State News

Iowa Congressman Zach Nunn is co-sponsoring a bill that would require suicide awareness and prevention training for most school employees in every state, at least every other year. “September marks Suicide Prevention Month and as […]

Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says the impeachment inquiry into President Biden is part of the oversight function congress has over the executive branch. “The House is really leading on this charge and I do actually […]

Iowa Senator Joni Ernst pressed an Air Force general during confirmation hearings on Tuesday about what Ernst called an unfulfilled promise the military made to Sioux City. Ernst questioned General David Allvin, who is nominated […]

The director of the Iowa DOT says the report by American Road and Transportation Builders Association ranking Iowa number one in poor bridges doesn’t tell the whole story. Director Scott Marler says there are 4,558 […]

The Ankeny-based convenience store chain Casey’s reports a good first quarter. CEO Darren Rebelez talked about the results in a conference call for investors. “Inside sales remain strong, driving inside gross profit dollars up over […]

A physician in north-central Iowa is marking five decades of practicing medicine. Dr. Keith Hansen has been with Franklin General Hospital in Hampton as a health care provider since 1973. Hansen says there have been […]

Veterans from at least 15 Iowa counties will take a chartered jet out of the Fort Dodge Regional Airport this morning for the latest Honor Flight. Russ Nader of Webster City, is a board member […]

The University of Iowa is launching a program to train nurse-midwives as a way of helping to address the shortage of maternal health care providers in the state. Professor Lastascia Coleman, at the UI Hospitals […]

All four members of Iowa’s U.S. House delegation are expressing support for an impeachment inquiry of President Biden. Iowa Congressman Zach Nunn, a Republican from Bondurant, represents Iowa’s third congressional district. “I think this is […]

The number of train cars carrying grain across he state dropped in July. The DOT’s Stuart Anderson told the Transportation Commission today that July continues what has been a downward trend. “Which is indicative of […]

Book bans are the subject of a hearing before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee today and Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he sees it all as being about parental rights. The Iowa legislature passed a […]

A vice president for Summit Carbon Solutions says rejected requests to build the company’s carbon pipeline in North and South Dakota should not impact its pursuit of a construction permit in Iowa. Micah Rorie is […]

The heat and drought have continued to cause Iowa crops to deteriorate. The U.S.D.A. crop report out Monday shows the corn condition declined by three percentage points in the last week where 46% is rated […]

The state law Governor Reynolds signed June 1 would let Republicans set new voter registration rules for the Iowa Caucuses, but Iowa GOP chairman Jeff Kaufmann says requiring Caucus-goers to have registered as a Republican […]

Iowans are familiar with the emerald ash borer and the green insect’s threat to our foliage, but we’re also being asked to be on guard for another insect that’s equally as lethal to a much […]

First responders in north-central Iowa are getting an extra boost on this 911 anniversary, marking 22 years since the terrorist attacks. Becky Koppen with the Hamilton County Retired Senior Volunteer Program, says the organization’s volunteers […]

The Iowa Mission of Mercy free dental clinic is coming to eastern Iowa in October. Iowa Dental Foundation Executive Director Laurie Traetow  says they hold the event in a different area of the state each […]

The Iowa company planning to build a two-thousand mile carbon pipeline through five states has now been denied construction permits in both North and South Dakota. This morning, South Dakota’s Public Utilities Commission unanimously rejected […]

Officials say the state medical examiner will be working to determine the identity of a driver killed in a five-vehicle crash in northwest Iowa. According to the Plymouth County Sheriff’s office, a gold Nissan Sentra […]

Iowa senior defensive back Sebastian Castro has been named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week following his performance in the Hawkeyes’ 20-13 Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series win at Iowa State. The announcement was made […]