State News

State officials have dramatically expanded the amount of money in the state grant program for small businesses with between two and 50 employees. Originally announced in late March as a pot of $4 million, Iowa […]

Leadership at the Iowa Veteran’s Home in Marshalltown and the AFSCME 61 workers union are at odds over how the facility is handling coronavirus cases. Council 61 President Danny Homan issued a statement Tuesday night […]

An Ottumwa man’s attempt to escape a jail on Friday after his arrest was unsuccessful and now he faces additional charges. Forty-three-year-old Joe Bakalar was being booked in the Wapello County Jail for trespassing and […]

State public health officials have revealed the names of nursing homes in Tama and Washington Counties where there are confirmed COVID-19 outbreaks. They are the McCreedy Home in Washington, Iowa and Premier Estates in Toledo. […]

A fatal shooting involving a police officer from Clinton is under investigation by the Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation and the state medical examiner. The incident started as officers attempted to make a traffic stop […]

The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission held a special meeting Tuesday and voted to delay the fees due from the 19 state-licensed casinos. IRGC administrator, Brian Ohorilko, says the fees paid for regulation and to […]

Authorities in western Iowa say charges have been filed after an incident over toilet paper that resulted in the display of a gun. Atlantic Police Lt. Devin Hogue said Tuesday that upon reviewing the incident […]

While much of the world is caught up with coronavirus, an Iowa State University study estimates the pork industry could lose $50 billion if there’s an outbreak of African swine fever in the United States. […]

The Waterloo man who spent two years lobbying to be able to cut hair in a mobile barbershop is hoping to expand his operation. First, though, William Burt has to wait alongside every other barbershop […]

It’s still a roll of the dice as to whether the Iowa State Fair will be held this August due to the pandemic, and the fate of dozens of Iowa county fairs is also in […]

State Auditor Rob Sand is asking Governor Kim Reynolds to provide the public more information about the 12-point scale she’s using to monitor the spread of COVID-19 — and decide if, when and where she […]

An Easter weekend tradition in Iowa that’s never before been canceled in 50-plus years — won’t happen this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The annual Pony Express Ride to Camp Sunnyside near Ankeny typically […]

Dairy farmers in Iowa and across the country including those are adjusting to a new marketplace. The farmer relations manager for Midwest Dairy, Mitch Schulte says that’s because demand from the food service industry and […]

Governor Kim Reynolds has asked federal officials to send new COVID-19 testing machines that produce results in minutes to the state’s meat packing plants — so employees can be screened. “We understand they are part […]

Iowa junior Luka Garza has been named the recipient of the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award. The announcement was made by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Named after Hall of Famer […]

Some government leaders say the massive CARES Act that passed Congress last month may not be doing enough to keep states, small businesses, hospitals, and individuals afloat during the pandemic. While the so-called Phase Three […]

The application period for Iowa’s Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) has been extended through May 31st as part of the coronavirus Public Health Disaster Emergency. State LIHEAP Bureau Chief Christine Taylor says you sign […]

A clinical trial for an experimental COVID-19 drug is now underway at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. The hospital started enrolling patients last week to try Remdesivir. There have been promising results in […]

In what may be the first cases of Iowans being penalized for violating state guidelines on the size of social gatherings, two people were charged at a weekend party in Storm Lake. Officers encountered a […]

The Iowa State Fair is scheduled to start in 127 days. The annual event has been drawing over a million people to the fairgrounds in Des Moines for the past several years. Iowa State Fair […]