State News

The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train will chug back into eastern Iowa Tuesday. It’s 1,000-foot long,14-car freight train that’s colorfully lit for the Christmas season from engine to caboose. Railroad spokesman Andy Cummings says the train […]

Nate Scheelhaase has been promoted to offensive coordinator on the Iowa State football staff, Cyclone head coach Matt Campbell announced today Monday. “Nate Scheelhaase is one of the rising stars in college football coaching circles, […]

The Iowa DCI is investigating  an apparent hostage situation that led to the shooting of a man by a police officer in Mount Pleasant Saturday night in southeast Iowa, as Theresa Rose reports: Officers were […]

University of Northern president Mark Nook says UNI’s plan to start a nursing program is part of a reassessment of university programs. “We’re looking at several other areas in this academic positioning,” Nook says. “…What […]

A key lawmaker says Republicans in the Iowa Senate intend to reform Iowa’s property tax system in 2023. Senator Dan Dawson, a Republican from Council Bluffs, is chairman of the Senate committee that drafts tax […]

A panel of national Democratic Party leaders has voted to eliminate Iowa’s Caucuses from its leading position in the party’s next presidential campaign. President Biden recommended that South Carolina’s Primary be the first voting event […]

A busy week of Cy-Hawk competition begins Sunday in Carver-Hawkeye Arena when second ranked Iowa hosts number-seven Iowa State in a wrestling dual. The Hawkeyes have won the last 16 duals in the series but […]

Things are going to get pretty windy across the state today. Jeff Zogg of the National Weather Service says this impacts every county. “There’s a pretty strong cold front that’s going to be moving across […]

The Sioux City Fire Department is issuing another warning about the use of space heaters after an early morning fire Thursday heavily damaged a home. Captain Ryan Collins says the fire started when an electrical […]

The first of two shotgun deer seasons opens Saturday in Iowa. The DNR’s, Tyler Harms, says hunters harvested nearly 103-thousand deer last year and he doesn’t expect that number to drop. “Populations are stable to […]