State News

The U.S. Senate passed the $1.9 trillion relief package pushed by President Joe Biden Saturday after a 25-hour marathon of votes on amendments. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, a Republican, voted against the bill and says […]

Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a bill into law that shortens Iowa’s early voting period by nine days. A lawsuit is likely to try to block the changes outlined in the new law. The changes […]

AARP state director Brad Anderson says the pandemic should prompt public officials to rethink policies that impact older Iowans. “There’s no doubt that the virus has shined a bright light on the shortcomings of nursing […]

In a game of big momentum swings, the No. 20 Loyola Ramblers made one swing big enough to hold off the Drake University men’s basketball team finally, 75-65, in the championship game of the Missouri […]

The Missouri Valley Conference has cancelled the third quarterfinal game of the 2021 State Farm MVC Tournament due to a positive COVID-19 test result (and subsequent contract tracing) among the University of Northern Iowa’s Tier […]

Iowa’s Secretary of Agriculture is co-chair of what’s called the Hypoxia Task Force, which works to reduce the size of the “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico through cutting nutrient runoff in the Mississippi […]

A missing girl from eastern Iowa will be featured on a national cable TV show next week. The disappearance of Breasia Taylor of Davenport will be the focus of one-hour special on Investigation Discovery’s “In […]

Iowa’s congressional delegation is urging the Biden Administration to restructure the state’s weekly allocation of Covid vaccine. The group says putting more doses of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine in the mix make sense. Representative Ashley […]

Key elements of the governor’s 2021 agenda have failed to clear the legislature’s first deadline for policy bills. House Republicans did not have enough votes for state scholarships to cover private school expenses for students […]

Iowa’s largest airport is now the only one in the state that offers on-site COVID-19 testing. Kayla Kovarna, spokeswoman for the Des Moines International Airport, says with more people feeling comfortable about flying and Spring […]

An accused sex offender from California was arrested Thursday in Hampton by the U.S. Marshals Service. Eighty-five-year-old Nhin Tat Ho was wanted by the San Gabriel Police Department in Los Angeles County, California, on felony […]

Iowa was inundated by record or near-record flooding in 2019, followed by severe-to-extreme drought in 2020, drought that’s endured into 2021. What will this spring hold, as planting season is mere weeks away? Nathan Young is […]

Republicans on a House committee have voted to set up financial consequences for social media companies that block or delete comments from Iowa elected officials or political candidates. Representative Steven Holt, a Republican from Denison, […]

Two California men are behind bars in Marshall County after a high speed pursuit in a stolen vehicle and the discover of two pounds of meth. Late Wednesday afternoon, a Marshall County Deputy located the […]

If you’re going to threaten someone, especially a high-ranking government official, don’t do it on their voicemail — unless you want to get arrested. A southwest Iowa man is charged with first-degree harassment after leaving […]

The Iowa Legislative Black Caucus is calling on Republican Governor Kim Reynolds to intervene on so-called “back the blue” legislation. In January, Reynolds proposed a package that included enhanced penalties for those who riot and […]

The superintendent of the Des Moines Community School District may lose his administrator’s license for failing to have students back in classrooms for much of the fall semester. The Des Moines School Board voted to […]

The University of Iowa is now accepting public comment on proposals to reimagine campus policing and safety. A committee has drafted three potential models, some of which include moving away from the traditional role of […]

As the pandemic is forcing many tens of thousands of Iowans to work from home, the state’s official jobs website is offering some new options. Iowa Workforce Development is adding a Remote/Work From Home jobs […]

Close won’t be good enough for Iowa State. The Cyclones need to win one of their final two games to avoid their first winless conference season since the 1937 team went 0-10 in the Big […]