State News

A delegation from Decan, Kosovo visited Mason City this week as part of a tour of Iowa. Decan Mayor Bashkim Ramosaj, speaking through an interpreter, says they all feel very welcome and he looks forward […]

The speaker of the Iowa House is creating a new Education Reform Committee. A news release from House Speaker Pat Grassley’s office indicates Grassley will be chairman of the committee and it will deal with […]

The Iowa Supreme Court heard oral arguments today as the state seeks to remove the governor and her former spokesperson from a lawsuit by the former communications director for the Iowa Department of Public Health. […]

The Iowa trapping season is underway, and a DNR expert says the prospects are good. Furbearer biologist, Vince Evelsizer, says there shouldn’t be any trouble finding furs. “Most of our species of furbearers and Iowa […]

It’s a Christmas tradition that dates back more than 30 years as crowds gather in downtown Atlantic for Thursday night’s festivities to kick off the holiday season. Bailey Smith, executive director of the Atlantic Area […]

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, a likely 2024 presidential candidate, is suggesting the Republican Party needs to separate itself from former President Trump. “I believe that we need to move away from a personality and move […]

An eastern Iowa hospital boasts it’s the only facility in the state to start using a new technology to screen for polyps during colonoscopies. It’s called the GI Genius and it uses artificial intelligence to […]

It appears the U.S. House will swing to Republican control while it also appears the U.S. Senate will remain under a Democratic majority, which Republican Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says won’t mean any changes in […]

Iowa’s Attorney General has announced a settlement against Walmart after claims the company contributed to the opioid crisis. Attorney General Tom Miller says a coalition of attorneys general have reached a $3.1 billion  settlement with […]

A northwest Iowa man is charged with murder in the stabbing death of his older brother. According to the Ida County Sheriff’s Office, shortly after 7:30 on Sunday night, the communications center received a 911 […]

A large piece of rock known as the Cody Stone will be unveiled this weekend at the Buffalo Bill Museum in the eastern Iowa town of LeClaire, where the famed Wild West showman was born […]

A large piece of rock known as the Cody Stone will be unveiled this weekend at the Buffalo Bill Museum in the eastern Iowa town of LeClaire, where the famed Wild West showman was born […]

Republican Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says she wants to stay on the Appropriations Committee after being elected to a second term. “I think it’s absolutely critical that Iowa continues to have a seat on that […]

With a few inches of snow forecast for roughly two-thirds of the state today, many Iowans are likely to encounter slippery sidewalks, driveways, and parking lots for the first time since last winter. Kevin Bultena, […]

The corn harvest is heading down the final stretch. The U.S.D.A. report finds 95% of the corn had been combined by Sunday. That is 8 days ahead of last year and 12 days ahead of […]

State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald says it’s time to do some personal reflection, and for the Democratic Party to do the same after he lost his re-election bid. Fitzgerald talked with Radio Iowa about the loss […]

Iowa is part of a multimillion-dollar settlement with Google on the way it tracks your personal information. Attorney General spokesperson, Ashlee Kieler says Iowa and 39 other states brought the claims. “This group of attorneys […]

Webster County Detective is on administrative leave and is being investigated by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigations. According to a letter issued to defense attorneys by the Webster County Attorney’s Office the DCI is […]

There’s still more than a month of fall left but winter weather is moving into Iowa today. It’s snowing in parts of northwest and north-central Iowa and meteorologist Craig Cogil, at the National Weather Service, […]

Six people were killed in Texas after two historic military planes from the Commemorative Air Force collided midair and crashed Saturday during a Dallas air show. One of the planes was a B-17 bomber known […]