State News

A California Senator who drew crowds of potential Iowa Caucus-goers, but ended her presidential campaign in December is the person presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has chosen as his running-mate. Former Iowa Democratic Party chairwoman […]

Kinnick Stadium will be silent in September as the Big Ten Conference has canceled the fall sports season — including Iowa Hawkeye football games. Head Coach Kirk Ferentz spoke with reporters after the announcment and […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the cancelation of the annual Doodlebug Reunion, which was scheduled for next month in Webster City. The reunion attracts owners and enthusiasts of the motor scooter manufactured by Beam Manufacturing […]

A Mahaska County Sheriff’s Deputy has died in an off-duty accident. Around 7:20 Tuesday morning, the Wapello County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call about an accidental gunshot. Thirty-five-year-old Brian Rainey sustained a gunshot wound […]

As hundreds of thousands of Iowans may wait days for power to be restored, state officials are urging them not to eat the food that’s left in their refrigerators and freezers. After just four hours […]

There will be no Iowa football this fall as the Big Ten Conference announced today the postponement of the 2020-21 fall sports season. The statement from the conference says the decision was made due to […]

Governor Kim Reynolds said late this morning that hundreds of thousands of Iowans remain without power a day after the derecho storm with hurricane-force winds swept through the state and it may be “several days” […]

Governor Kim Reynolds says an initial estimate indicates 10 million acres of Iowa cropland “was impacted” by yesterday’s storm. “This morning I had a farmer reach out to me to say that this was the […]

Several thousand utility workers are fanned out across Iowa, trying to restore electricity to more than 400,000 people who still don’t have it after Monday’s storm. MidAmerican Energy says 200,000 of its customers remain without […]

The annual Band Day Festival in Algona that regularly features more than a thousand high school musicians from northern Iowa has been cancelled. Algona Schools Superintendent Joe Carter says about 25 bands typically participate. “It’s […]

Today’s date is August 11th or eight-eleven, which coincides with the number you should call before taking a shovel to dirt in your yard. This is National Safe Digging Day and Ben Booth, spokesman for […]

State Climatologist Justin Glisan and his wife were working from home when Monday’s storm rolled through the Beaverdale neighborhood in Des Moines. “We call it a derecho. It’s literally a wall of wind,” Glisan says. […]

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has teamed up with its counterparts in Nebraska and Kansas to offer outdoor subscription boxes for women. DNR hunter education administrator, Megan Wisecup, says the idea came out of […]

The Derecho that plowed through Iowa Monday caused significant damage in the Marshalltown area, a part of the state still recovering from the 2018 E-F-three tornado. A 99 mile-per-hour gust was reported at the Marshalltown […]

Mahaska County Emergency Management says there were about 70 calls from people using the 911 emergency number during the severe weather today to ask why the storm sirens were sounded. Mahaska County E-911 Director, Jamie […]

A storm packing big winds left a lot of the state without power today. National Weather Service meteorlogist Jeff Zogg, says it was a derecho. “And that is a line of severe storms that produces […]

An Iowa State University study finds that tearing down abandoned houses may lead nearby homeowners to spruce up their their own properties. Dan Kuhlmann, an ISU professor of community and regional planning, says he did […]

A powerful storm system with recorded wind gusts of up to 99 miles an hour is striking the state, causing significant tree and property damage. Tens of thousands of Iowans have lost power. The City […]

The Democratic candidate for Iowa’s 4th district congressional seat has a new twist on campaigning during the Covid era. J.D. Scholten has equipped his “Sioux City Sue” RV with special equipment so he can hold […]

Muscatine police say two local men tried to ram a key city building early Sunday. Police say the two men intentionally tried to drive a vehicle into the Muscatine Public Safety Building, which houses several […]