State News

A group of Republican legislators say conservative students at Iowa’s public universities are complaining to them that they’re being harassed on campus because of their political views. Representative Holly Brink, a Republican from Oskaloosa, convened […]

Republican Congressman Randy Feenstra of Hull is blasting the process by which President Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief plan may advance through congress. “With a price tag this big you’d think the House Democrats would […]

A group of senators is working on a bill aimed at unscrupulous recruiters who supply workers for taxpayer-funded construction projects in Iowa. Felicia Hilton of the Carpenters Union said they’ve documented cases of labor brokers […]

A southwest Iowa man is sentenced for his role in a 2019 boat crash that killed a Missouri man. Sixty-two-year-old Kelly Wise of Atlantic pleaded guilty to boating while intoxicated for the boat crash at […]

A University of Iowa study finds people who work long-term in the agricultural industry have 46% greater odds of developing dementia than those in other fields. Professor Kanika Arora in the U-I College of Public […]

A bill that would make contraceptives like “the pill” available to adult women without a prescription is now eligible for debate in the Iowa House. Governor Kim Reynolds announced her support of the move in […]

Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack’s nomination to be U.S. Ag Secretary is moving to the full Senate after an Ag Committee hearing today on his second stint in the job. “It’s not lost on me […]

One month of 2021 is already behind us, but there are still several days left before the tax filing season opens for 2020. IRS spokesman, Christopher Miller, says February 12th is the first day you […]

Cities and counties could not have ordinances banning certain breeds of dogs, like pit bulls, under legislation being considered in the Iowa Senate. Colin Grace of the Animal Rescue League of Iowa said aggressive dogs […]

The Missouri Valley Conference has postponed the Evansville-UNI women’s basketball series scheduled for Thursday and Friday at the McLeod Center due to positive COVID-19 test results among Evansville’s Tier I personnel, which consists of student-athletes, […]

Punxsutawney Phil has predicted six more weeks of winter on this Groundhog Day. That prediction comes on the heels of what was a warmer and snowier January. State Climatologist Justin Glisan compiles his statewide information […]

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley introduced former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack to members of the Senate Agriculture Committee in a hearing today on Vilsack’s nomination as U.S. Ag Secretary. Grassley says he’s “heard nothing negative” from […]

Iowa bars and restaurants have begun to apply for another round of state grants to cover pandemic-related losses. The grants are available to bars and restaurants that saw sales slump in the second and third […]

A House committee has voted to create two new state tax incentives for expanding child care in Iowa, but backers admit both bills are not in final form. Representative Phil Thompson of Jefferson says the […]

Students in Iowa’s K-12 schools would be led in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of each school day under legislation that’s cleared initial review in the Iowa House. Representative Joe Mitchell, a […]

While the Midwestern economy hit its lowest point in 11 years last April, the region has continued to climb out for eight of the past nine months. A survey of business leaders in Iowa and […]

A bill being considered in the Iowa legislature would give utility companies more authority to trim trees and other vegetation around power lines. Onnalea Kelley, a lobbyist for MidAmerican Energy, said it’s not just during […]

The Iowa Department of Public Health has confirmed three cases of the COVID-19 strain that is commonly referred to as the “UK variant” because it was first detected in the United Kingdom. Two of the […]

For the first time since 2008 the Drake basketball team is nationally ranked. The Bulldogs are 25th in the Associated Press Poll after Sunday’s 78-76 overtime victory against Illinois State. Drake improved to 16-0 despite […]

A building collapsed this weekend in Hinton, partially blocking traffic on Highway 75 for a time. No one was inside the 120-year-old brick and concrete building when its west wall collapsed at about 8:10 am. […]