State News

The recount in the Fairfield mayor’s race has been completed and the woman who had won in a blind draw to break a tie ended up with a two-vote win. Connie Boyer finished tied in […]

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says Monday’s release of a U.S. Justice Department inspector general’s report on allegations of wrongdoing by the FBI confirms what he’s long suspected. “The FBI abused its power when it spied […]

Iowa politicians, commodity groups and Iowa’s business community are celebrating news of a deal that will lead to U.S. House ratification of a new trade agreement to replace NAFTA. Passage of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement will […]

The Board of Regents today approved a plan proposed by the University of Iowa to enter a partnership with a Paris-based energy services company to operate the school’s its utility system for the next 50 […]

Most Iowans will be off work and out of school on January 1st and they’re encouraged to begin 2020 with a healthy New Year’s Day hike through a state park. Todd Coffelt, chief of the […]

The Republican leader in the Iowa Senate predicts the 2020 Iowa legislature will likely raise the legal age for buying and possessing tobacco and e-cigarette products from 18 to 21. “We’re at a unique period […]

A study of drug overdose deaths finds there several different simultaneous opioid epidemics in the country rather than just a single crisis. Iowa State University associate sociology professor David Peters says one crisis is driven […]

Rescuers who arrived at the Cricket Hollow Zoo near Manchester on Monday discovered some of the animals were missing. The judge had ordered that all exotic animals at the zoo be removed immediately due to […]

A so-called “social media influencer” man who was found guilty of trying and force another person to transfer an internet domain to him will spend 14 years in federal prison. Twenty-seven-year-old Rossi Adams of Cedar […]

Davenport has struggled with Mississippi River flooding for much of 2019 and city public works director Nicole Gleason, estimates they will submit a FEMA request for $3.5 million dollars for clean-up, repairs and mitigation. That […]

A north-central Iowa man has pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of child pornography. Thirty-six-year-old Aaron Olson of Nora Springs admitted to possessing child pornography on a computer and memory card between 2017 and […]

Iowa defensive end A.J. Epenesa says the Holiday Bowl offers a marquee opponent for the Hawkeyes. After a 9-3 regular season the Hawkeyes will play USC on December 27th in their first visit to the […]

The former Wing Commander of the 185th Air National Guard Refueling Wing has been promoted to Brigadier General and given new duties. Former Colonel Larry Christensen received his star in ceremonies at the 185th Sunday […]

A central Iowa man may face stiff fines after killing six trumpeter swans. Acting on a tip, the Iowa DNR sent a conservation officer to Paul Errington Marsh, near Ankeny, on Friday where the officer […]

An Iowa State University Extension dairy specialist says stress continues to be an issue for milk producers trying to deal with low prices. Larry Tranel is also a psychologist. “We’ve seen a lot of cycles […]

Several Democratic presidential candidates were in Iowa over the weekend, including Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who ended four-day swing through the state with a town hall in Indianola on Sunday. Sanders said his Medicare For […]

An investigation is underway in central Iowa after a police officer shot a man. Police in the Des Moines suburb of Clive say the driver of a car refused to stop for a traffic violation […]

A Webster City physician is the author of a new book that focuses on the Japanese technique of bringing happiness and health through what’s known as “forest bathing.” Doctor Suzanne Bartlett Hackenmiller has done extensive […]

Midwestern neighbors won Iowa’s Democratic Party Caucuses in 1988 and 2008 and Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar is drawing crowds of undecided voters who have her “on the list.” Klobuchar uses “the list” as a punchline. […]

Iowa farmers could again be facing costly delays in planting early in 2020 as forecasters warn the chances are rising for another cold, wet spring ahead — and more flooding. Meteorologist Dennis Todey, director of […]