State News

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has identified a record number of trumpeter nests. The species was reintroduced in Iowa in 1993. “Their population has been slowly recovering since then,” DNR waterfowl biologist Orrin Jones […]

A man convicted of killing his grandmother in her kitchen four decades ago has died in prison at the age of 64. Court records show Steve Davidson drove to the Cedar Falls Police Department in […]

The Powerball jackpot for tonight’s drawing has hit 700 million dollars and is likely to go higher. Iowa Lottery spokesperson, Mary Neubauer, says this is when those who aren’t regular players start to take notice. […]

Leaders from Grinnell College and the City of Grinnell are taking steps to respond after students say passing motorists have yelled racial epithets. Grinnell College is distributing safety kits, has put up temporary lighting and […]

Educators across the state are mourning the loss of Cedar Rapids Superintendent Noreen Bush who died Sunday after a more than two-year battle with cervical cancer. Waukee Superintendent, Brad Buck, recalls first meeting Noreen Bush […]

A report from State Auditor Rob Sand shows about $240,000 worth of state unemployment checks were written to prisoners and dead people in the early months of the pandemic. Iowa Workforce Development officials say the […]

Iowa State University’s Extension Department is selling a 2023 calendar that seeks to address some of the “Garden Lore” that’s been circulating the state. Consumer horticulture specialist Aaron Steil says they hear a lot of […]

If Senator Chuck Grassley wins reelection, he could be in the line of presidential succession again. Since the World War II era, the longest-serving U.S. senator from the party that holds the majority of seats […]

The latest U.S.D.A. crop report shows one part of the state is much closer to finishing up the harvest than others. The report shows the northeast and south-central regions of Iowa both are under 40% […]

State and local officials are following leads from a woman who says her late father was a serial killer who forced his children to help bury the bodies in southwest Iowa. The woman has told […]