State News

A 40-year-old woman from Webster City has been arrested and faces four felony charges for $263,000 worth of alleged misspending at the Webster City Chamber of Commerce. Leah Mulholland was a financial and administrative assistant […]

It’s unclear how the latest debate about expanding the state’s medical marijuana law may be resolved, but bills on the subject have survived this week’s deadline for committee action in the legislature. Representative Jarad lein […]

The Iowa Court of Appeals has upheld a district court ruling dismissing a lawsuit seeking to undo changes to the state’s judicial nominating system that Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law last year. The Appeals […]

Iowans who live in mobile home parks are appealing again to Iowa lawmakers, asking for new legal protections against what they describe as predatory owners. Carrie Presley, who lives in Table Mound Trailer Park in […]

A second group of Iowa National Guard soldiers is now preparing for federal duty. The Iowa National Guard says Troop C, 1st Squadron of the 113th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division […]

Elementary school children in eastern Iowa are helping get the word out about this year’s census. Students in kindergarten through second grade at All Saints Catholic School in Davenport sang the Census Song on Tuesday […]

A key legislator has tabled a bill drafted in response to significant rent increases in mobile home parks in Iowa that were recently purchased by a Utah-based company. “It initiates some price controls and some […]

The annual report from State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald shows the outstanding debt for state and local governments increased in the fiscal year that ended June 30th. “The debt for all of those entities is up […]

Two Manchester police officers are resigning out of just ten officers in that northeast Iowa community, forcing the department to abandon its police dog program, at least temporarily. Police Chief Jim Hauschild says Manchester has […]

A bill that would prohibit Iowa cities from annexing most farmland has cleared initial review in the Iowa House, but bill backers say it needs major adjustments and is unlikely to meet Friday’s deadline for […]

Two abortion-related bills have advanced as Iowa lawmakers approach an end-of-week legislative deadline for committee votes. One bill approved by a Senate panel would require pregnant Iowans to view an ultrasound image and then wait […]

A proposal advancing in the statehouse would require some low-income Iowans to work in order to stay enrolled in Medicaid. Most adults under the age of 65 would have to work or volunteer at least […]

A joint investigation by the Mahaska County Sheriff and the Iowa Department of Agriculture has found there is no evidence animals were abused at a state legislator’s pork operation in southeast Iowa. The California-based group, […]

After years of study and decades of debate, the fate of Iowa’s bottle deposit law is still being discussed by lawmakers. There are two vastly different bills in the Iowa House this year. One bill […]

A former Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper who was involved in the drowning death of an Iowa man has given up the effort to get his law enforcement license back. The Missouri Attorney General’s Office […]

While freedom of religion is a protected constitutional right thanks to the First Amendment, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says that freedom is under attack here in the U.S. and abroad. Grassley, a Republican, says religious […]

Members of the Iowa House are considering a bill that would launch another study of the 38 Interstate rest areas in Iowa. “The point of the bill is just to take another comprehensive look that […]

A DCI expert testified Monday that DNA collected from the man accused of murdering a high school teen 40 years in Cedar Rapids is consistent with DNA found on the girl’s dress. Michael Schmit testified […]

The coronavirus isn’t the only thing from China that’s invading America this winter. An insect expert says people across Iowa and the Midwest are reporting they’re finding droves of half-inch-long stink bugs in their houses. […]

Restricting mobile home park rent increases and requiring good cause to evict tenants are just some of the provisions in a bill that’s emerged at the statehouse. Republicans and Democrats crafted the bill after an […]