State News

A pair of Iowa State football players were honored by the Big Conference today for their performances against Texas. Defensive end Will McDonald IV was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week and […]

A ceremony will be held this afternoon at Iowa State University to honor three former students for their military service during World War Two. One of those who will be honored is William Ostlund of […]

A man who led the Iowa Department of Human Services for more than a decade and a half has died according to a news release from the agency. Chuck Palmer was director of the Iowa […]

Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion, is slamming the latest Democrat spending bill that is expected to be voted on sometime today. “The most recent version of the legislation — which comes in […]

This week’s drought monitor shows that for the first time since July 7, no part of Iowa is considered to be in severe drought. State Climatologist Justin Glisan says Iowa has been in a “structural […]

An Iowa City man who was trying to shoot a squirrel in his yard with an air rifle is now facing charges. Iowa City police found a man involved in a single-car traffic accident on […]

The Board of Regents got a detailed look Thursday at the numbers behind what has been a five-year decline in enrollment at the three state universities. Analyst Jason Pontius, says they’ve looked at a lot […]

Republican Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Ottumwa says she’s opposed to having the federal government negotiate to lower the prices of prescription medicine covered by Medicare. Democrats have inserted this proposal in a bill that may […]

Iowa’s once-a-decade redistricting process has officially concluded. Governor Kim Reynolds announced early this evening that she has signed the lengthy bill that explains which county borders, highways, streets and roads are the new boundaries for […]

A western Iowa jury has been unable to agree on a verdict and a judge has declared a mistrial in the murder case against a Cass County child care operator accused in the death of […]

Republican Governor Kim Reynolds says she will join legal efforts to stop the Biden Administration’s Covid vaccination rule for large employers. Businesses with more than 100 employees face fines if workers are not vaccinated by […]

The Iowa office of the U.S. Small Business Administration is reporting the just-ended fiscal year saw upturns in both the amount of money lent and the number of loans made. District director Jayne Armstrong says […]

Two students have been accused of murdering a 66-year-old Fairfield high school teacher. Nohema Graber was reported missing by family members on Tuesday. Her remains were discovered Wednesday in a local park. Authorities have charged […]

Former Iowa Congressman Neal Smith of Des Moines has died at the age of 101. Smith, a Democrat, was first elected to the U.S. House in 1958. During an appearnace on Iowa PBS in 2013, […]

A non-profit founded by the owners of the largest hog operation in Iowa is distributing kits in schools that contain coupons for pork. Eleanor Koru,, spokeswoman for the Deb and Jeff Hansen Foundation, says they’re […]

An eastern Iowa toy company that makes flexible two-lane racetracks is struggling with supply chain troubles, along with many other businesses, as we approach the busy holiday season. Randy Belding, president and co-founder of Blu […]

Some of the races for mayor and city council seats in Iowa are not over — because no candidate received a majority of votes, the top two finishers will face off in a run off […]

Governor Reynolds is releasing a report developed by a task force she asked to examine the shortages in child care options for Iowa parents. “Iowa leads the nation in the share of households where both […]

Polling places are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. today (Tuesday) for Iowa’s school board and city elections. New election rules are in force now for absentee ballots. An absentee ballot must be inside […]

If you saw the blockbuster 2015 movie, “The Martian,” you’d understand how difficult it is to grow anything on another planet, and a new competition aims to test our abilities to do just that — […]