State News

Dordt University and Sioux Center hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the community’s new $8 million inflated sports complex Friday. Iowa Economic Development Authority Director, Debi Durham was on hand — and says one of […]

Backers of a bill that would require drivers to keep their hands off of their smart phones are hoping this is the year the bill becomes law. Iowa State Patrol Captain Todd Bailey says one […]

Two long-running strikes at eastern Iowa factories ended over the weekend. Some 1,100 UAW workers at Case New Holland plants in Burlington and Racine, Wisconsin ratified a new contract on Saturday, ending a strike against […]

Researchers at Iowa State University are using a grant from the National Science Foundation to develop tools capable of giving people in higher-risk neighborhoods more time to prepare for dangerous heat. ISU architecture professor, Ulrike […]

An Iowa House subcommittee has again advanced a bill to ban what’s been called the “gay panic defense.” It would prevent defendants charged with a violent crime from claiming temporary insanity because they discovered the […]

What’s billed as a global anti-human trafficking symposium will be held in eastern Iowa tomorrow. The event is being organized by Teresa Davidson, co-founder and CEO of Chains Interrupted, an Iowa-based non-profit that fights human […]

This could be a pivotal week for Governor Kim Reynolds’ top legislative priority. Speaker Pat Grassley has said the goal is for the House “to take some level of action” on the governor’s new bill […]

An Arizona murder suspect is being held in a northern Iowa jail after his arrest following a brief standoff in Charles City. Police in Tucson, Arizona issued a warrant last year for 24-year-old Trevontea Tyron […]

The state unemployment rate held steady at 3.1% in December. Iowa Workforce Development director, Beth Townsend, says there were some positive signs as the year wrapped up. “Iowa employers added 2,400 jobs in December — […]

The Marshall County Sheriff is looking for the people who left an SUV stolen in State Center at a train crossing in Marshalltown. The operator of a passing train noticed a vehicle along the railroad […]