State News

The Clarke University – Culver-Stockton College Heart of America Athletic Conference football game scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 31 in Canton, Mo. has been postponed. A makeup date has not yet been set. “This decision was […]

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley is lambasting newly-proposed environmental legislation by four Democratic senators which he says would “absolutely destroy Iowa’s economy.” Grassley describes the Zero-Emission Vehicles Act as a “far left scheme” which would strip […]

The state’s coronavirus tracking website shows nearly 600 Covid patients are being treated in Iowa hospitals, a patient count that’s 31% higher than when hospitalizations spiked the spring. The State of Iowa has set a […]

Dordt University in Sioux Center has changed its plans for the fall semester. Face-to-face, in-person classes will end Tuesday, November 24. Classes will resume online Monday, November 30, with finals taking place online between December […]

Collins Aerospace, the largest employer in Cedar Rapids, is reporting a significant decline in profits during the pandemic. Adjusted operating profit is down 64 percent in the first nine months of the year. Collins Aerospace […]

A 22-year-old West Des Moines man has been sentenced to decades in prison on child pornography charges. Michael Jonathan Phelps was arrested in mid-February after detectives say they found hundreds of disturbing photos and videos […]

Maddie Poppe, the Iowa native who rocketed to fame after winning American Idol two years ago, will be performing a live concert in Cedar Rapids in December. Katie Ripke, spokeswoman for the Paramount Theatre, says […]

President Trump rallied tonight with thousands at the Omaha airport, urging the Nebraskans and Iowans in the crowd to deliver a thundering defeat to Democrats. “I’m standing here freezing. I ask you one little favor: […]

Nearly 30,000 public sector workers in Iowa have voted this month to have a union represent them in contract talks. A state law passed in 2017 requires unions for state workers, teachers and other public […]

The head of the Sioux City Education Association is concerned that public schools being used as polling places on November 3rd could potentially create unsafe conditions for both students and teachers on election day. Local […]

Governor Kim Reynolds is asking a federal official to reconsider and approve using $21 million in pandemic relief money on new computer software for the State of Iowa. A few weeks ago, the Inspector General […]

A dive team is trying to recover a car submerged in water northwest of Hampton that is believed to be that of a missing area man. Franklin County Sheriff Aaron Dodd says this is near […]

Governor Kim Reynolds is asking a federal official to reconsider and approve using $21 million in pandemic relief money on new computer software for the State of Iowa. A few weeks ago, the Inspector General […]

Iowans are being cautious about developing plans for the holiday travel season ahead, according to a survey by AAA Iowa. Spokesman Mark Peterson says the coronavirus pandemic is a key influencer in how comfortable people […]

The governor has set aside six million dollars from federal coronavirus relief funds to create the “Iowa County Fairs Relief Program.” Iowa Economic Development Authority spokesperson, Kanan Kappleman, says the program will give a boost […]

Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Theresa Greenfield says the Senate should not have voted yesterday to confirm President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court. “We should have waited for the next US Senate and president to […]

Brian Lenzmeier was introduced as the 19th president of Buena Vista University in Storm Lake on Monday afternoon. “Although we are in the midst of a pandemic and a very challenging time for small private […]

University of Northern Iowa President Mark Nook has overruled a decision by the school’s student government and supreme court that denied a request for a campus chapter of the national Students for Life of America […]

Iowa is again among the small group of battleground states that may decide this year’s presidential election. David Schultz is the author of “Presidential Swing States: Why Only Ten Matter”  and he puts Iowa is […]

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley wore a face mask patterned after the Iowa flag tonight as he announced the Senate vote on President Trump’s third nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. “On this vote, the yeas […]