State News

Dyersville Beckman Catholic is one of the first high schools to return to classes for the new school year. Beckman students haven’t walked the hallways for five months – and Principal Marcel Kielkucki says it […]

Iowa’s unemployment rate dropped again in July. Iowa Workforce Development says the July rate was 6.6% — down from 8.4% in June. The monthly rate drop was expected after reports of weekly drops in ongoing […]

American Airlines has announced they plan to temporarily drop flights at Sioux Gateway Airport, along with 14 other cities starting October 7th when a federal requirement to serve the community ends. Airport Director Mike Collett […]

About 50 vehicles with more than 120 invited Democrats inside gathered in eastern Iowa last night to watch Joe Biden’s speech on the final night of the Democratic National Convention. “It is perfect night to […]

The White House Coronavirus Task Force is recommending that Iowa officials curb the spread of the virus by ordering bars to close in certain areas of the state and establishing face mask mandates in more […]

President Trump has approved federal disaster aid through FEMA’s individual assistance program for homeowners, renters and businesses in Linn County. Governor Reynolds made the announcement early this evening. The money may be used to replace […]

Governor Kim Reynolds today said the state website that lists Covid-19 data is “a work in progress” and a “glitch” that reported recent positive test results as having been confirmed weeks and sometimes months ago […]

Waterloo police say a man crashed his car this morning and then got into a fuel tanker and crashed it into a house as he tried to get away. Major Joe Leibold says officers responded […]

Administrators from 14 Iowa school districts have notified the state that last week’s derecho did damage to school facilities. Governor Kim Reynolds today said she will issue an updated public health emergency proclamation that gives […]

As experts survey storm damage, estimates on wind speeds from last week’s destructive derecho continue to climb — and are now well into record territory. Rich Kinney is the warning coordination meteorologist at the National […]

The U.S. Department of Labor reports the continuing unemployment claims dropped by 8,490 last week and are down to 83,610. It’s the fifth straight week they have dropped. New claims were up by around 1,653 […]

A second person has died after two pleasure boats collided Sunday night on the Mississippi River in the Quad Cities area. The Law Enforcement Bureau of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources says a large […]

A University of Iowa study finds it takes much longer for farmers who are hurt on-the-job to get specialized trauma care at a hospital versus workers in practically every other industry. Study co-author Corinne Peek-Asa, […]

The state’s top election official is distributing $2 million to Iowa counites to help local officials prepare for in-person voting on November 3rd at precincts throughout the state. Secretary of State Paul Pate released a […]

The Meskwaki Settlement near Tama was hit hard by the derecho the roared across Iowa and work continues there to move debris. Tribal Response Emergency Manager Roxane Warnell says many homes had roofs torn off […]

Schools at all levels have shifted courses online, so it shouldn’t be a big surprise that the Iowa Department of Natural Resources is now offering a virtual workshop to teach how to hunt, field dress, […]

The Democrat who won the 2020 Iowa Caucuses says he’ll campaign virtually in Iowa this fall in support of party nominee Joe Biden. Pete Buttigieg spoke to Iowa Democrats tonight in an online forum focused […]

Inmate transfers from county jails into the state prison system are temporarily suspended due to “a rise of Covid-19 cases” at the state’s intake center. The first stop for inmates entering the state prison system […]

The Iowa State Education Association and the Iowa City Community School District are filing a lawsuit in Johnson County against the state requirement that schools returning to class have at least 50% in-person instruction. The […]

Iowa State University reports 8,954 students were tested for COVID-19 as they moved back to residence halls and campus apartments in Ames. There were 175 positive tests — giving them a 97.8% negative rate for […]