State News

Iowa All-American and Big Ten Player of the Year Luka Garza announced on Sunday that he is returning for his senior season. “My heart is in Iowa City,” said Garza. “I love this place too […]

Testing is now underway on a potential coronavirus vaccine at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. The first batch of volunteer patients was given doses of the experimental drug on Thursday. Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer […]

The head of the Office of Drug Control Policy and Prevention says his office is trying to gauge the impact of the coronavirus on drug use and treatment. Director Dale Woolery says he has heard […]

A project that connects Iowa State University with a university and communities in Uganda is helping that African nation improve school nutrition and food safety. ISU’s Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods works to help schools […]

The popularity of fishing has surged during the pandemic — and state records show one out of every 10 Iowans now has a fishing license. Jeff Kopaska works in the Fisheries Bureau at the Iowa […]

A library curator at the University of Iowa will join “Star Trek” actor William Shatner and a list of other celebrities, authors and science fiction experts in a Ray Bradbury Read-a-thon next month. The event […]

The new report from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows more counties now showing dry conditions. The Iowa DNR’s Tim Hall says the negative outweighs the positive in the report. “We had a little bit of […]

A Council Bluffs man will spend 40 years in prison on child pornography charges. Twenty-nine-year-old Michael Brandstrom was sentenced to consecutive sentences of 360 months in federal prison for production of child pornography and 120 […]

Governor Kim Reynolds says Iowa school districts given permission to conduct all classes online due to high COVID case counts may do so for 14 days. Districts will have to again get state officials’ permission […]

Unemployment claims dropped again in the last week. Iowa Workforce Development says continuing unemployment claims were down by 4,970 from the previous week, to 110,960. The number of first-time unemployment claims were down by 1,370, […]

The Iowa State Education Association says 36,000 people have signed an online petition opposing Governor Kim Reynolds’ requirement that 50% of school instruction be in-person. Some districts planned to keep classes mostly, or completely, virtual […]

A southwest Iowa man is was arrested Wednesday for the murder of a Des Moines man in Madison County. Forty-one-year-old Gerald Parker, of Creston, faces a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the shooting […]

A collision Wednesday afternoon in southwest Iowa killed a Montgomery County woman. The crash happened east of Emerson at around 1:45-p.m., when a pickup driven by Leonard Ray Anderson, of Omaha, failed to stop at […]

A state agency will take “additional steps” to enforce social distancing in Iowa bars and restaurants and that includes shutting a business down for violations. The announcement from the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division includes a […]

The City of Iowa City and the University of Iowa are doing a property swap and one of the university’s writing programs will get a new address. The 177-year-old Gilmore House will be moved across […]

A year after record floods washed over the region, some Mississippi River communities are struggling financially during the pandemic. Bettendorf Mayor Bob Gallagher co-chairs the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative. He and other mayors […]

An online academy associated with a southwest Iowa school district has seen a significant increase in interest from parents exploring education options during the pandemic. Dr. James Brauer, the principal of the Iowa Connections Academy, […]

The board that governs the three state universities has approved $65.4 million in budget cuts. Board of Regents president Michael Richards warned this may not be the end of the cuts. “We certainly anticipate that […]

A Wisconsin woman is dead after being struck and killed by a tractor at Clear Lake State Park on Tuesday afternoon. The Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Department says they responded to a medical call at […]

The executive director of the Iowa High School Music Association wants to set the record straight after false information has circulated about events being cancelled due to COVID-19. Despite some necessary changes, Alan Greiner says […]