State News

A Scott County judge has ordered a Quad Cities-based telemarketing operation to pay thousands of dollars in fraud penalties. District Judge Mark Fowler ruled that Misty Barnes, Paul Michael Barnes, and their businesses PM Specialties […]

Governor Kim Reynolds says Iowa hospitals have the resources to manage this month’s surge in Covid patient admissions. On Wednesday evening, the state’s coronavirus tracker indicated 530 Covid patients were being treated in an Iowa […]

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller announced the release today of a new software program, called Track-Kit, that allows the tracking of rape kits following an assault. “You can track it from the hospital to law […]

An Iowa State University researcher has helped show that a new skin test can identify Parkinson’s disease. Dr. Anumantha Kanthasamy has been conducting research into Parkinson’s Disease for more than 20 years and he says […]

Open burning bans remain in effect for 19 Iowa counties. State Fire Marshal Dan Wood says that’s not common for this time of year. “Usually it’s less than that, but usually we’ve had more moisture […]

Shortly after eight o’clock this morning, Iowa Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst voted with other Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee to advance President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee for a vote in the full […]

More than two months after the derecho hit eastern Iowa, cemeteries are still assessing the damage. Century-old trees are down and headstones toppled at both Oak Shade Cemetery in Marion and Oak Hill Cemetery in […]

Four of the seven justices on the Iowa Supreme Court have ruled county election officials cannot use voter registration data to correct mistakes on absentee ballot request forms. In the past, county auditors have used […]

The two leading candidates competing to represent Iowa’s 4th congressional district next year agreed there should be term limits for members of the House and clashed over their fundraising during their only televised debate of […]

Winnebago Industries CEO Michael Happe says his company and the outdoor lifestyle industry as a whole continue to see record interest in outdoor participation as the calendar year 2020 progresses. The Forest City-based company this […]

An Ottumwa man has been charged with multiple felonies after getting arrested on two consecutive days last week. Police pulled over 46-year-old Gerardo Victoria shortly before 7 a.m. on Thursday, October 15. Victoria allegedly displayed […]

A Denison woman has admitted to stealing from the credit union where she worked. Fifty-three-year-old Brenda Jensen pleaded guilty in federal court in Sioux City to embezzling nearly $1.5  million over several years. Jensen admitted […]

Governor Kim Reynold says she thinks federal pandemic relief money can be used to buy new computer software for state government. On Monday, State Auditor Rob Sand said the contract to buy the software was […]

AARP has unveiled what it calls an online “dashboard” with Covid data from Iowa nursing homes, showing nearly 43 percent do not have a week’s supply of masks and other personal protective equipment for staff. […]

The Iowa State men’s basketball team will travel to Mississippi State for a Saturday, Jan. 30 SEC/Big 12 Challenge matchup, announced today by both conferences. The SEC/Big 12 Challenge is in its eighth season. Iowa […]

The Marshalltown City Council has approved a proposal to embed social services workers with police officers. Police Chief Mike Tupper came up with the idea after calls to revamp police services and find better ways […]

A Teacher in Webster County has resigned after being accused of sexual misconduct. Brandon Louis has resigned from his post as music teacher at Southeast Valley High School in Gowrie after being accused of sexual […]

Most of the Wilson Island State Recreation Area along the Missouri River has reopened to the public after being closed for 19 months due to flooding, but the campgrounds won’t reopen until mid-April. Michelle Reinig, […]

An ethanol plant in northwest Iowa designed to make the fuel from corn cobs and stalks rather than kernels has closed. The Des Moines Register was first to report the “Project Liberty” plant in Emmetsburg […]

The state’s coronavirus tracker shows more than 500 Covid patients are in an Iowa hospital today, a higher patient count than at any other time during the pandemic. An infectious disease expert says it’s no […]