State News

A tree expert in the Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the abnormally dry conditions throughout the state make this fall a good time to plant a tree. “I really like planting trees in the […]

Winnebago Industries reports record revenue for its just-completed fiscal year. The outdoor lifestyle products manufacturer with Iowa factories in Forest City, Lake Mills, Charles City and Waverly reports revenues of five-billion dollars for Fiscal Year […]

A single-vehicle accident in southwest Iowa last night claimed the life of a man from Pottawattamie County. The State Patrol says 52-year-old Richard Keith Snyder, of Treynor, died when the pickup truck he was driving […]

Authorities say a distracted driver who was on her cell phone hit and killed two Iowa construction workers in a work zone on Tuesday. It happened on the Great River Bridge over the Mississippi River […]

A small toy manufacturing company in eastern Iowa plans to devote its entire shift on Friday to building and packaging several hundred race car kits that will be donated to local Toys for Tots campaigns. […]

Early voting begins today in Iowa for this year’s General Election. Iowans may vote in-person at their county auditor’s office or the election office in their county. This is also the first day county auditors […]

Music has changed through the years and so has the way we buy and listen to it, but one thing that’s remained constant is Weird Harold’s. The record shop in downtown Burlington is making plans […]

Congresswoman Ashley Hinson has been released from the Cedar Rapids hospital where she had been undergoing treatment for a kidney infection. Hinson entered the hospital Sunday night and was dismissed this morning. In a written […]

It’ll be one of those weeks in Iowa where our attire may include both winter coats and shorts. This morning, some communities experienced lows in the low 20s and wind chills below zero. Meteorologist Ashley […]

A man who once ran a photography business in eastern Iowa has pleaded guilty to a federal child pornography charge. Gordon Grabau’s home in Marion was searched last summer. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, […]

Harvest season is underway in Iowa with drought conditions ranging from severe to extreme — and forecasts show those conditions will likely continue well into winter. Meteorologist Dennis Todey, director of the USDA’s Midwest Climate […]

Republican Chuck Grassley says he’s not concerned by a new poll that shows his bid for an eighth U.S. Senate term may be his toughest race since 1980. A Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll released […]

The deadline is next week for Iowa women who use wheelchairs to apply to compete in the upcoming Ms. Wheelchair Iowa contest. State coordinator Tasha DeGroote says the event focuses -not- on disabilities, but rather […]

Republican Governor Kim Reynolds and Democratic challenger Deidre DeJear outlined diverging paths on taxes, abortion and carbon pipelines during their debate Monday night on Iowa PBS. Reynolds said eminent domain should be “a last resort” […]

A new study suggests Iowa workers are underpaid by at least $900 million a year. Common Good Iowa, the group issuing the report, calls that wage theft. Sean Finn, the report’s author, says an estimated […]

Tomorrow marks 50 years since passage of the federal Clean Water Act, a landmark environmental law which created the first national standards for water quality. It stemmed from public outcry over widespread pollution from cities […]

Low levels on the Mississippi River are leading to problems with commodity movements as barge traffic slows to a crawl. Flows from the Missouri River won’t be much help either, according to John Remus, chief […]

Class 5A 1. Pleasant Valley (8-0), LW #1 vs Iowa City West 2. Dowling Catholic (7-1), LW #2 vs Waukee 3. Ankeny (7-1), LW #3 @ DSM Lincoln 4. Southeast Polk (7-1), LW #4 @ […]

The federal website where some current and former students may apply for college loan forgiveness launched Friday night. University of Iowa president Barbara Wilson says for several weeks the university’s financial aid office has been […]

Republican Congresswoman Ashley Hinson of Marion has been hospitalized for treatment of a kidney infection. Jimmy Peacock, Hinson’s chief of staff released a statement this morning, announcing Hinson was admitted to a Cedar Rapids hospital […]