State News

Iowa Congresswoman, Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion, is co-sponsoring legislation to reauthorize and modernize the bipartisan Childcare and Development Block Grant, or CDBG program. That program sends federal dollars to states to help them […]

Iowa All American Caitlin Clark earned Big Ten Player of the Week honors for her performances against NC State and Wisconsin. This marks Clark’s 13th weekly award from the conference, which is fifth-most in B1G […]

The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train will chug back into eastern Iowa Tuesday. It’s 1,000-foot long,14-car freight train that’s colorfully lit for the Christmas season from engine to caboose. Railroad spokesman Andy Cummings says the train […]

Nate Scheelhaase has been promoted to offensive coordinator on the Iowa State football staff, Cyclone head coach Matt Campbell announced today Monday. “Nate Scheelhaase is one of the rising stars in college football coaching circles, […]

The Iowa DCI is investigating  an apparent hostage situation that led to the shooting of a man by a police officer in Mount Pleasant Saturday night in southeast Iowa, as Theresa Rose reports: Officers were […]

University of Northern president Mark Nook says UNI’s plan to start a nursing program is part of a reassessment of university programs. “We’re looking at several other areas in this academic positioning,” Nook says. “…What […]

A key lawmaker says Republicans in the Iowa Senate intend to reform Iowa’s property tax system in 2023. Senator Dan Dawson, a Republican from Council Bluffs, is chairman of the Senate committee that drafts tax […]

A panel of national Democratic Party leaders has voted to eliminate Iowa’s Caucuses from its leading position in the party’s next presidential campaign. President Biden recommended that South Carolina’s Primary be the first voting event […]

A busy week of Cy-Hawk competition begins Sunday in Carver-Hawkeye Arena when second ranked Iowa hosts number-seven Iowa State in a wrestling dual. The Hawkeyes have won the last 16 duals in the series but […]

Things are going to get pretty windy across the state today. Jeff Zogg of the National Weather Service says this impacts every county. “There’s a pretty strong cold front that’s going to be moving across […]

The Sioux City Fire Department is issuing another warning about the use of space heaters after an early morning fire Thursday heavily damaged a home. Captain Ryan Collins says the fire started when an electrical […]

The song says this is “most wonderful time of the year,” but for many, the holidays only mean longer hours of work, heaps of bills and higher blood pressure. Steve Courtright, a professor of management […]

The first of two shotgun deer seasons opens Saturday in Iowa. The DNR’s, Tyler Harms, says hunters harvested nearly 103-thousand deer last year and he doesn’t expect that number to drop. “Populations are stable to […]

Iowa State football coach Matt Campbell announced today that offensive coordinator Tom Manning will pursue other coaching opportunities and not return to the program for the 2023 season. Director of football strength and conditioning Dave […]

Former northeast Iowa Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer is now working in the Biden Administration. Finkenauer’s title is Special Envoy for Global Youth Issues. A news release indicates she will be the State Department’s principal public representative […]

The third ranked Northwestern College football team will try to reach the NAIA championship game for the second time in three seasons when the Red Raiders host fifth ranked Indiana Wesleyan in Saturday’s semifinals. Northwestern […]

President Biden is asking national Democratic Party leaders to make changes for the 2024 campaign — bumping Iowa’s Caucuses out of the lead-off spot and putting South Carolina’s Presidential Primary first. Biden finished fourth in […]

The economy usually perks up with year-end holiday shopping, but there are few signs of optimism heading into December in the latest survey of business leaders in Iowa and eight other Midwestern states. Creighton University […]

Iowa Senator Joni Ernst has voted to block a strike by railroad workers and impose the labor agreement negotiated at the White House in September, but Ernst says she would have preferred to “keep congress […]

A Davenport man is sentenced to more than three years in prison for robbing a bank and two credit unions. Court records show 26-year-old Rayontrez Brown was identified as the person who robbed a Davenport […]