State News

The Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont district has switched to a “hybrid” schedule for junior and senior high school students after several students and staff members tested positive for Covid. Seventh through twelfth graders at Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont are now attending […]

The Iowa Freedom of Information Council has reached a settlement in a lawsuit against the Polk County sheriff’s department over dash camera video and other records in the fatal shooting of a Wisconsin motorist in […]

The Iowa State football team will wear Jack Trice patches on their jerseys this season. The first black student-athlete in Iowa State history, Trice died tragically from injuries suffered in the second game of his […]

A northwest Iowa family has won an unusual contest thrown by a major league baseball player and it has benefited their local food pantry in Sioux Center. Bonita Van Otterloo and her family are big […]

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue is scheduled to visit central Iowa on Thursday to survey the damage from last month’s derecho. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says there’s certainly plenty to see, as the storm’s […]

Test results have determined that the fire that destroyed the Oasis Night Club in Storm Lake was intentionally set. Samples were removed from the floor of the stage where the fire is believed to have […]

This year’s Clay County Fair has been canceled, but 4H and FFA members in Clay County who had planned to show their livestock and poultry at this month’s fair will still be able to do […]

A body was from a northeast Iowa river Monday. Police say the man’s body was discovered floating in the Cedar River above the downtown dam in Waverly. Police and firefighters recovered the body around 8:30 […]

Iowa Workforce Development says the unemployment tax rates paid by businesses will remain unchanged in 2021. Businesses pay unemployment taxes into a trust fund so unemployment benefits can be paid out — and there was […]

With millions of acres of Iowa cropland flattened by last month’s derecho, a webinar is planned for tomorrow targeting Iowa farmers who need to address the challenges of managing those destroyed crops. While officials initially […]

A former Republican lawmaker who successfully sued to get more polling locations opened in the Sioux City area for June’s Primary is calling on the Woodbury County Auditor to resign. Former State Senator Rick Bertrand […]

Reports of child abuse in Iowa have dropped dramatically in recent months, but advocates for children say it’s no cause for celebration, as a drop in calls doesn’t mean a drop in incidents. Brooke Hendrickx, […]

Another Iowa event has been cancelled due to the coronavirus. The Tri-State Rodeo in Fort Madison was supposed to run September 9th through the 12th. But for the first time since the rodeo’s first run […]

Musician Kanye West’s name will be on the Iowa ballot as a 2020 presidential candidate. Three state officials today voted to dismiss objections to West’s nominating petitions. The decision was made by Republican Secretary of […]

The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission approved a revision in security plans for some casinos to allow them to cut back on the number of officers on duty as attendance has been down. Racing and […]

After two judges ruled tens of thousands of absentee ballot request forms from Woodbury and Linn Counties are void, the Iowa Democratic Party is filing a lawsuit seeking to overturn those rulings. Last week, the […]

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State officials say a maintenance upgrade to the state’s coronavirus website is the reason key Covid-19 data listed on the site dramatically decreased at one point this weekend. The glitch in reporting the number of […]

An Iowa State University study shows how plants’ genetic factors are impacting crop stress as it relates to climate change. Stephen Howell, a distinguished professor of genetics, development and cell biology at ISU, says they’re […]

The Iowa Attorney General’s Office is setting up a temporary office in Cedar Rapids today and Wednesday. Spokesperson Lynn Hicks says Investigator Al Perales will be on hand. “Al will be there to answer any […]