State News

The Iowa Department of Public Health says two Iowans who returned recently from China are undergoing testing for the coronavirus. Department Medical Director, Kaitlin Pedati spokes online today and says the two are under voluntary […]

A report that ranks the states on how prepared they are for emergencies now places Iowa in the highest tier of the best-prepared state, up from the middle tier in 2019. Rhea Farberman, the spokeswoman […]

Iowa’s two Republican U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst voted no on both Articles of Impeachement today in the U.S Senate. Each article needed a two-thirds vote or 67 senators to pass. Article One […]

Iowa Senator Joni Ernst, a Republican from Red Oak, is not pleased with Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s action to tear up a copy of the President’s speech right after he finished the State of […]

February is Cancer Prevention Month and a new survey finds Iowans still aren’t getting the message about the biggest cancer risks. Doctor Nigel Brockton, vice president of research at the American Institute for Cancer Research, […]

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is bringing up the delayed results from the Iowa Caucuses as he campaigns in New Hampshire “For some reason in Iowa, they’re having a little bit of trouble counting votes,” Sanders […]

Iowa Congresswoman Cindy Axne says she’s grateful to the volunteers who’ve stepped up to help “triple-check” the Iowa Caucus results. “Folks come to the Democratic headquarters and overnight worked diligently to make sure that the […]

A company that makes pontoon boats will shut down its operation in Fort Dodge. Officials with Misty Harbor announced this week its plans to close the plant. The closing will affect the 45 employees of […]

Nominations are now being taken for this year’s Iowa Character Awards. Hilary Ortmann, spokeswoman for the Robert D. and Billie Ray Center at Drake University in Des Moines, says they’re looking for those who display […]

The Isle of Capri Casino in Bettendorf was fined $10,000 Tuesday by the Racing and Gaming Commission after a mother helped her underage son get onto the gambling floor in September. The administrator of the […]

At 4 p.m. today the Iowa Democratic Party finally started releasing results from last night’s Iowa Caucuses. The data dump from 62 percent of precincts shows Pete Buttigieg in first place, with nearly 27 percent […]

Iowans who get a hankering for a midnight snack will soon have to head for a convenience store and not the nearest HyVee. Starting next Monday, the West Des Moines-based grocery chain will stop keeping […]

Republican Governor Kim Reynolds is expressing bipartisan solidarity with the Iowa Democratic Party as it wades through the controversy over not-yet-released Caucus Night results. “Most importantly we want to make sure the results that we […]

State climatologist Justin Glissan says above normal precipitation and temperatures defined the weather for January. “The statewide average temperature was 22.8 degrees — and that’s about 3.4 degrees above average,” according to Glissan. “If we’re […]

Fire heavily damaged a Waterloo bowling alley early this morning. Firefighters from Waterloo, Cedar Falls, and four surrounding communities were called to Maple Lanes just after 4:30 a.m. and discovered thick, black smoke rolling out […]

The former University of Iowa professor who wrote a book titled “Why Iowa?” after the 2008 Caucuses sees irony in the title today. “Iowa has been challenged in its position for many, many election cycles,” […]

Iowa Democrats announced this morning the smartphone app developed to collect Caucus Night results had a coding error. Party officials say the app was taking in data correctly, but spitting out only partial data. Iowa […]

The candidates who had Caucus Night celebrations in Des Moines put their own spin on the unknown results. Pete Buttigieg addressed about 2000 supporters in a Drake University gym. “So we don’t know all the […]

The 2020 Iowa Caucuses are over, but the results have not been released. Iowa Democratic Party officials say there was no hack, the app for reporting results didn’t fail and the back-up phone lines were […]

The latest economic report from Creighton University shows significant improvements in both the Iowa and Midwestern economies for the second month in a row. Creighton economist Ernie Goss and his team survey business leaders and […]