State News

The Fort Dodge Fire Department will have the first “baby box” installed in Iowa. Last November, after a man and woman from Fort Dodge were charged in the death of their newborn, people in the […]

Iowa baseball coach Rick Heller will send sophomore Brody Brecht to the mound Thursday afternoon when the third seeded Hawkeyes play second seeded Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament in Omaha. Brecht is 5-2 and […]

Former Hawkeye player Tania Davis is joining staff of Iowa women’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder as Director of Player Development. “I am absolutely thrilled to welcome Tania Davis back to Iowa City,” said Bluder. “Tania […]

Woodbury County Supervisors have unanimously approved changes to the county’s wind turbine regulations. The county’s ordinance originally barred wind turbines within 600 feet of city limits, but now wind turbines may not be placed within […]

Volunteers are needed once again this summer to drive around and track the bat population. DNR wildlife diversity biologist, Stephanie Shepherd, says the volunteers record the noises bats make as the fly through the night. […]

It’s not fog but smoke making the air hazy in parts of central Iowa this morning — and you can smell the smoke from the Canadian wildfires. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the […]

The pace of the current GOP presidential campaign hasn’t reached the level of the last one eight years ago, but South Carolina Senator Tim Scott entered the race yesterday and will be in Sioux City […]

Governor Kim Reynolds says she hasn’t made a final decision on a bill to limit State Auditor Rob Sand’s access to some information, but Reynolds says Sand — the lone Democrat in statewide office — […]

Iowa City is considering making its buses free to ride. Transportation director Darian Nagle-Gamm hopes the move will help bring back pre-pandemic ridership “We think this could really make a difference. If you give people […]

The Iowa baseball team defeated Michigan, 13-3, in eight innings in the opening round of the Big Ten tournament on Tuesday afternoon at Charles Schwab Field. “Really proud of our guys and how they fought […]

A priest in Florida has been accused of sexual abuse of a minor while he was serving as a priest at a Dubuque parish in the mid 1980s. A news release from the Archdiocese of […]

Two teenagers have been charged with stealing 100 dollars worth of alcohol from a Storm Lake gas station — and a clerk at the Midtown Brew gas station faces charges for allegedly hitting one of […]

State Auditor Rob Sand says a bill sent to the governor that would limit the auditor’s access to some confidential information could lead to a lot of extra time in court. “If the governor signs […]

Farmers saw enough dry weather last week that planting season is closing in on the end. The U.S.D.A. crop report released Monday shows 95% of the corn crop is now in the ground. That’s nine […]

Iowa assistant basketball coach Jan Jensen — a graduate of Elk Horn-Kimballton High School — will be the grand marshal of Saturday’s Tivoli Fest parade in Elk Horn. Stan Jens, a former Elk Horn mayor, […]

Historic buildings that used to be part of Maytag’s campus in Newton will be renovated into a hotel and an apartment building. The former Maytag campus was donated to Des Moines Area Community College in […]

A non-profit organization that works to bring locally grown food to people in need is getting more money from the U.S.D.A. Giselle Bruskewitz is the director of the Iowa Valley Resource Conservation and Development program […]

Creighton University economist Erie Goss says he expects D.C. negotiators will strike a deal to raise the federal government’s debt ceiling. “To paraphrase Winston Churchill, when you try every other thing that doesn’t work, you […]

Officials say a southeast Iowa man who was allegedly trying to evade arrest was killed in an accident in Bloomfield. The Iowa State Patrol says on Saturday night around nine, 19-year-old Reese Jones of Ottumwa […]

The Iowa Hawkeye baseball team opens the Big Ten Tournament Tuesday morning in Omaha when the third seeded Hawkeyes play sixth seeded Michigan. Iowa finished the regular season 39-13 and coach Rick Heller’s team has […]