State News

The next two weeks represent the most difficult time of the entire year for the LifeServe Blood Center, as donors become scarce due to things like holiday travel, flu season and the winter weather. Danielle […]

It will be USC’s surging offense against Iowa’s highly ranked defense in next week’s Holiday Bowl in San Diego. The Trojans averaged 41 points in a three game winning streak to end the regular season […]

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker says he likely missed out on a fundraising boost by being excluded from tonight’s debate among the Democratic presidential candidates. “It’s exposure that is incredibly valuable,” Booker said this evening […]

A special investigation released today by the State Auditor’s Office has concluded an employee improperly collected at least $1.8 million from the Des Moines-area Metro Waste Authority. State Auditor Rob Sand today said Jeff Dworek, […]

There’s strong, negative reaction from Iowa politicians and the state’s biofuels industry to today’s EPA decision on the Renewable Fuels Standard. “Unfortunately, President Trump turned his back on providing certainty for farmers and instead granted […]

The Federal Aviation Administration is proposing a $145,452 civil penalty against the Sioux Gateway Airport for numerous alleged safety violations at the Iowa airfield. The FAA inspected Sioux Gateway Airport in May 2018, June 2019 […]

Leaders in southwest Iowa’s Page County held two public hearings this week to gather residents’ comments on wind power, whether to allow more wind turbines to be built or to enact tighter regulations on the […]

Notre Dame is conducting its first scrimmage leading up to the December 28th Camping World Bowl in Orlando against Iowa State. Fighting Irish coach Brian Kelly says his team has been mixing final exams with […]

A high school dropout from Des Moines who had her first child at age 14 and a second at 15 is among the 2,200 students who will be graduating from Iowa State University this weekend. […]

A group representing Iowa’s largest chambers of commerce is urging lawmakers to take steps to address the shortage of qualified and available workers in the state. Iowa Chamber Alliance executive director Dustin Miller says many […]

Iowa is seeing a slight upturn in the number of uninsured children but the Hawkeye State still has one of the lowest rates in the country. Joan Alker, executive director of the Georgetown University Center […]

The three Iowa Democrats serving in the U.S. House voted to impeach President Trump tonight. Congressman Steve King, the only Iowa Republican in the delegation, opposed it. He said earlier this afternoon that Democrats were […]

If Iowa voters cannot make it to their neighborhood precinct meeting site on Caucus Night, the Iowa Democratic Party is sanctioning 99 “satellite” locations for caucusing on February 3, including three locations for Iowans who […]

The Iowa Court of Appeals has denied the appeal of an eastern Iowa woman who was convicted of murder and attempted murder after slitting the throats of her two young sons. Michelle Kehoe of Coralville […]

Republican Congressman Steve King says Democrats began planning to impeach Donald Trump on November 9th of 2016, the day after Trump was elected president. King had a brief turn at the microphone today as the […]

The Iowa Court of Appeals has ordered a new trial for Dubuque man found guilty of murdering his girlfriend. Fontae Buelow was found guilty of second-degree murder in the stabbing of his girlfriend Samantha Link […]

Forecasters say Iowa’s weather will warm up and stay dry headed into the year-end holidays, making for easier travel by road and air. Rose White, at AAA-Iowa, says between this Saturday and New Year’s Day, […]

The superintendent of the Mount Vernon School district says it appears an outbreak of outbreak of pertussis, better known as whooping cough, is winding down. Superintendent Greg Batenhorst told KCRG TV he first became aware […]

A Winnebago County supervisor has pleaded guilty to charges after bringing a gun to a meeting and being drunk. Sixty-three-year-old Michael Stensrud of Lake Mills pleaded guilty to the charges of carrying a firearm while […]

Republican Senator Joni Ernst today said she favors a “speedy trial” if — as expected — the House sends articles of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate. “Obviously, we all are paying attention to […]