State News

The Iowa Association of Realtors report shows some improvement in the availability of homes in May. The May report shows there were 14% more homes on the market compared to April. But on a year-to-year […]

Over the upcoming holiday weekend, tens of thousands of Iowans will be declaring their independence from their houses and heading off on road trips. Brian Ortner, spokesman for AAA Iowa, says travel records are being […]

A settlement with the governor in an open records lawsuit is now final. ACLU of Iowa attorney Thomas Story says there will be some oversight along with the payment in case. “We have now settled […]

A southwest Iowa couple who are the parents of twins born prematurely at 22 weeks say taking their son home from a Des Moines hospital five and a half months later is exciting. Cristal Alvarez […]

The U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled the federal government bears responsibility for causing atypical recurrent flooding that damaged farms and property in the Missouri River basin since 2007. Initially filed in 2014, the plaintiffs […]

Iowa’s two U.S. senators say NASA’s lunar research may help improve food production and resource conservation on Earth. The lawmakers joined NASA astronaut Raja Chari for a discussion at Grinnell College this morning. Chari, who […]

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is hiring three new attorneys for the Statewide Prosecutions Section in the Iowa Department of Justice. “Back in 1997, there were 11 prosecutors who could travel around Iowa and do […]

The opening of the Iowa State Fair is getting closer and the search is on for people to fill jobs during its 11-day run. State Fair spokesperson, Mindy Williamson, they hire around 1,600 people with […]

One person was killed in a house fire over the weekend in Estherville. Estherville Fire Chief Travis Sheridan says shortly after 7:20 a.m. Saturday, firefighters were called to 219 South 8th Street after a passerby […]

A Tony Award-winning Broadway musical makes its Iowa debut tomorrow night, featuring the story of a five-man vocal group that rose to stardom in the 1960s and ’70s. ” Ain’t Too Proud, The Life and […]