State News

Republican Senator Joni Ernst is again raising questions about previous federal funding for a U.S.-based organization that wound up supporting research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China. “We need a full accounting of […]

Former Vice President Mike Pence says he did his duty in presiding over the U.S. House and Senate as congress certified President Biden’s Electoral College victory on January 6. Pence spoke to several hundred students […]

A state panel has approved paying nearly $400,000 to settle the lawsuit four University of Iowa athletes filed after the school cut women’s swimming and diving last year. The lawsuit accused the University of Iowa […]

Senate Democratic Leader Zach Wahls (like “walls”) says Republican Governor Kim Reynolds has set a “radical” goal of eliminating Iowa’s income tax. “That would just further benefit the richest and most powerful people in our […]

Iowa Congresswoman Cindy Axne has announced she’s injured her knee and will be casting her votes virtually this week as the U.S. House is expected to vote on an infrastructure package and the final version […]

The application period for the state’s Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) begins on Monday. Iowa Utilities Board spokesman, Donald Tormey, says the program provides a payment to help you with part of your heating […]

The Iowa Department of Public Safety says a Tama County Sheriff’s Deputy shot and killed a man who was walking around with a handgun in Chelsea. DPS says deputies arrived around 7:30 p.m. Thursday for […]

Governor Kim Reynolds has signed the State of Iowa onto a lawsuit challenging one of the Covid-19 vaccination mandates President Biden has proposed. “I do not believe in mandating vaccines. I’ve been very clear about […]

One person was killed in a single-vehicle accident in rural Webster County early Thursday. Webster County Sheriff Luke Fleener reported a 2008 Chrysler Aspen operated by Jeremy Bruns of Fort Dodge left the road at […]

A state senator from Spirit Lake has accepted a job in another state and is resigning from the Iowa Senate. Republican Zach Whiting has accepted a job at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative […]

Governor Kim Reynolds will sign a bill that outlines how workers may claim a religious or medical exemption from a private employer’s Covid vaccination mandate, without a doctor or cleric signing off on the document. […]

The Iowa legislature has overwhelmingly approved the second plan for reconfiguring the boundaries for Iowa’s congressional and legislative districts. Redistricting happens once a decade, after population changes are identified in the Census. Senate Republicans rejected […]

Iowa Congresswoman, Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion,  says the Biden Administration and Democrats keep pushing forward with their plans, while the president isn’t taking any questions on the issues. Hinson, a former reporter, says […]

A plan to let employees in private Iowa businesses claim they are medically vulnerable or have a religious objection to Covid vaccine mandates has cleared a House committee this afternoon. The bill also makes employees […]

The Iowa State Patro says the driver of a garbage truck was injured in a crash with an Amtrak train in Monroe County. The Patrol says 33-year-old Kyle Redinger of Fairfield tried to cross the […]

Iowa Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks is defending how the meatpacking plant in her hometown of Ottumwa responded in the first weeks of the pandemic. “Let’s not forget that even experts like Dr. Fauci didn’t know what […]

A John Deere employee was hit and killed by a car early this morning as he walked to join fellow strikers at the picket line near a John Deere facility in the Quad Cities. The […]

Hundreds of law officers filled the Waukon gymnasium today to say goodbye to State Trooper Ted Benda who died earlier this month after being in an accident on the way to a call. Iowa Public […]

County election officials are urging Iowa voters to return their absentee ballots for next Tuesday’s election quickly. Adams County Auditor, Becky Bissell says changes by the Iowa Legislature now require your ballot to be received […]

The Story County Sheriff’s Office has started a criminal investigation after a state auditor’s report flagged “significant” issues in the City of McCallsburg’s accounting records. According to the State Auditor’s report, one person was responsible […]