State News

The Iowa DOT has canceled its fall in-person equipment and vehicle auction. Spokesman David Bollenbaugh says they just don’t have enough vehicles available. “We still can’t get trucks, like personal trucks, big trucks. It’s just […]

U.S. Senator Joni Ernst was in Storm Lake Monday to present a set of medals to a Buena Vista County veteran who served in World War Two. Several of Stanley Peterson’s family members were on […]

Farmers used some dry weather to move into full harvest mode last week. The U.S.D.A. says 5% of the statewide corn harvest is now complete — which is 5 days behind last year and one […]

Iowa has one of the nation’s oldest populations by percentage and a new report finds people 50-plus do realize the importance of oral health but aren’t necessarily taking the steps to prioritize it. Sarah Chavarria, […]

The Hancock Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved the construction permit for hog confinements southeast of Forest City. Summit Pork plans to build two buildings, each of which will house just under five-thousand head of […]

The two candidates running in Iowa’s new first congressional district outlined their opposing views on abortion during their only joint appearance of the campaign. Incumbent Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks of LeClaire cited her support for a […]

Many Iowa lawn care companies are advertising a fall service called aeration, where they roll a big machine across your yard that pokes holes into the soil and pops out plugs of dirt. Adam Thoms, […]

Survey information released from the U.S.D.A. shows a big increase in farmland values and cash rent. Iowa State University livestock economist, Lee Schulz, says the cropland increased 19.7%. “And that’s the highest that we’ve seen […]

A hurricane watch is posted for Florida’s Gulf Coast as Hurricane Ian approaches, while Puerto Rico recovers from Hurricane Fiona, but Iowans who sympathize and want to help are being warned about another storm — […]

Class 5A 1. Pleasant Valley (5-0), LW #1 vs Bettendorf 2. Dowling Catholic (4-1), LW #2 vs Johnston 3. Ankeny (4-1), LW #3 vs #8 WDM Valley 4. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (5-0), LW #4 @ […]

An Iowa-based company has been shipping critical medical equipment to Florida as the state prepares for the arrival of a possible hurricane. “Athena primarily responds to catastrophes and mass casualties and when hurricanes come in […]

Sioux City’s “Camp High Hopes” is celebrating its 10th anniversary. “We serve 500 campers every year with special needs, disabilities and chronic illnesses,” says Sarah Morgan, the camp’s executive director, “so they get to come […]

A 23-year-old woman faces charges after Cedar Rapids police testifying at a trial recognized her in a jury last month. Nakia Long was seated on the jury for the trial of a 19-year-old man accused […]

With six weeks remaining in the 2022 campaign, Iowa Republicans have about a 4.5% statewide voter registration edge over Democrats. “Way back in 2008, the Democrats had an advantage of about 108,000 registrations and now […]

A Washington, D.C. jury has found a Des Moines man guilty on seven criminal charges related to his role in the rioting inside the U.S. Capitol on January 6th of last year. Doug Jensen was […]

The North Iowa Southern Minnesota Veterans Stand Down will be holding Operation Golden Hawk Saturday in Mason City. Organizer Peter Bieber says the Stand Down program got its start in California. “So we started to […]

A second woman involved in the vandalism of the Dakota Access pipeline was sentenced to six years in federal prison. Ruby Montoya admitted to cutting holes in the pipeline in several locations, and setting fire […]

More than 40 small businesses in eastern Iowa are hosting an event today and tomorrow called the Rural Road Trip as a way to bring customers into smaller towns and support those rural merchants. Mallary […]

The Democratic candidate in Iowa’s fourth congressional district says proposed carbon pipelines are not the right way to cut carbon emissions. Ryan Melton is the Nevada Democrat challenging Republican Congressman Randy Feenstra. “I’ve been opposed […]

This is the first full day of fall and Iowans are already starting to see the leaves on a few trees turning red, yellow and orange. Joe Herring, a forester with the Iowa Department of […]