubts of Donald Trump’s chances of regaining the White House and has endorsed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for president. Reynolds joined DeSantis at a campaign rally tonight […]

A state panel has approved a legal settlement that will pay millions to two adopted siblings of an Iowa teenager who was abused and starved to death by a couple from Perry. Sabrina Ray was […]

The Animal Rescue League of Iowa is now caring for the 46 horses that were seized from a property in Dallas County near Madrid last week. The Dallas County Sheriff charged the owner of the […]

An attempted traffic stop led to a chase and gunfire in central Iowa on Sunday. Des Moines police say an officer tried to pull a car over Sunday morning and the vehicle sped away, leaving […]

The state is taking applications for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, otherwise known as LIHEAP. Program manager, Bill Marquess says the situation is a lot better for many who fell behind on their […]

Iowa sophomore kicker Drew Stevens has been named Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week following his game-winning field goal with 14 seconds remaining to defeat Northwestern at Wrigley Field, it was announced Monday […]

Nearly 200,000 registered Democrats did not vote in 2022 and Iowa Democratic Party leaders say they’re focused on getting that group to vote in 2024. Rob Johnson, a Baptist minister from Des Moines, opened the […]

Governor Kim Reynolds will endorse Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis this evening at a rally in Des Moines according to sources familiar with the governor’s plans. Reynolds has appeared with the Florida Governor often in […]

Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman is urging Iowa Democrats to back Joe Biden’s bid for re-election. Fetterman was the keynote speaker this weekend at the Iowa Democratic Party’s annual Liberty and Justice fundraiser. “If you are […]

The Iowa Superintendent of Banking has closed a Sac City bank — the first bank closing in Iowa since 2011. Citizens Bank in Sac City opened in 1929. According to a news release issued Friday […]

Next Tuesday is Election Day, and that means time is running out if you want to vote absentee. Woodbury County elections commissioner, Pat Gill, says timing is more important this election. “Want to make sure […]

Waterloo is considering the development of a youth sports complex as a solution to one of its riverfront brownfield sites. The city has struggled with how to incorporate industrial polluted land into its future development […]

Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says cities that have supported the Biden Administration’s border policy should not be getting any funding now to help them with the immigration crisis. “Sanctuary city mayors from LA, New York, […]