State News

A family member has confirmed that a missing former Wartburg College music instructor who left a Waterloo care facility Monday has been found alive in Waterloo. Searchers have been looking for 46-year-old Michael Jensen since […]

The administrator of the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission says revenues for the fiscal year that ended in June are down about 20% after the shutdowns forced by the coronavirus epidemic. Brian Ohorilko says the […]

The search for a former Wartburg College music instructor who left a Waterloo care facility Monday night is entering its fourth day. Searchers have been looking for 46-year-old Michael Jensen of Waverly since he escaped […]

The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission issued fines to five casinos for violations of regulations at their meeting Thursday. The Hard Rock Casino in Sioux City was fined $20,000 for allowing a minor onto the […]

This week the state’s Test Iowa program has passed the 100-thousand mark in number of tests conducted. Governor Kim Reynolds announced in April that a group of Utah companies were being paid $26 million to […]

A man’s body was recovered from the East Nishnabotna River in southwest Iowa early Thursday. Numerous local agencies responded to the call shortly before 1:15 a.m. from a 44-year-old woman who had been floating on […]

A meat locker in Story City is the first in Iowa to be allowed to sell its products to customers in other states. A new federal program lets state-inspected lockers get a U-S-D-A stamp on […]

For the first time since 1976, there will be no Iowa-Iowa State football game. The Big Ten announced it will be moving to a conference only schedule for football and other fall sports. That would […]

The director of racing at the Prairie Meadows Casino in Altoona says they have seen a big increase in offtrack betting on their races during the pandemic. Darron Heldt says the offtrack betting really took […]

When the Sioux City Explorers return to American Association action next summer there will be a new look to Lewis and Clark Park and Mercy Field. Explorers’ marketing director Connor Ryan says the box office […]

The Omaha District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has a new commander. Command was officially passed Wednesday from outgoing Colonel John Hudson to incoming Colonel Mark Himes. Hudson has been commander of the […]

A coalition of trade unions is putting up a 100-thousand dollar reward for tips that lead to an arrest in connection with a noose found hanging at a construction site in Altoona. “There’s absolutely, positively […]

The number of Iowans filing a first-time unemployment claim jumped 28 percent last week. At the same time, the total number of Iowans getting unemployment benefits fell by five percent. According to Iowa Workforce Development, […]

The search for a former Wartburg College music instructor who walked away from a long-term care facility in Waterloo late Monday night is entering its third day. A police report says 46-year-old Michael Jensen escaped […]

The company that runs the Dakota Access oil pipeline is appealing a federal judge’s order that the pipeline be shut down. On Monday, the judge gave Energy Transfer Partners 30 days to shut down the […]

Republican U.S. Senator Joni Ernst says she supports letting businesses get a second federal COVID-19 relief grant that can be converted to a loan — if the business uses 60 percent of the money to […]

The manager of an eastern Iowa senior apartment complex is sentenced to five years probation for defrauding an elderly and disabled nursing home resident. Fifty-nine-year-old Janice Kay Schultz of Dubuque admitted in a plea agreement […]

All residents and staff of a Mason City nursing home are being tested this week for COVID-19. The state website shows there’s a coronavirus outbreak at the Good Shepherd Health Center in Mason City. While […]

Many of the nearly 8,200 absentee ballots cast in yesterday’s special election in Woodbury County were cast in the spring. The election was originally scheduled for April 14th, but Iowa’s secretary of state rescheduled it […]

The Mayor of Muscatine is continuing to defend her mask mandate for the city, even after the governor said local governments do not have the authority to issue the orders. Mayor Diana Broderson  says the […]