State News

MidAmerican Energy is inspecting more than 40 wind turbines after the second case of a blade coming off a turbine. MidAmerican spokesman Geoff Greenwood says the latest blade issue happened last week. “Our technician at […]

With two weeks until the polls close on Election Day, the pace of early voting in Iowa is way ahead of previous records. More than 827,000 Iowans asked for an absentee ballot so they may […]

The recovery of crops damaged by the derecho in August has been a mixed bag as the harvest nears its end. An estimated 3.6 million acres of corn in Iowa got slammed by winds up […]

One man died and another was injured in a head-on crash in western Iowa late Monday afternoon. The crash happened at around 4:50-p.m. in Adair County, south of Fontanelle. The Iowa State Patrol reports 59-year-old […]

Iowa’s unemployment rate dropped by more than one percent in September. Iowa Workforce Development reports the September rate is 4.7%, which is down from 6% in August. It is the fifth consecutive month the state […]

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley says the $300 billion coronavirus relief package Senate Republicans plan to vote on this week could be a starting point for negotiations. “Since we can agree on these items that are […]

State officials say a Clear Lake bar and restaurant took empty bottles of expensive liquor brands and refilled the bottles with cheaper alcohol. The Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division got a complaint last October that customers […]

The Iowa Nature Conservancy is rounding up the bison at a northwest Iowa preserve today to give them their vaccinations. The organization brought 28 bison to Broken Kettle Grasslands Preserve in 2008 — and now […]

The soybean harvest is entering the last lap — while the corn harvest is getting closer to being done after a week of good weather. The U.S.D.A. report shows just ten percent of the soybeans […]

Drake University professor Rachel Paine Caufield says the make-up of the courts could become a motivating issue for a different set of voters in the future. U.S. courts have been a focus of Caufield’s research. […]

A Cedar Rapids man who ran for the U.S. Senate as an independent in 2014 is the Libertarian Party’s nominee for Senate in 2020. Rick Stewart was the Libertarian’s nominee for state ag secretary in […]

Drake University professor Rachel Paine Caufield says the make-up of the courts could become a motivating issue for a different set of voters in the future. U.S. courts have been a focus of Caufield’s research. […]

A Cedar Rapids man who ran for the U.S. Senate as an independent in 2014 is the Libertarian Party’s nominee for Senate in 2020. Rick Stewart was the Libertarian’s nominee for state ag secretary in […]

The state auditor is advising Iowa’s governor to return millions in federal pandemic relief money spent on new computer software. Last year, the State of Iowa signed a contract to upgrade some of the state’s […]

A snow squall hit central Iowa this afternoon and created winter driving conditions on the roadways. “Snow squalls are very intense rates of snow — possibly combine with strong winds of 40-miles-an-hour or more. In […]

With just over two weeks of voting left, Black women gathered at a rally in Des Moines over the weekend to celebrate and encourage voting. Event coordinator Brandi Miller says the concerns of Black women […]

A Davenport man is facing several charges after police say he attacked a man an woman with a machete. Police say 38-year-old Martin Georgi caused serious but non-life-threatening injuries when he attacked a woman at […]

Two people were injured this morning in a house fire just west of the Iowa Great Lakes in the town of Lake Park. Lake Park Fire Chief Brandon Ehret says when crews arrived, the fire […]

An online sports gambling company and two casinos have been fined by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission for violations. Racing and Gaming Commission administrator Brian Ohorilko says DraftKings was fined for a late download […]

The candidates in Iowa’s third congressional district agree the federal government should be spending money to ensure there’s an adequate supply of masks, gowns and other personal protective equipment in the United States. Congresswoman Cindy […]