State News

Diamond Vogel paint broke ground for their new Innovation Center Wednesday in Orange City. The 36,000 square-foot facility will house Research & Development personnel and provide additional office space. Current Diamond Vogel CEO and President, […]

Cedar Rapids police say a 17-year-old is charged with two counts of first-degree murder after they found him outside a northeast side home covered in blood and he told them he’d killed his parents. Police […]

Drake’s seventh game at the University of San Diego will feature a fourth different starting quarterback as sophomore Sean Cooney gets the nod against the Toreros. Freshman Blake Ellingson started the last two games but […]

Iowa needs targeted investments to strengthen and expand its electrical grid to prepare for extreme weather events brought on by climate change. That’s the recommendation from the latest Iowa Climate Statement being released by a […]

John Deere workers are preparing to strike if the company does not improve its offer to union negotiators by midnight tonight. Members of the United Auto Workers in Iowa, Illinois and Kansas voted down a […]

A jury in Sioux County District Court found 71-year-old Gregg Winterfeld of Spirit Lake guilty for a second time on a charge of second-degree murder. The case started on May 9 of 2020, when Grant […]

A new report finds about one in every six Iowa kids is obese, which is on par with national figures. Jamie Bussel is a senior program officer with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation which released […]

A death investigation in central Iowa’s Hardin County has led to the arrest of an Arkansas man on a murder charge. Authorities allege that 22-year-old Osborn Gavel of Baxter, Arkansas, killed 74-year-old Steve Reece of […]

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller announced a program today with the University of Iowa Health to offer a statewide opioid addiction treatment training. The program will be funded with nearly four million dollars from an […]

MidAmerican Energy is warning natural gas customers the cost of heating is going to be a lot more this winter. MidAmerican spokesman Geoff Greenwood says the cost for the company to acquire natural gas has […]

Crude oil prices are starting to rise, which means gasoline prices will certainly follow, according to Meredith Mitts, spokeswoman for AAA Iowa. The weather is getting colder and refineries are starting to switch to the […]

A weekend crash in Dallas County that initially killed two people has resulted in the death of a third person. The Iowa State Patrol says 25-year-old Kenneth Mueller of Urbandale died after the van he […]

A congressional field hearing on drug abuse in Iowa will be held in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, hosted by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley. The hearing will offer testimony to the U.S. Senate Caucus on International […]

Bugs are starting to become more of a nuisance as we head into fall. Iowa State University Entomology Professor, Donald Lewis, says minute pirate bugs help the environment until this time of year when they […]

Abby Finkenauer of Cedar Rapids, one of the Democrats competing to run against Republican Senator Chuck Grassley next year, says as a member of the U.S. House she voted to raise the government’s borrowing limit […]

The director of the Iowa Economic Development Authority is urging Iowans to “tell our story.” During a recent stop in Le Mars, Debi Durham told members of the Chamber of Commerce how our state has […]

Sioux City police are looking for suspects in a shooting Sunday that left four injured. The shooting happened around 3:30 a.m. at a downtown after-hours club. Police determined there was a dispute between two groups […]

A Pacific Junction man was found guilty of kidnapping and sexual assault with the use of a state program created to check rape kits that have been stored as evidence. Forty-three-year-old Myron Lee Brandon was […]

We’ve saw a one-month record with some $210 million wagered in September on sports gambling — but Racing and Gaming Administrator Brian Ohrilko, says we need to put that number in the context of the […]

Iowa’s largest manufacturing employer is facing a potential strike. Unionized John Deere workers voted Sunday night to reject the company’s latest contract offer. The unions say 90% of members voted against the six-year offer which […]