State News

The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation has identified the man shot to death by a Fort Madison police officer Tuesday night. The DCI says 42-year-old  Robert Allen Elfgen of West Point was shot while brandishing […]

Two people were killed in a three-vehicle accident involving a wrong-way driver on Interstate 35 north of Clear Lake on Wednesday morning. The Iowa State Patrol says a van driven by 30-year-old Henry Robinson of […]

A Iowa man who was the subject of an Amber Alert after kidnapping his wife and kids faces more than six years in federal prison. Thirty-two-year -old Frank Young of Anamosa was sentenced after pleading […]

A central Iowa man was killed in a crash in western Iowa on Wednesday. The Iowa State Patrol reports 26-year-old Brian John Clymer, of Colfax, died when the 2003 Chevy S-10 pickup he was driving […]

The Iowa Department of Public Health’s medical director says there were 49 cases of active tuberculosis in Iowa last year. Dr. Caitlin Pedati says that’s a significant reduction compared to historic trends in Iowa. “As […]

Concerns are rising for a nonprofit group in central Iowa as year-end donations are still far below the goal. Major Jason Poff, with the Salvation Army, says the Red Kettle Campaign in the Des Moines […]

The annual Iowa State University survey shows the statewide value of an acre of farmland increased by 2.3 percent and now is estimated at $7,432. Wendong Zhang conducts the survey and doesn’t think it’s a […]

Governor Kim Reynolds says physicians from the University of Iowa Hospitals will visit the state-run Glenwood Resource Center today “to do a review of the patients, look at the charts and just make sure their […]

A memorial celebration for former Iowa Congressman Berkley Bedell will be held next summer in the Spirit Lake area. The 98-year-old Bedell died December 7th, three days after suffering a massive stroke in Naples, Florida. […]

The trial of a man accused of murdering a Cedar Rapids woman 40 years ago is being moved out of Linn County. A judge has ruled that the trial of 65-year-old Jerry Burns should be […]

State officials are launching a digital ad campaign about the dangers of “vaping” with electronic cigarettes, hoping to get the message to both teenagers and their parents. Governor Kim Reynolds today said one out of […]

The Missouri River at southwest Iowa’s Fremont County fell below flood stage this week for the first time in 270 days. Flood warnings have been in effect for the river since March, but it’s now […]

The state Division of Criminal Investigation is looking into a fatal shooting by a police officer in southeast Iowa. Responding to a call about a man with a handgun, the Fort Madison Police Department sent […]

Public health officials will be at a northern Iowa high school before Christmas break to test students, staff and others who may have had close contact with a student who’s been diagnosed with tuberculosis. Administrators […]

The Ankeny-based Casey’s General Stores convenience store chain report an increase in earnings for the second quarter. CEO Darren Rebelez talked about the results in a conference call with investors. “Diluted earnings per share for […]

A restructuring of the football staff at Upper Iowa means the Peacocks are getting a new head coach. Vice President for Athletics Rick Hartzell announced late Tuesday that Tom Shea will transition to a new […]

Iowa farmers who need propane to dry their grain, as well as to keep their livestock and homes warm, will soon be seeing relief from the recent shortage of the fuel. The Federal Energy Regulatory […]

Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro says Iowa’s Caucuses are too flawed to remain first-in-the-nation in 2024 and he hosted a more than hour-long forum at Drake University in Des Moines this evening to discuss the […]

Entrepreneur Andrew Yang celebrated with supporters in Des Moines today shortly after learning he qualified for the next televised debate for the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. “The candidate that no one saw coming just beat […]

A Democrat state lawmaker from Iowa City is criticizing the deal approved today by the Board of Regents that will let a French company run the University of Iowa’s utilities for a lump sum payment. […]