State News

The isolation of the pandemic torpedoed many types of gatherings and clubs, but FFA is bucking the trend. The organization dedicated to first-hand learning about the world of agriculture is seeing membership rise in Iowa. […]

Republicans in the legislature have released their state spending plans for the budgeting year that begins July 1, 2023. House Republicans propose a 1.8% overall increase in general state spending. House Appropriations Committee chairman Gary […]

A Casey’s convenience store in the town of Maxwell is permanently closing its doors after two recent fires, which officials are labeling as suspicious. The first fire to affect the business occurred on February 3rd […]

Investigators in Cedar Rapids are trying to determine what sparked a fire at a high-rise apartment building there early Sunday morning. Fire Chief Greg Smith told KCRG TV a fire like this is unusual. “It’s […]

An Ames man was stabbed to death early Saturday and his roommate is charged with first-degree murder. Police located the victim, 39-year-old Maccarone DeClements, who they say had been stabbed in the upper torso with […]

The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) Board today approved awards for four Iowa companies. Cargill received state tax benefits to modernize its Fort Dodge facility equipment where it makes food ingredients from corn. They will […]

What’s billed as the Midwest’s largest and most colorful winter kite festival is scheduled for Saturday in north-central Iowa. Libby Hohn tourism director for the Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce says the “Color The Wind […]

A months-long competition culminates this weekend as teams of high school students from across Iowa have designed, built and programmed roving robots to face off against each other. Rebecca Whitaker, coordinator of the FIRST Tech […]

The Iowa Supreme Court has thrown out a drug possession case in Sioux City involving a drug dog. Yale Stevens of Sioux City was convicted of possessing meth following his arrest when his brother was […]

Governor Kim Reynolds says she and her fellow Republicans in the House and Senate are about two-thirds of the way toward reaching a final agreement on a tax plan. The governor is raising concerns, though, […]

An Iowa State University researcher is studying how singing can help those who have Parkinson’s disease. Elizabeth Stegemoller says Parkinson’s disease affects an area of the brain that controls movement and she’s trying to find […]

Education issues — including a big budget decision for Iowa’s 327 public school districts — have dominated debate at the Iowa Capitol this week. Republican Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a bill into law that […]

House Speaker Pat Grassley has used his authority to shift the governor’s plan for state-funded private school scholarships to another House committee, so the bill remains eligible for debate. “I can’t predict the end result […]

A new report shows the State of Iowa issued nearly $44 million worth of tax refunds last year to corporations claiming a tax credit for research activities. Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver says that’s part […]

A coalition of environmentalists and land owners is seeking a meeting with Governor Kim Reynolds, hoping she’ll intervene and block the Iowa Utilities Board from granting eminent domain so carbon pipeline developers can acquire land […]

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is joining Iowa State University on a project to document and help endangered turtle species increase their numbers. The DNR’s Karen Kinkead says the Blanding’s turtles don’t mature and […]

Republicans in the Iowa House have passed their plan to shrink the personal income tax to a single rate of 4% and erase the state tax on retirement income. It’s nearly identical to the plan […]

The fans are back at the Iowa High School Wrestling Championships in Des Moines. An event that draws as many as 75 thousand fans was limited to fewer than four thousand fans per session in […]

A House committee has approved a bill to classify most of Iowa PBS archived content as public record, giving anyone access to it. “The ultimate goal of this bill is to make sure that Iowans […]

Iowa’s Attorney General has reached a settlement with a Florida company that was accused of sending mailers that appeared to be from government agencies. Attorney General Tom Miller says Centurion Filing Services and owner Dean […]