State News

Knoxville Raceway hopes to finally open its season on Saturday night. The famed sprint car track has postponed the first three weeks of the season, including a two-day World of Outlaws event two weeks ago. […]

Work on the bells that ring out the music from the campanile on the University of Northern Iowa campus in Cedar Falls is moving right along. UNI Assistant Vice President Hillery Oberle says 15 bells […]

Legislative leaders expect the 2023 session of the Iowa General Assembly to conclude today. Lawmakers took final votes yesterday on more than a dozen bills, including a plan to let older teens work later hours […]

The weather plays a big factor in the timing of the tulip blooms for the annual Pella Tulip Festival. Spokesperson Billie Rhamy says conditions have been just right this year as they festival gets underway […]

The Iowa legislature is poised to set up a state licensing process for midwives. Representative Bobby Kaufmann of Wilton has led development of a midwife licensing bill.  “It’s been 11 years,” Kaufmann says. “We’re getting […]

Some activists are calling for Cedar Falls Mayor Rob Green to resign after he initially refused to sign a proclamation declaring June as LGBTQ Pride Month in the northeast Iowa college town. Green says such […]

Some activists are calling for Cedar Falls Mayor Rob Green to resign after he initially refused to sign a proclamation declaring June as LGBTQ Pride Month in the northeast Iowa college town. Green says such […]

Iowa baseball team scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning and defeated Illinois State, 7-4, on Tuesday night at Duane Banks Field. The Hawkeyes fell behind, 1-0, in the top half of […]

The search is underway for a suspect in the shootings of two young men in downtown Fort Dodge on Tuesday night, one of whom died. An arrest warrant has been issued for 17-year-old Davonquae Jyshon […]

The Iowa Democratic Party is proposing that its 2024 Caucuses be held on the same night as the Iowa G-O-P’s Caucuses. The Iowa Democratic Party’s plan calls for using a mail-in system to determine which […]

The drought has taken a toll in northwest Iowa, but two communities have found relief through hundreds of thousands of gallons of high-quality water from the Lewis & Clark Regional Water System piped into their […]

The Iowa House has voted to make changes in a Senate bill that expands the hours teenagers may work and the types of jobs they may perform. Sixteen and 17 year olds would be able […]

You will need to be extra watchful for pedestrians this morning as this is “Walk, Bike and Roll to School Day.” Matt Burkey, manager of the Safe Routes to School program at the Iowa Bicycle […]

Sixty Republicans in the Iowa House have given final legislative approval to a bill outlining state spending for administrative and regulatory agencies. One Republican and 34 Democrats in the House voted against the plan, which […]

The legislature has voted to create a state fund to provide $750,000 in grants or loans for upgrades at Iowa dairy farms. The Iowa Department of Agriculture will manage the new Dairy Innovation Fund. “It […]

To many Iowans, it seems like winter ran long this year, with plenty of springtime snowstorms and frigid wind chills, but it turns out that our temperatures were right on target during April. State climatologist […]

The Iowa legislature has approved a compromise bill designed to limit future property tax increases. Many Iowans saw the assessed value of their home or farmland rise dramatically this spring. Those assessments will impact property […]

The Drake Relays is considered a possible source of an outbreak of COVID-19. What’s billed as America’s Athletic Classic is considered one of the nation’s top track and field events, drawing some 5,000 high school, […]

Farmers spent a lot of time in the field last week and the percentage of soybeans planted more than tripled and corn wasn’t far behind. The U.S.D.A. report says the percentage of beans planted went […]

The Iowa legislature is poised to raise the pay for attorneys who represent indigent defendants by $5 an hour. The state budget plan GOP lawmakers in the House and Senate have agreed to will — […]