State News

The Iowa Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of an Earlville man found guilty of killing his wife with a corn rake. Todd Mullis was convicted by a jury in September of 2019 of […]

An Iowa State University employee who hails from Ukraine is monitoring the developments in her homeland. Shalika Khindurangala works in the College of Business and says after a lot of discussions she got her mother, […]

A highly-contagious pig disease has been found in the Caribbean, and if African Swine Fever were to spread to the Midwest, it would have a devastating impact on pork producers. The viral disease is confirmed […]

On the fourth anniversary of the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley pushed for passage of his bipartisan bill called the EAGLES Act. Grassley, a Republican, says the bill would […]

Governor Kim Reynolds is making another public pitch for her plan to establish 10,000 state-funded accounts for parents who wish to send their kids to private schools. “We’ve made a lot of concessions and compromises […]

Due to staffing issues, SkyWest Airlines plans to reduce the number of weekly flights out of Mason City and Fort Dodge. SkyWest filed the notice of intent with the U.S. Department of Transportation on February […]

The administrator of the U-S Small Business Administration is in Iowa for the first time this morning, chatting with local merchants while doing a walking tour of the Valley Junction area of West Des Moines. […]

House Republicans are working on a bill that proposes a new process to confirm applicants for food assistance or government health care coverage are Iowans who qualify for the benefits. Doug Struyk is a lobbyist […]

The number of providers and people using the state’s medical-marijuana program increased last year as the state came out of the pandemic. Program Bureau Chief, Owen Parker, says the number of providers increased to 1,600 […]

The Iowa Board of Educational Examiners is proposing an emergency rule to let paraeducators continue to serve as substitute teachers in any class in the district where they’ve been working. Paraeducators had been allowed to […]

The League of Women Voters of Iowa led a coalition of groups that have collected 5000 signatures on petitions asking the Republican-led legislature to repeal recent election law changes. The coalition is asking Republican lawmakers […]

The Dubuque County Treasurer has resigned after being arrested in a prostitution sting. Sixty-year-old Randy Wedewer is among 11 men arrested last week at a Dubuque hotel. Authorities say the men responded to social media […]

The Iowa Supreme Court says defendants do not have to be present in some misdemeanor trials if the person is intentionally trying to delay justice. The case involved Randall Hurlburt of Le Mars who was […]

Six writers from central Iowa will be featured in this weekend’s Author Fair in Des Moines. Organizer Jan Kaiser says they have a children’s author whose story deals with bullies, another writer provides a close-up […]

For many Iowans, Super Bowl Sunday means camping out in front of the big screen, watching football, snacking on pizza, and sipping a few adult beverages. That’s all fine, as long as you don’t plan […]

Lawmakers working for the past few years on legislation to protect mobile home residents from being priced off the properties have reached a bipartisan compromise. Republican Representative Brian Lohse of Bondurant had hoped to do […]

Mosquito surveillance efforts led by Iowa State University entomologists have found evidence for the first time of a new mosquito in three counties. Entomologist Ryan Smith says it was believed the Aedes albopictus mosquito would […]

A bill that would ban transgender athletes from competing in girls sports in Iowa has cleared a House subcommittee after a nearly hour-long public hearing. Poppy Malone of Boone, a 7th grader in Ames Middle […]

A special investigation by the State Auditor’s office has found the former director of the ISU Extension Office in Jones County was responsible for nearly $86,000 in improper and undocumented spending in the agency. The […]

Iowa Senator Joni Ernst appeared with colleagues from both parties Wednesday to introduced the bipartisan bill reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. Ernst says it is something she has been working on for more than […]