State News

Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says the U.S. should stop humanitarian aid to Ukraine and focus on providing more military equipment. “This is where we can provide some savings,” Ernst says. “Let’s focus on what America […]

Iowa State women’s basketball coach Bill Fennelly announced the addition of Alisa Williams to the 2023-24 roster on Wednesday. Williams joins the Cyclones after spending her freshman season with LSU as part of the Tigers’ […]

A northwest Iowa community of nearly a thousand residents will celebrate the 150th anniversary of its founding this weekend. Events in Aurelia begin Friday afternoon. Diane Weathers is part of town’s “All School” committee. “From […]

An annual report on child well-being has ranked Iowa sixth in the nation. The annual KIDS COUNT report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation shows Iowa ranks near the top nationally in areas like the […]

The Iowa DNR has released preliminary results of its investigation of an accident on Black Hawk Lake Sunday afternoon. The DNR says a pontoon boat driven by 75-year-old Charles Lierman of Ankeny was pulling a […]

A Central City woman who stole over 400-thousand dollars from two elderly relatives has been sentenced to five years in federal prison. Forty-four year old Carrie April Martin pleaded guilty last fall to one count […]

The Spirit Lake School Board has voted to keep its longstanding Indian mascot. Earlier this year, the Spirit Lake Tribal Council in North Dakota sent the district a letter, saying the mascot is offensive and […]

Fueled by the momentum generated from three-consecutive NCAA Women’s Tennis Tournament appearances, including a run to the 2023 Elite Eight, Iowa State Athletics has unveiled plans for an indoor and outdoor tennis complex for the […]

The Des Moines Register has announced it’s dropping plans to shoot for a world record number of cyclists during the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa next month. The event is known as RAGBRAI […]

A special investigation by the state auditor’s office has found the former city clerk in a small western Iowa was responsible for about $58,000 worth of improper spending over a six and a half year […]

The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa has sent Atlantic’s school board a letter, saying it would be unconstitutional to prohibit student protests at school. During the school board’s meeting in May, Leanne Pellett of […]

This week’s Iowa Crop and Weather report from the USDA rates 60% of Iowa topsoil either short or very short of moisture. State Climatologist Justin Glisan says abnormally dry conditions have expanded in the past […]

Former Iowa Senate Minority Leader Zach Wahls of Coralville says Senate Democrats voted him out of his leadership position because he fired two longtime staffers. Senate Democrats met late last week and voted to replace […]

A former church missionary from Fort Dodge has been sentenced to up to 30 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of several sex crimes involving a child. Thirty-year-old Jordan Webb was living […]

Iowa State basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger has been named Stevie Taylor as the Cyclones’ assistant director of player development. “Stevie is an excellent teacher and communicator and takes tremendous pride in developing young men, on […]

Some Iowa cities set record low temperatures this morning. The National Weather Service in La Crosse received a report that the temperature fell to 35 in Elkader in northeast Iowa. There was a record low […]

Agents from the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation were in Le Mars last week as part of the agency’s investigation of the collapse of an apartment building in Davenport. Mitch Mortvedt, assistant director of field […]

4A 1. Ankeny Centennial (15-1), LW #1 2. Cedar Rapids Prairie (19-1), LW #2 3. Johnston (17-3), LW #3 4. Southeast Polk (17-6), LW #5 5. Pleasant Valley (16-6), LW #7 6. Iowa City High […]

The University of Iowa is expanding its wilderness education program to reach 4,500 elementary school children this year, and it should bring the outdoor learning experience to more than 6,000 next year. Jay Gorsh, director […]

A treasure hunt of sorts gets underway today in a park in Pella. Glass orbs made by students at Central College will be hidden in Pella’s Big Rock Park for people to find. The president […]