State News

Financial constraints are forcing a north-central Iowa community to close its only fire station. Hamilton County Supervisor chairman Rick Young says the town of Randall, located just off Interstate 35, will have to depend on […]

U.S. Marshals and local officers from the Anamosa area have arrested a man who was wanted on several gun and drug-related charges. According to a news release from the U.S. Marshals Service, investigators learned 29-year-old […]

As the remnants of Hurricane Ian move northward, anyone who was hurt and in need of a transfusion may be getting blood from eastern Iowans. Kirby Winn, spokesman for the Davenport-based ImpactLife blood center, says […]

Northwest Iowa agencies began getting 911 calls at about seven this morning about a large fire at the Casey’s along Highway 18 on the west side of Hull. The Hull Fire Department responded and found […]

Officials in 44 Iowa counties have now taken action to express concerns about the three proposed carbon pipelines. In the past week, the Adair and Floyd County Boards of Supervisors have sent letters to state […]

A former Iowa State Patrol Trooper from Durant has pleaded guilty to a Civil Rights Violation. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 58-year-old Robert Smith admitted in a plea hearing to using improper force in striking […]

The National Weather Service still launches weather balloons, daily, and the Davenport office is doubling its number of launches as Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Florida. NWS meteorologist Timothy Gunkel says they normally send up […]

Four men are facing a combined 80 years in prison in separate child pornography cases. Forty-year-old Jason Kinman of Council Bluffs was sentenced to 25 years for distribution and production of child pornography, and coercion […]

An attorney representing the State of Iowa says the legal landscape surrounding access to abortion has changed and he’s asking the Iowa Supreme Court to allow a ban on most abortions in Iowa to take […]

A long convoy of bucket trucks and other MidAmerican Energy vehicles left the Davenport area this  morning, headed south. About 80 utility workers are initially destined for Atlanta, Georgia, where they’ll be on stand-by until […]

A new report finds more than one in every three adult Iowans is obese, ranking Iowa in the bottom tier of states. Rhea Farberman, director of policy research at Trust for America’s Health, says the […]

Iowa casinos on the western side of the state now facing some competition from Nebraska, as the Warhorse Casino in Lincoln is now operating after approval from state regulators. Nebraska’s first casino is run by […]

It’s said dogs are a man’s best friend, but for how long? A University of Iowa anthropologist says canines have been companions to humankind for perhaps 22,000 years. U-I Professor Matt Hill is delivering a […]

The State of Iowa has a more than $1.9 billion budget surplus. Governor Reynolds has announced the state has $830 million in reserve funds and holds more than a billion in its Taxpayer Relief Fund. […]

A 38-year-old Iowans who pleaded guilty to assaulting a policeman during the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison. Kyle Young of Redfield assaulted DC […]

Iowa Lottery CEO Matt Strawn predicted it would be hard to match the last two fiscal years — which were the most profitable in the organization’s history — but he says the first two months […]

Two companies were sentenced to probation for one year and ordered to pay millons in restitution in a federal fraud case. A judge ordered Energae of Clear Lake and I-Lenders to each pay more than […]

The superintendent of the second-largest public school district in Iowa is undergoing treatment for cancer and has submitted her resignation. Noreen Bush, the superintendent of the Cedar Rapids Community School District, was diagnosed with cancer […]

For more than 20 years, foreign nationals and non-American-owned companies have been able to borrow money from the federal government to buy farmland here in the U.S., and Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says that needs […]

A judge has struck down a state law that enhanced the penalty for trespassing at an ag-related business if the person took pictures or recorded video that was shared. Animal welfare groups had sued the […]