State News

A Huey helicopter from the Vietnam era has completed its tour of  Ames, Boone and Carroll areas. Tom Aretz is one of the crew members on the helicopter that was restored by a group called […]

A police dog tracked down the suspect after a high-speed chase in southeast Iowa. At 3 a.m. Saturday, a state trooper chased a vehicle driving over 100 miles an hour into Albia. The vehicle hit […]

Gas prices jumped up across the state just before the weekend started, but an expert says the increase shouldn’t last long. AAA Iowa spokesman Brian Ortner says OPEC’s announcement they’re extending production cuts to the […]

Class 5A 1. Southeast Polk (3-0), LW #1 vs #8 Ankeny Centennial 2. Dowling Catholic (3-0), LW #2 vs #6 Waukee Northwest 3. Bettendorf (3-0), LW #8 @ Linn-Mar 4. Johnston (2-1), LW #7 @ […]

The terrorist attacks of 22 years ago are being remembered in central Iowa with a long walk. What’s being called the March to the Capitol started at 9:11 this morning at Centennial Park in the […]

Five GOP presidential candidates were at the Iowa-Iowa State game Saturday, hoping to score points with potential Iowa Caucus-goers. The two leading candidates in the Republican Party’s presidential race attracted the most attention in Ames. […]

The Hawkeye win Saturday over Iowa State was the 200th career coaching victory for Kirk Ferentz.  Ferentz says he didn’t achieve the milestone alone. “You know whether it’s football life, it really doesn’t matter to […]

The Iowa defense held Iowa State out of the end zone until late in the game while blocking a field goal and scoring on an interception to win 20-13 in Ames Saturday. Iowa coach Kirk […]

Iowa is known as the king of corn but lately, there also appears to be a bumper crop of acorns. Anyone who’s taken a walk near oak trees has crunched across many hundreds of the […]

South Dakota’s Public Utilities Commission appears to be on the verge of denying a pipeline construction permit to Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions. The Iowa Utilities Board hearing on Summit’s request to build its carbon pipeline […]

A former Plymouth County Deputy who was sentenced to 40 years on burglary and theft charges will get a new trial. Iowa Third District Judge Steven Andreason ruled that 44-year-old Aaron Leusink was improperly represented […]

Extra security will be on hand tomorrow (Saturday) in Ames as former President Donald Trump and other GOP presidential contenders join the crowd on hand for the Iowa-Iowa State football game. ISU police chief, Michael […]

The Cedar Rapids Gazette is reporting the Iowa Department of Natural Resources has filed a lawsuit seeking over $1.5 million from a Marengo plant that exploded in December. Twenty people were treated at a hospital […]

Iowa Second District Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says she doesn’t want to get into hypotheticals about any stopgap budget measures to avoid a government shutdown. Hinson says they should instead focus on passing the most conservative […]

Of the 90,000 dams in the U.S., just seven were chosen for new federal hydropower research and development projects — and one of them is in southeast Iowa. Jennifer Garson, at the U.S. Department of […]

Seven of the 10 members on Davenport’s city council have voted to remove a member accused of misconduct. Davenport Alderman Derek Cornette was accused of showing up drunk for council meetings and harassing city staff. […]

This Sunday is World Suicide Prevention Day and Iowa health officials are working to raise awareness about the free, confidential, round-the-clock help that’s available through the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Julie Maas, Iowa’s 988 […]

Central Iowa is hosting its first-ever “GalaxyCon Animate!” this weekend, a convention similar to ComiCon but this event is devoted to animation, anime, cosplay and video games. Mike Broder, president and founder of GalaxyCon, says […]

It could cost the State of Iowa millions of dollars if it leaves a Midwest organization that negotiates contracts for education-related expenses. A committee reviewing state boards and commissions has the Midwestern Higher Education Compact […]

Enrollment is up at all three state universities this fall. Iowa State University gained 208 students, the University of Northern Iowa 72, and the University of Iowa 27. UNI has been trying for several years […]