State News

The Executive Director of the Iowa Turkey Federation, Gretta Irwin, says the state’s seen an increase in turkey producers in recent years. Iowa now has about 130 turkey farms with the majority of them comprised […]

One person was killed and two others, including a child, were injured during a collision Saturday morning in southwest Iowa’s Adams County. The Iowa State Patrol says a 2010 Freightliner semi driven by 26-year old […]

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is campaigning in western Iowa today as he releases a plan to address retirement security and it includes a publicly-managed pension system he calls a “public option 401(k).” “My parent’s […]

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris told a crowd in Washington, Iowa, this weekend that now is the time to talk about the “contrasts” among the candidates. Harris suggested her political aims are far different than […]

Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack and his wife, Christie, endorsed Joe Biden’s bid for president today. Tom Vilsack said Biden has a unique combination of experience and long-standing relationships with decision-makers around the globe. “We […]

Due to year-end budget constraints, some road repair crews are having to stop working on flood-damaged highways in southwest Iowa. While water remains in parts of Fremont County closest to the Missouri River, retreating floodwaters […]

State Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig says the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has announced an alternative dispute resolution process with propane distributors. Naig says that could help ease the shipping issues created by the late harvest […]

The legislature is not likely to make wholesale changes in the state’s tax credit system according to a panel of lawmakers who spoke today at a meeting of the Iowa Taxpayers Association. Representative Dave Jacoby […]

The Denison Community School District has completed its investigation and will be reinstating a teacher who used the “N” word when teaching about a court case. The Denison Community School District said while it is […]

Kansas and Arizona authorities have issued a “silver alert” for a missing Sharpsburg, Iowa man. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and Arizona Department of Public Safety say 90-year-old James Lewis Larson was last seen November […]

A judge has temporarily halted plans to execute a north-central Iowa drug kingpin for the 1993 murders of three adult witnesses and two children. Dustin Honken of Britt was convicted of the July 1993 murders […]

An environmental advocacy group is raising concerns about Iowa’s levees, some of which haven’t been assessed since 2016. The Environmental Law and Policy Center recently reviewed flood protections on the Upper Mississippi River. Howard Learner, […]

Two people are in custody after a standoff in the southwest Iowa town of Farragut. The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were notified Thursday evening that a man wanted out of Marshalltown was hiding […]

University of Iowa researchers are partnering with schools in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City to study how children learn words and form a vocabulary. Bob McMurray, a U-I professor in the Department of Psychological and […]

The latest update from the state finds the amount of precipitation in the “Water Year” for the state is well above normal. The DNR’s Tim Hall says that year runs from Iowa from October of […]

As South Dakota officials attract national attention for their anti-meth campaign, the drug is a growing problem in Iowa as well. “We’ve seen an increase in the use of methamphetamine, the availability of methamphetamine, the […]

After this year’s record-setting Mississippi River flooding, a study will soon be launched on how to best protect the Water Pollution Control Plant in Iowa’s third-largest city. Nicole Gleason, Davenport’s Public Works director, says during […]

Three men are charged with illegally shooting a trumpeter swan at the Cedar Bottoms Wildlife Management Area in Muscatine County. Conservation officer Derrick Slutts says he investigated after getting a tip that the swan had […]

Republican Senator Joni Ernst and the top Democrat in the senate are hurling accusations at one another over a bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. Ernst accuses New York Senator Chuck Schumer of […]

Officials with Iowa’s biodiesel industry are in Washington D.C. this week, pushing members of Congress for promised extensions of tax credits. For two years, biodiesel plants have operated under the promise that tax credits will […]