State News

Records show state social workers determined more than nine-thousand Iowa children were either abused or neglected in 2021. April of this year is Child Abuse Prevention Month and the Child Assistance Resource and Education or […]

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is a “no” on President Biden’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. Grassley said he and Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson have “fundamentally different views on the role judges should play in […]

Several dozen people gathered on the state capitol steps Sunday for a rally to support transgender Iowans. Jo Allen was a lead organizer of the event. “People that run this state don’t necessarily listen to […]

A 62-year-old Cedar Rapids man has been charged with beating a woman to death with a board. Cedar Rapids Police say Arthur Flowers called 911 to report a woman had overdosed on heroin in his […]

Iowa’s unemployment rate fell again in recent numbers announced for February. Iowa Workforce Development Director, Beth Townsend, says there were a lot of positive numbers in the monthly data. “We saw more people return to […]

Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig says bird flu has been confirmed in two more sites in the state. “In the state of Iowa, we’ve got 12 confirmed cases,” Naig said today during taping of “Iowa […]

Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion, was one of two members of the Iowa delegation to vote against a U.S. House bill that caps the cost of insulin at $35. Hinson says she […]

The Iowa Supreme Court threw out one portion of the case,  but has upheld an award to a transgender nurse who used to work for the Iowa Department of Corrections. Jesse Vroeghsued after he transitioned […]

Disconnection notices will start going out to thousands of Iowa residents behind on their bills for electricity and natural gas as the winter moratorium on utility disconnections ends today. Figures from the Iowa Utilities Board […]

The USDA estimates American farmers will plant more soybeans and less corn this year compared to last year. Randy Broesder, general manager at the Forest City Farmers Coop, says that’s not quite the trend locally. […]