State News

The 52 Iowans who are delegates to the Democratic National Convention are scheduled to hold an online meeting early this evening, their first scheduled gathering for the party’s “virtual” convention this week. At previous conventions, […]

Iowa athletic director Gary Barta says the loss of the football season and other fall sports will prove costly to the athletic department. The Big Ten announced last week it was cancelling the football season […]

President Donald Trump announced outside the White House this morning he has OK’d federal assistance to help Iowa recover from last week’s derecho. “I just approved an emergency declaration for Iowa who had an incredible […]

Waterloo police are investigating a fatal weekend shooting. Officers were dispatched to 556 Adrian Street around 11:45 p.m. Saturday. According to authorities, officers and paramedics found that a 49-year-old man was shot when they arrived. […]

The last phase of the 2020 U.S. Census is underway in Iowa. Spokesperson, Sam Fettig, says counters are going to homes where people haven’t completed the census. “It’ll go until the end of September. People […]

The state-owned pier on the Iowa Great Lakes at Arnolds Park will be renamed to honor the memory of former Iowa Congressman Berkley Bedell. Bedell, who died in December at the age of 98, founded […]

A southeastern Iowa couple has died in a Missouri plane crash. A plane crashed Sunday afternoon near Lake of the Ozarks in central Missouri – killing Scott and Amy Lowe of Mount Pleasant, Iowa. They […]

Tens of thousands of Iowans are still living without power and many without an actual roof over their heads a week after hurricane-force winds swept through a third of the state. This weekend, Kelly McMahon, […]

Governor Kim Reynolds has formally asked President Trump to issue a major disaster declaration for communities and counties hit by last Monday’s “devastating” derecho. In a news release, Reynolds said the State of Iowa will […]

Governor Kim Reynolds has formally asked President Trump to issue a major disaster declaration for communities and counties hit by last Monday’s “devastating” derecho. In a news release, Reynolds said the State of Iowa will […]

An Emmetsburg man is facing murder charges after a body was found in a lake near Ruthven last month. The investigation began July 22nd when a passerby reported a possible body in Virgin Lake. An […]

Tens of thousands of Iowans are still without power and some will break down this weekend and purchase a generator, even though they’ve already lost everything in their fridge and much of their patience. If […]

Iowa State University released its latest round of COVID-19 testing. ISU reports another 3,472 students moving into the residence halls and campus apartments in Ames were tested, and 75 students tested positive. Around the same […]

State officials say power to Alliant Energy customers should be restored by next Tuesday and all MidAmerican Energy customers should have electricity by this weekend. Governor Kim Reynolds says she met last night with executives […]

Governor Kim Reynolds says she’ll be submitting the paperwork Monday for a federal disaster declaration for areas of the state that have been devastated by last Monday’s derecho. “There’s criteria that you have to make, […]

A Texas company is buying a north-central Iowa fish farm facility. Natural Shrimp, Incorporated, announced this week it’s acquiring the assets of Alder Aqua, formerly known as Vero Blue Farms of Webster City. The purchase […]

The call is going out for volunteers to help those areas of the state hit hard by Monday’s derecho. Marion Chamber of Commerce president Jill Ackerman is helping coordinate the volunteer effort for that eastern […]

If your trees are still standing after this week’s derecho, Iowans are asked to check those trees and be on the lookout for the Asian longhorned beetle as August is when it emerges from inside […]

The Trump campaign, the Republican National Committee and the Iowa G-O-P are suing Linn and Johnson Counties, seeking to nullify tens of thousands of absentee ballot requests that have already been made. Auditors in Linn […]

Cedar Rapids city leaders spoke publicly for the first time Thursday since the derecho slammed the eastern Iowa town. City Manager Jeff Pomeranz says he’s already been asked how this disaster compares to the major […]