State News

Vice President Mike Pence made three campaign stops in Iowa today, starting with an early afternoon rally on the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Pence’s 40 minute speech began with a promise to extend federal help to […]

Even with all of the rain that fell on Iowa during Monday’s derecho, the latest report from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows little change from a week ago. The report shows all or parts of […]

Agents with Iowa’s largest home insurer are working plenty of overtime this week, trying to prioritize and process claims from clients who had damage to their homes, cars and other property in this week’s derecho. […]

Vice President Mike Pence is on a campaign swing in Iowa today, starting at a rally on the state fairgrounds to launch the “Farmers and Ranchers for Trump Coalition. Pence addressed the widespread devastation from […]

The number of ongoing unemployment claims dropped by 11,463 last week and overall those claims fell below 100,000 for the first time since April 11th. First-time unemployment claims fell by more than 1,000 and are […]

Upper Iowa’s football season has been cancelled. The Peacocks are a member of the Northern Sun Conference and the league announced it is suspending all athletic competition through the end of 2020. The NSIC announced […]

More than a quarter million Iowans are still without power, nearly three days after a major wind storm blasted across the state. Alliant Energy spokeswoman Cindy Tomlinson says the situation remains too complex for an […]

A quarter of a million Iowa homes and business are still without power this morning. Ames residents have been warned damage is so dense and significant, power may be out for a week in some […]

The head of Iowa’s Homeland Security Emergency Management agency says there is no guarantee, but there’s a strong chance areas of the state that were hard hit by Monday’s derecho will qualify for Federal Emergency […]

Four of Iowa’s state parks remain closed to all visitors due to extensive damage from Monday’s strong wind storm, while several other state parks are only partly open as cleanup operations continue. Alex Murphy, the […]

Cedar Rapids continues to dig out from under the large number of trees that were blown down by Monday’s storm. City spokesperson, Maria Johnson, says they had 98 percent of the city without power and […]

School districts in Iowa communities hard hit by Monday’s derecho are dealing with damaged buildings and spotty or non-existent internet service — and decisions about when school can start. Students were to return to classes […]

Milk is not appropriate fish food. State officials say employees at an Ankeny HyVee poured 800 gallons of spoiled milk down a storm drain. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources it’s now working with Hy-Vee […]

Weather experts are analyzing a wealth of data about Monday’s powerful storm that carved a destructive path across Iowa’s midsection, wiping out trees, power lines and crops. Most of us now know the term “derecho,” […]

The manager of one of the Rural Electric Cooperatives hit by Monday’s storm says restoration of power has been complicated because of the wide path of destruction and because every link in the transmission system […]

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says a 14-year-old was killed when two personal watercraft ran into each other on Clear Lake Tuesday. The DNR says the two watercraft hit around noon and the 12-year-old […]

As a massive power outage continues in Linn County, an overnight curfew remains in place and one member of the Cedar Rapids city council has encouraged residents who have the option to go somewhere else […]

State Ag Secretary Mike Naig says some of the corn that was flattened by Monday’s storm will bounce back, but it’s anybody’s guess as to what percentage of damaged Iowa crops may be harvested. Grain […]

A utility that serves eight states, including Iowa, says it will soon resume disconnecting customers for late payment. Lynn Porter, spokeswoman for Black Hills Energy, says the company had suspended the practice on March 16th […]

Due to damage from the derecho, a community-wide power outage and no supply of gasoline due to the power outage, the City of Marshalltown remains under a civil emergency. Marshalltown Mayor Joel Greer says there […]