State News

Rains kept some farmers out of the fields at a key time last week as they tried to get the harvest completed. Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig says with the continued drought this year, the […]

Former President Donald Trump says if he is reelected, he will impose “crushing sanctions” on Iran and reinstate a travel ban to prevent citizens from some Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. “If you’re coming […]

An Osage man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the 2021 death of a Mason City woman. Twenty-three-year-old Nathan Gilmore was charged last August with first-degree […]

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has endorsed former President Trump. “The border’s wide open. Our law enforcement are disrespected…The Biden Administration seems to be against farmers. They sure are,” Bird said this afternoon, “and terrorists […]

A semi driver died early this morning in a crash at a construction zone on Interstate-80 near the DeSoto exit. The wreck happened at the point near DeSoto where eastbound I-80 lanes shift to the […]

Iowa State’s Chase Contreraz has been named the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday. It is Contreraz’s second Big 12 weekly honor of the season and he is […]

Iowa senior punter Tory Taylor has been named Big Ten Co-Special Teams Player of the Week following his dominant performance in the Hawkeyes’ 15-6 road win at Wisconsin, it was announced Monday by the Big […]

Drake senior quarterback Luke Bailey was recognized as the FedEx Ground FCS National Offensive Player of the Week on Monday, Oct. 16 for his efforts last Saturday in a signature 52-21 win over St. Thomas. […]

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The Transportation Commission has approved moving ahead with plans to use federal money to install more electric car chargers along the interstate highway system. The DOT’s Stuart Anderson says the next step is to get […]

Three of the four Republicans who represent Iowa in the U.S. House will support Ohio Representative Jim Jordan for House Speaker. During a weekend fundraiser for Governor Reynolds, Congressman Zach Nunn of Bondurant said he […]

Governor Kim Reynolds celebrated passage of new state laws with a crowd a supporters this weekend. She listed the state funded Education Savings Accounts for private school students she approved in January as well as […]

Iowa authorities say they determined a social media threat to the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines this weekend was not credible, but all areas of the building were checked as a precaution. According to a […]

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis backs the current nominee to be the next speaker of the U-S House. “(Ohio Congressman) Jim Jordan…I don’t know if he has the votes. I would vote for him if […]

The president of Northeast Iowa Community College — on administrative leave for undisclosed reasons — says he’s done nothing wrong. The community college’s board held a special meeting earlier this week and voted to immediately […]

The state’s first Safe Haven Baby Box is now available on the north side of the Fort Dodge Fire Department. The box was christened Thursday with a blessing and ribbon cutting ceremony. The founder and […]

A west central Iowa restaurant that’s been in business since 1977 is the winner of this year’s contest for the “Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin in Iowa. Cliff’s Place in Manning is owned by Jim and […]

Police have not revealed how a man was killed in southwest Cedar Rapids yesterday (Thursday), but police are saying it’s a homicide. The man was found in a parking lot near a Cedar Rapids liquor […]

Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott says U.S. special forces should be sent to Israel to rescue Americans being held hostage by Hamas. “If you take an American, it should cost you your life,” Scott said […]

A new exhibit is opening soon at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum which highlights the creative ways materials were used — and reused — decades ago. Melanie Wier, assistant curator of the facility […]