State News

The Iowa Department of Public Safety is relaunching its Missing Person Information Clearinghouse website after making some upgrades. Medina Rahmanovic says the iowamissingpersons.com site now has a comprehensive search feature. “Where you can search the […]

The top Democrat on a key committee is calling for extensions on the eviction notices sent to employees who live in state-owned housing inside 23 state parks. The Department of Natural Resources estimates it would […]

The governor’s plan to require that most Iowa fueling stations sell gas with a 15% ethanol blend has cleared the Senate Ag Committee — without any debate. Republican Senator Dan Zumbach of Ryan was the […]

An array of education-related bills will be under consideration at the Iowa Capitol today. The Senate is tentatively scheduled to debate a bill that would increase per pupil spending on Iowa’s public schools by 2.25%, […]

A Sergeant Bluff woman is writing a book about her experience with Turner Syndrome (TS) — a chromosomal disorder that affects one in every two-thousand newborn girls. Nicole Cleveland of was diagnosed with TS at […]

The four Iowans who serve in the U.S. House have voted in favor of a bill that directs the U.S. Postal Service to continue delivering the mail six days a week. The bipartisan bill also […]

A key lawmaker is taking steps to launch an investigation of a northern Iowa judge accused of manipulating the process for nominating a district court judge. House Judiciary Committee chairman Steven Holt of Denison, a […]

It’s the dead of winter and Iowans are driving much less, especially compared to summertime, but gasoline prices are defying the basic lessons of economic by rising, even though demand is falling. Meredith Mitts, the […]

Democrat State Representative Art Staed of Cedar Rapids is trying again on legislation to establish an immediate moratorium on the expansion of factory farming in the state. He talked about it today in an online […]

A Spirit Lake man is now facing a murder charge following a shooting last week in Milford. The charge against 25-year-old Christian Goyne-Yarns was upgraded to first-degree murder this morning after Shelby Woizeschke died of […]

Iowa sophomore Caitlin Clark was named Big Ten Player of the Week. Clark averaged 38.7 points, 9.3 assists and 6.3 rebounds in three games, drawing 21 fouls and making 18 free throws. The sophomore registered […]

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is hosting a series of town hall-style meetings starting next week. DNR wildlife biologist, Todd Gosselink says it’s a chance to recap the previous year and plan for the […]

The Iowa DNR is asking for help in finding the person who shot a bald eagle recently in eastern Iowa. The eagle was discovered almost a month ago in southeastern Cedar Rapids. The call came […]

The Iowa GOP’s chairman says a national panel he’s been leading is unanimously backing a report that would secure First-In-The-Nation status for the Iowa Republican Party’s Caucuses in 2024. “Our very, very critical first step […]

Iowans are seeing and wearing red today as part of an education campaign about the importance of heart health. Chrissy Meyer, the spokeswoman for the Iowa chapter of the American Heart Association, says Go Red […]

Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson has sponsored a bill in response to a video showing a nighttime charter flight of immigrants into the country. “This legislation is pretty simple, it would prohibit taxpayer dollars from funding […]

The number of Iowa hospital patients who’ve tested positive for COVID has dropped 20% since last Friday. State health officials report 741 patients in an Iowa hospital today have COVID; 55% of them were admitted […]

There’s another effort in the legislature to make it illegal for motorists to use hand-held smart phones for any purpose while driving. A law passed in 2017 made texting while driving illegal, but drivers are […]

Iowa Senate Republicans have released a tax plan to lower the state income tax to 3.6% within five years. Governor Reynolds has set a goal of lowering the rate to 4% in four years. A […]

Republicans in the Iowa Senate are unveiling a five-year plan to cut taxes for individuals, corporations, retirees — including retired farmers, while making a significant sales tax shift that will provide tens of millions of […]