State News

The Boy Scouts of America isn’t just for boys anymore, and for the first time, two girls in the Mid-Iowa Council have attained the top rank of Eagle Scout. Sixteen-year-old Angelina Hemphill of Ankeny and […]

After a year of the pandemic, Quad Cities-based Deere and Company is planning to reopen its facilities across Iowa and elsewhere within several weeks. Hundreds of Deere employees have been working from home since early […]

U.S. House Democrats have proposed an amendment that would remove a provision by Iowa Republican Congressman Randy Feenstra that provides money in the pandemic relief bill for victims of natural disasters. Areas of Iowa damaged […]

A former Muscatine man will serve 15 years in federal prison on child porn charges. Forty-two-year-old Patrick Vincent Maddox was sentenced for the production, receipt, and distribution of child pornography. Maddox had moved to Alabama […]

After an email chain about President Trump sparked controversy, the dean of the University of Iowa College of Dentistry is stepping down from the post in June. Last October, Dr. David Johnsen co-signed an email […]

Governor Kim Reynolds says a new state website will be available, starting tomorrow, with information on COVID-19 vaccines, who is eligible to get a shot and links to providers giving shots. “But I want to […]

Republicans in the legislature are sending the governor a bill to change absentee voting rules and set an early voting period for elections that’s nine days shorter. Representative Bobby Kaufmann, a Republican from Wilton, began […]

A Marion-based non-profit is launching what promises to be a multi-million dollar effort to restore trees lost in last year’s derecho. Trees Forever founding president and CEO Shannon Ramsay says communities across Iowa and Illinois […]

A law professor who’s a leader in the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council is urging Republicans in the Iowa Senate to table a bill targeting big tech companies. The legislation would withdraw state and local […]

With the weather warming up it’s time to start thinking about spring cleaning. Keep Iowa Beautiful executive director Kevin Techau says the organization is signing up groups for the annual “Pick-Up Iowa” in late March. […]

Ames police say the death of an Iowa State University student found in a sorority parking lot last month was accidental. Ames police say an autopsy by the State Medical Examiner determined 21-year-old Olivia Chutich […]

Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack has been confirmed to serve again as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. Vilsack, who is 70, was ag secretary during all eight years of the Obama Administration. On Tuesday afternoon, the […]

Republicans in the Iowa Senate have passed legislation to reduce the early voting period in Iowa by nine days and move up the deadline for getting absentee ballots to a county auditor’s office. The bill […]

Republican Governor Kim Reynolds has signed two bills into law that outline the GOP’s main school spending plans for the next academic year. It means Iowa’s pre-K through 12 public schools will get a 2.4% […]

The Iowa DNR reports several new cases of chronic wasting disease in test samples submitted from wild deer this hunting season. Tyler Harms leads the program that tracks the disease in deer. He says they […]

Following last week’s brutal cold and severe winter storms, gasoline prices have jumped up to 20-cents a gallon — or more — in some Iowa cities. Nick Jarmusz, a spokesman for AAA Iowa, says the […]

A key Republican says GOP legislators plan to give final approval tomorrow to a bill that shortens Iowa’s early voting period and makes other election law changes. Republican Representative Bobby Kaufmann of Wilton convened a […]

A move to withhold state funding from cities or counties that cut budgets for local police and law enforcement has cleared initial review in the Iowa Senate. “The objective here is that we want to […]

The lead attorney involved in drawing the boundaries for Iowa’s congressional and legislative districts in 2001 and 2011 says there are huge unknowns surrounding this decade’s redistricting process. U.S. Census Bureau population data will be […]

Drake junior point guard Roman Penn suffered a season-ending injury to his left foot in Sunday’s win over Evansville at the Knapp Center. Penn left the contest with 17 minutes left in the second half […]