State News

Iowa might be quieter than usual around the holidays this year as a survey finds a large percentage of the state’s residents are planning to go, well, someplace else. Brian Ortner, spokesman for AAA Iowa, […]

A leader in the union that represents 19-thousand federal employees who work in Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota and the Dakotas says some of them will be required to work, without pay, if there’s a federal government […]

It’s still early, but the harvest season in northwest Iowa is getting off to a good start, according to ISU Extension agronomist Leah Ten Napel. “Overall, we have a lot of acres left to go,” […]

An already-crowded Animal Rescue League of Iowa is even shorter on space now after teams were dispatched to Boone County where nearly a hundred dogs had to be removed from what’s described as a puppy […]

The rain farmers have been hoping for slowed some of the harvest last week. The U.S.D.A. reports says rainfall cut the time in the field by about two days. The corn harvest is now 9% […]

Waterloo is partnering with the Iowa DNR to replace about half of the trees that were lost to the emerald ash borer in the past decade. The city will be making one type of apple […]

We’re about one month into the new school year and some drivers are still forgetting to stop when school buses are dropping off and picking up kids. Sioux City Police Sergeant Mark Huberty says they’ve […]

State Auditor Rob Sand has found administrative costs in Iowa public schools accounted for about 8% of new spending over a recent six year period. When spending is calculated on a per pupil basis, administrative […]

Around 600,000 central Iowans would get their water from the Central Iowa Water Works, under a plan to combine the Des Moines Water Works with 12 other systems. They would share wells, river intakes, treatment […]

Iowa Democratic Party chair Rita Hart says she’s working to ensure the party has leadership at the local level. “We’ve got some counties that don’t even have a county chair. They have no structure whatever,” […]

A review committee is recommending the elimination or consolidation of 43% of state boards, commissions and advisory groups — slightly fewer than were listed in the committee’s initial report. The temporary review panel was established […]

Iowa State kicker Chase Contreraz has been named the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday. It is the first Big 12 weekly honor of his career. Contreraz made […]

A review committee is recommending the elimination or consolidation of 43% of state boards, commissions and advisory groups — slightly fewer than were listed in the committee’s initial report. The temporary review panel was established […]

Iowans are being reminded about the dangers of railroads and railroad crossings. Jeffery White, a spokesman for the Canadian National Railway, says the weather will be turning colder soon and that brings an increased risk […]

A report on state water quality by an Iowa State University Extension “Think Tank” finds opinions don’t diverge very much on some of the issues. The director of the Conservation Learning Group Jacqueline Comito says […]

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Iowa Congressman Zach Nunn is co-sponsoring legislation that would redirect Russian assets that were seized when Russia invaded Ukraine. “We have done this before,” Nunn says. “After 9/11…terrorist dollars that were in international funds, we […]

A grain that millions of people in Asia and India eat every day is almost unheard-of in Iowa, but a researcher at Iowa State University says it has the potential to make Midwestern agriculture more […]

A video appeared Thursday on Facebook of what appears to be a young bull moose crossing an empty field in northwest Iowa, and Sioux Center’s Police Chief issued a warning that the moose was near […]

Iowa Congressman Zach Nunn says he’s stayed in Washington to work with anyone who’s still there on a deal that would end the federal spending stalemate. Nunn, a Republican from Bondurant, says he’s frustrated with […]