State News

Iowa State football coach, Matt Campbell, held his annual media day in Ames just a couple of days after it was revealed his starting quarterback from last year, Hunter Dekkers, is part of a sports […]

The Mega Millions jackpot is estimated at $1.25 billion for tonight’s drawing. Iowa Lottery spokesperson Mary Neubauer says you can get caught up in the big number and forget about other prizes. “There are nine […]

With kids headed back to school in a few weeks, an expert says now would be the ideal time for parents to start weaning them off of social media so they’ll be able to better […]

Organizers of the “Rooster Tail Ride” are hoping their event next weekend will encourage bicyclists to venture farther on the Wabash Trace Nature Trail. There’s a 20-mile ride on the trail from Council Bluffs to […]

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will headline a fundraiser this Saturday for Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird. Bird, the first Republican in 40 years to serve as Iowa’s attorney general, has appeared with other G-O-P presidential […]

Fourth District Congressman Randy Feenstra is introducing a bill that would increase the federal government’s monitoring of farmland purchases by foreign business. Feenstra, a Republican from Hull, says the Farmland Act is aimed at China. […]

An Iowa State University professor’s research is part of a large, federally funded project to improve the quality of sweet corn. Alan Myers is a professor of biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology at Iowa State. […]

The legislative liaison for the state Board of Education says there isn’t one general set of instructions to schools for removing books from school libraries. Liaison Eric St. Clair was asked about the new laws […]

Iowans who plan to do some back-to-school shopping today and tomorrow will be able to stock up on new duds at a discount as it’s the state’s annual Tax-Free Holiday. John Fuller, spokesman for the […]

A 22-year-old man from Ackley has been charged with attempted murder after assaulting two law enforcement officers with a knife early this morning. A 911 caller reported a man in Ackley was having a mental […]

The dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is smaller this year, primarily because the Mississippi River basin is so dry, the waterway is moving less water and carrying fewer nutrients from states like Iowa. […]

Iowa Congreswoman Ashley Hinson says it’s critical that the U.S. support Taiwan with military hardware as China threatens the independently-governed island. Taiwan produces 60% of the world’s supply of computer chips, while about 14% are […]

The State Board of Education today approved the permanent rules for state-funded Education Savings Accounts for private school expenses. Board attorney Thomas Mayes says they replace the emergency rules created to get the program going, […]

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is applauding legislation that’s passed the House and Senate which aims to break up the monopoly that controls how donated organs are delivered — or not delivered — to people who […]

It appears cyberhackers may’ve hit a hospital in southeast Iowa. The Jefferson County Health Center in Fairfield is alerting patients that private information may have been compromised. The health center discovered that on May 30th, […]

Court records show two southeast Iowa women have been accused of breaking into a home and assaulting a man two weeks ago. The Ottumwa Police Department says 43-year-old Emily Schlotter forced open a locked door […]

The board that governs the three state universities approved budgets for the schools that includes $1.66 billion in general operating expenses at their meeting Wednesday. University of Iowa President Barbara Wilson, talked about her budget, […]

The Iowa State Fair begins one week from today, with a new manager who’s only the 13th person in the fair’s 169 year history to serve in that role. Jeremy Parsons, who took over as […]

Reynolds sends 109 Iowa National Guard soldiers to Texas More than 100 Iowa National Guard soldiers are on their way to Texas to provide security at the southern border Governor Kim Reynolds has announced 109 […]

The head of the Eastern Iowa Community Colleges has resigned after a little less than a year as chancellor. Sonya Williams started as chancellor of the Clinton, Muscatine and Scott Community Colleges on August 8th […]