State News

Seven more football players at Iowa and Iowa State have been charged in connection with a state investigation of suspected sports betting by student athletes. Earlier this month, several current and former Cyclone and Hawkeye […]

Republican presidential candidate Doug Burgum says he is “fully confident” an Iowa company’s pipeline to ship carbon to underground storage in North Dakota will be built. Burgum is the governor of North Dakota where a […]

The butter cow at the Iowa State Fair usually has a lot of people waiting in line to get a look — but this year one of the companion sculptures is also getting plenty of […]

The Iowa State Fair opened today with Governor Kim Reynolds and others cutting a ribbon near the entrance gate. The Governor made some brief remarks welcoming everyone. “Last year’s fair was the fourth largest ever […]

For the first time in program history, the University of Iowa women’s basketball team will host an outdoor scrimmage at Kinnick Stadium. The Hawkeyes will face DePaul in “Crossover at Kinnick” on Sunday, Oct. 15 […]

State Treasurer Roby Smith got to find out what it’s like to work for the state lottery as he recently returned $4.5 million from the Great Iowa Treasure Hunt to a central Iowa woman. “This […]

Iowans who enjoy bowling in their spare time should strike out for northeast Iowa to catch some of the top bowlers on the planet at the Professional Women’s Bowling Association Championship Week in Waterloo. Gene […]

The Drake University football team will travel to the Republic of Panama in the spring of 2024 from May 20-May 31 for the opportunity to study abroad and compete on the gridiron. Bulldog football student-athletes […]

The Iowa State men’s basketball team closed its foreign tour to the Bahamas with a 79-66 victory over the Puerto Rico National Team Wednesday afternoon at the Imperial Ballroom. The Cyclones held an 18-12 lead […]

The tree-planting program called ReLeaf is holding a ceremony in Cedar Rapids this morning, marking the devastating derecho that swept across Iowa three years ago today. Winds peaked at 140 miles an hour and it […]

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is calling on the federal EPA to demand one of its former leaders pay back tens of thousands of dollars she “wasted” while in office. Grassley stopped short of saying criminal […]

Governor Kim Reynolds has appointed her former legal counsel to the Iowa Court of Appeals. Samuel Langholz has been Chief Deputy Attorney General for the State of Iowa since Republican Brenna Bird took over as […]

Former Vice President Mike Pence says he has a plan to “unleash” America’s resources and make the United States the world’s top energy producer by 2040. China has led the world in energy production since […]

Iowa Congressman Zach Nunn visited a Boys and Girls Club in Des Moines today to announce bipartisan legislation he says will help improve the reporting in child pornography cases. Nunn says the National Center for […]

A late entrepreneur from north-central Iowa who’s credited with launching two businesses that became global powerhouses will be honored next week in the town of Garner. Garner Mayor Tim Schmidt is proclaiming next Monday as […]

The Davis County Sheriff’s Office has issued an endangered person advisory for a missing 13-year-old girl. Kaylee Arnold was last seen in the Casey’s Store in the small southeast Iowa town of Eldon at 7 […]

The Iowa Barn Foundation has hosted a barn raising on the Iowa State Fairgrounds, in hopes of raising fairgoers’ awareness of what it takes to preserve barns. A 16 foot tall barn now stands in […]

The Iowa State Fair starts tomorrow and on Saturday seven presidential candidates plan to compete for the attention of tens of thousands of fairgoers and throngs of media. On Saturday morning, four GOP candidates plan […]

The Iowa DNR heard public comments Tuesday on a new manure management plan for a large cattle feedlot in Clayton County near the headwaters of the Bloody Run Creek, which is a trout stream. Supreme […]

As we endure the sweltering sun of summer, Iowans may find some relief in pondering the cooler weather that’s sure to come. The new edition of the Farmers’ Almanac is now available and managing editor […]