State News

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 […]

A Farm Bureau report says Iowa saw 27 farm owners file for bankruptcy during 2019. That’s almost double from the previous year when there were 14 farm bankruptcies statewide. Chad Hart, an agricultural economist at […]

A law enforcement chase with speeds that approached 110 miles an hour started early Sunday in Pottawattamie County and ended over an hour later in Guthrie County. Pottawattamie County Chief Deputy Sheriff Rob Ambrose says […]

Three generations of women in one family are providing a snapshot of Iowa Caucus-goers struggling to decide which candidate to support tonight. Anita Babe of Des Moines says there are just too many candidates. “We […]

The spread of the coronavirus and the recently signed phase one of a trade agreement has put a lot of focus on China. Iowa State University agricultural economist Wendong Zhang is from China and says […]

Waterloo police are investigating a weekend accident that left a bicyclist dead. Police say 45-year-old Gerrick Stotser of Waterloo died from injuries suffered in the accident, which happened in the 1800 block of Greenhill Road […]

The fast-spreading outbreak of the coronavirus overseas is evidently causing gasoline prices to fall in Iowa. Rose White at AAA-Iowa says the illness that has sickened at least 10-thousand people and killed more than 200 […]

Seven presidential candidates seeking support in the Iowa Democratic Party’s Caucuses campaigned in Iowa Sunday. At 7 p.m. tonight, Caucus-goers will start having their say. The three U.S. Senators running for president — who were […]

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders opened his first Iowa campaign event of the weekend with a unity message. “Certainly I hope that we are going to win, but if we do not win, we will support […]

At 10:30 on Friday night, Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren spoke to a packed brew pub in Des Moines. Warren’s been serving as a juror in the U.S. Senate’s impeachment trial all week and she […]

Woodbury County supervisor Jeremy Taylor is resigning after his residency was canceled last week when the county auditor ruled Taylor now lives in a new home outside the county district he was elected to serve. […]

Five years after moving to central Iowa, a native of France is launching a publishing company and her first in a planned series of books. Corrine Zaragozasays it’s a work of fantasy set in a […]

A Sac City-native and U.S. Marine Corps Major, Adam Wellington, will be at the controls of one of the jets in the military flyover at the Super Bowl in Miami on Sunday. The 37-year-old pilot […]

Iowa is not among the 15 states that have joined the lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s new rules putting further restrictions on SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Iowa Farmers Union President Aaron Lehman says […]

A spokesman for Governor Kim Reynolds says the backlog of applications from felons seeking restoration of their voting rights has been cleared. Reynolds announced earlier this month that she was working with her staff as […]

The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld the boating while intoxicated charge against a man who claimed he was on a private lake. Jeffrey Meyers was stopped in July of 2018 by conservation officers patrolling Lake […]

State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald says the amount you can take for a 2020 Iowa income tax deduction in the College Savings Iowa plan has increased. “In the year 2020, Iowans can put $3,439 into their […]

A year ago, many Iowa Democrats were debating how to pronounce Pete Buttigieg’s last name. He’s now projected to be among the top-tier finishers in the Iowa Caucuses on Monday. “Mayor Pete’s” performance in a […]

Thousands of rock-n-roll lovers are converging on Clear Lake for the Winter Dance Party at the Surf Ballroom. The three-day event started last night. It’s a celebration of the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens […]

President Donald Trump says re-negotiating international trade agreements was one of his top 2016 campaign promises — and tonight at a rally in Des Moines Trump touted the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement he signed this week. “I […]