State News

With forecasts calling for up to five inches of rain over three days this week, several counties in southwest Iowa are preparing for more Missouri River flooding. Michael Bertacini is an emergency management specialist with […]

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley has issued a statement this morning, criticizing “uninformed speculation” about the whistleblower whose complaint is now at the center of the impeachment inquiry in the U.S. House. Grassley has been an […]

A 14-year-old Fort Dodge boy was apprehended Monday on a charge of “threat of terrorism” after allegedly posting an ad online for the position of “school shooter.” Authorities were made aware of the online job […]

The wet weather that delayed the planting season has returned to hinder the harvest. The U.S.D.A. crop report out Monday shows there were only about three days suitable for fieldwork last week because of poor […]

A Republican from Ottumwa who’s a member of the state senate is launching another bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Mariannette Miller-Meeks ran for congress in 2008, 2010 and 2014, losing […]

The public library in Dubuque is giving away 4,000 copies of a book as part of a community-wide reading program. Library director Susan Henricks says the book is “Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and […]

More than 40 counties across western, central and northern Iowa are under a Flash Flood Watch starting tonight and running through Wednesday. Meteorologist Andrew Ansorge, at the National Weather Service office in Johnston, says there’s […]

The first female speaker of the Iowa House is stepping down. “It’s been a huge privilege and honor to do the job, whether you’re male or female, but I’m particularly I guess touched and privileged […]

The impact of closing Charles City’s chicken manufacturing plant, called Simply Essentials, forced Floyd County’s unemployment rate to jump. Area Development Corporation director Tim Fox says the numbers from Iowa Workforce Development are troubling. “Our […]

Iowa City is the latest community in the state to move forward with a bike share program. The council is working with a company called Gotcha to launch the service later this fall. Iowa City […]

The executive director of the Iowa Business Council says their third-quarter survey shows weaker confidence among members. Georgia Van Gundy says the survey found sales expectations for the next year were down 24 percent compared […]

Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker announced on Twitter his campaign has hit his 10-day, $1.7 million fundraising goal. Booker set the goal September 21 in Des Moines, shortly before speaking with Radio Iowa. “We have […]

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The private company that sends severe weather text alerts for many Iowa counties misfired this weekend. The company was conducting a software upgrade when blizzard and fire warnings were sent to phones in Iowa shortly […]

A Webster City employee was hit and killed while bicycling early Saturday near Pierson in Woodbury County. Reportedly, an eastbound 2017 Ford Transit van operated by 19-year-old Aaron J. Albert of Mondamin was traveling on […]

The governor has announced the State of Iowa’s last fiscal year ended with a surplus of nearly $290 million. The state’s 12-month fiscal year ended June 30th, but the books don’t close until two months […]

The president of the Iowa Association of Realtors says home sales across the state were up in August. John Goede says that’s not the only good thing he sees in the numbers. “And just as […]

Grinnell College is showing off its new collection of rare books, acquired from the Salisbury House in Des Moines. It includes some 5,000 first editions, signed books and documents from Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, Abraham […]

The Iowa Department of Public Health says the number of vaping cases linked to severe respiratory illness have increased. The Health Department says there have been 23 reported cases in Iowa and no deaths. That […]

The actions of two eastern Iowa law officers are being called “reasonable” after the death of a man shortly after being taken into custody. Following a lengthy review, including of police body-cam footage, the Muscatine […]