State News

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 — […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]