State News

Waverly police have released the name of the man who apparently drowned in the Cedar River earlier this week. He has been identified as 60-year-old Clay Moser of Waverly. Waverly police said Wednesday the Iowa […]

A Shenandoah woman facing two murder charges has taken a plea deal and avoided going to trial. Online court records indicate 45-year-old April Montello-Roberts was facing two first-degree murder charges, plus burglary, robbery and attempted […]

The spokeswoman for the Iowa Department of Public Health who was fired in July during the coronavirus pandemic is now suing the state and the governor. Polly Carver-Kimm, a former journalist, says she was forced […]

Linn County was the first to be approved for individual federal disaster assistance after the derecho. FEMA spokesman John Mills says they’ve already been able to process several claims. “FEMA has already approved more than […]

A group of Grinnell College alumni has started a petition drive urging administrators to get rid of the school’s nickname for its athletic teams. Grinnell College doesn’t have a mascot, but its athletes are called […]

Third District Congresswoman Cindy Axne says the U.S. House must act quickly to avert another government shutdown at the end of this month and pass another coronavirus relief package. Axne, a Democrat from West Des […]

Woodbury County Auditor Pat Gill says he will not appeal a judge’s decision that nullified thousands of absentee ballot request forms Gill’s office mailed out that included the voter’s ID number. Gill says he strongly […]

California Congresswoman Katie Porter tonight said one of the lessons she learned growing up in southwest Iowa during the Farm Crisis was that Washington politicians weren’t there for Iowans when it really mattered. “Iowa’s not […]

The Iowa Court of Appeals has upheld a central Iowa man’s appeal of his murder conviction on a couple of issues. Rodney Henricksen of Johnston was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of Joshua […]

Iowa State University is changing the decision the school announced Monday to allow 25,000 fans into Jack Trice Stadium for the season-opening home football game Saturday. Athletic Director Jamie Pollard announced today that school president […]

Governor Kim Reynolds supports Iowa State’s decision to have fans in the stands for the first Cyclone football game on September 12. “It’s 25,000 (fans) out of a capacity of 61,500,” Reynolds says. “It is […]

The economic picture is brightening for both Iowa and the Midwest. Creighton University’s August survey of supply managers and business leaders across the nine-state region finds the financial situation slowly improving. Creighton economist Ernie Goss […]

Marshalltown city leaders were disappointed two years ago when a request for individual assistance to FEMA to help with tornado recovery was denied. Mayor Joel Greer wasn’t holding out hope for help this time after […]

Senator Joni Ernst says she is skeptical about the number of Covid cases and deaths being reported in the United States. “That should be discussed because I heard the same thing on the news traveling […]

A new Grinnell College National Poll shows growing concerns about the November election. The Grinnell Poll found one third of likely voters surveyed are “not too confident”or “not at all confident” ballots in the presidential […]

Planting was ahead of schedule and that along with the drought could push the harvest time up this year. Iowa State University Extension Agronomist Joel DeJong says there are several area soybean fields that have […]

Former US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has some advice for current Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue, who is scheduled to visit Iowa tomorrow. “First and foremost Secretary Perdue obviously needs to visit a farm. He needs […]

Woodbury County’s Board of Supervisors has voted not to appeal a judge’s ruling that nullified absentee ballot request forms mailed to county voters by County Auditor Pat Gill. The forms Gill sent included voter I-D […]

Residents and business owners in 10 more Iowa counties who suffered financial losses from last month’s derecho may apply for individual assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. On August 20, Linn County residents and […]

August of 2020 will be remembered for one of Iowa’s worst-ever weather disasters, but the just-ended month is also going down as one of the state’s tenth driest Augusts on record. State climatologist Justin Glisan […]