State News

A new report says northwest Iowa’s Sioux County is the healthiest county in the state, while Montgomery County, in the southwest, ranks last. The County Health Rankings and Roadmaps rates counties’ health outcomes nationwide based […]

Residents living near Keota southwest of Iowa City are still cleaning up following the large tornado that went through the area Friday. There’s not much left on the farm Lindsay Greiner owns that isn’t mangled, […]

Members of the public have debated a proposal to require more frequent income checks and a new asset test for Iowans receiving food stamps or health care coverage through Medicaid. Andres Reyes, the senior pastor […]

The first month of the outdoor track and field season in Iowa has already yielded more than 130 Blue Standard performances to automatically qualify those athletes for the 113th Drake Relays presented by Xtream powered […]

Iowa’s spring turkey hunting season is scheduled to start later this week. Nate Carr, a conservation officer with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says Iowa’s youngest hunters will fire the first shots. “Youth season […]

The 2024 Maui Jim Maui Invitational field was announced today and Iowa State will be one of the teams in the 41st annual tournament. The Cyclones will participate in what is expected to be one […]

Forecasters are warning of an elevated risk for severe thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight for much of the state, especially east-central and southeast Iowa. Meteorologist Tim Gross, at the National Weather Service office in Davenport, […]

State climatologist Justin Glisan, says snow in March made for a split in temperatures in the state. “We had across the state if you look at temperatures, near normal conditions in eastern Iowa, and then […]

Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig has returned by a trade mission to Vietnam and the Philippines. Naig says Vietnam and the Philippines are emerging markets for Iowa’s raw commodities. Both countries import soybeans and soybean […]

Senate Republicans say their overall target for state spending in the next budgeting year matches the one Governor Kim Reynolds proposed in January, but they’re still working on the details. Republicans on the Senate Appropriations […]