State News

Governor Kim Reynolds is recommending that Iowa schools close for four weeks. State public health officials were notified on today of four additional positive cases of COVID-19 and public health investigators were unable to determine […]

The 2020 Iowa legislative session will be suspended for at least 30 days due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Leaders of the Iowa House and Senate made the announcement late this afternoon. According to a news […]

Public health officials say a new case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Dallas County and they cannot determine how or where the person got it. Officials use the phrase “community spread” to describe that […]

The risk of serious flooding along the Mississippi River has dropped substantially, but forecasters say eastern Iowa still faces an above-normal risk of major flooding this spring. Hydrologist Jessica Brooks, at the National Weather Service […]

State officials say there are now 17 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Iowa. The latest case, confirmed today in a Harrison County resident, is linked to travel. Governor Kim Reynolds said since all 17 cases […]

More people have been charged in connection with the attempted robbery of an armored vehicle outside a Waterloo bank. Waterloo police say 28-year-old Justina Davis of Urbandale was arrested in the Des Moines area overnight […]

Iowa State University has reached a settlement with a group that accused the school of trying to suppress free speech on campus. Speech First sued the university challenging the school’s ban on chalking political messages […]

Iowa Republicans will hold county conventions tomorrow, but the Iowa Democratic Party has postponed its county conventions which were to be held later this month. Republican Party leaders say they consulted with state public health […]

A judge has declared a mistrial in the case against an Ottumwa woman accused of murdering her child. Friday morning, the jury could not reach a unanimous verdict on the count of first-degree murder against […]

One person was killed in a crash on Interstate 80 early this morning just east of Iowa City. The state patrol says a car was stopped along the interstate but was still partly in the […]

Face masks are a hard commodity to find lately as many Iowa drug stores and even hardware stores are sold out over rising fears about coronavirus. There’s a lot of confusion about masks, though, according […]

An elderly man who was reported missing from the Waterloo area was found early this morning nearly 300 miles away in southwest Iowa. The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office says they received a call a little […]

Now is the time to get seedlings for flowers and vegetables started if you want to have them ready to plant when the weather allows. Iowa State University horticulture specialists, Richard Jauron, says different varieties […]

A group of students was escorted out of the Iowa capitol by state troopers after some transgender students refused to leave a men’s restroom and use gender-neutral restrooms instead. Iowa Safe Schools executive director Nate […]

    Officials in Iowa’s largest school district are adding two more days onto this month’s break for students and will have school facilities thoroughly cleaned due to concerns about the coronavirus. Des Moines Public […]

Two more positive cases of COVID-19 has been identified in Iowa and both are at home in isolation. One is from Carroll County and the other is from Johnson County. Both are older adults who […]

While St. Patrick’s Day parades are being canceled in many cities due to fears about the coronavirus, at least two of Iowa’s biggest Irish gatherings are still on. Des Moines’ St. Pat’s Day parade is […]

The Iowa High School Athletic Association’s 2020 State Basketball Tournament will play Friday’s games with spectator restrictions due to increasing concern of the spread and impact of novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The consolations and finals set […]

A coalition of organizations is lobbying legislators to expand the state’s trail system. Iowa Bicycle Coalition executive director Mark Wyatt says the governor’s plan to raise the state sales tax would place money in the […]

The Iowa Supreme Court has thrown out a lawsuit by a Sioux City woman who lost her arm to flesh-eating bacteria. Sharon Susie fell and injured her arm in 2012 and went to the urgent […]