State News

Governor Kim Reynolds tonight said Iowa’s health care system is being “pushed to the brink” and she has issued a statewide mask mandate for many public places. “If Iowans don’t buy into this, we lose,” […]

State officials say a 72-year-old inmate at the state prison in Clarinda has died of complications related to Covid. Gene Edward Dryer was sentenced to life in prison in 1994 after he was found guilty […]

Governor Kim Reynolds plans to deliver a statewide address this  to unveil new pandemic-related policies — and it appears to be more than six decades since an Iowa governor has delivered a televised address at […]

As Iowa farmers await passage of the next Farm Bill, they’re also waiting to see who will lead the debate in congress. Iowa Farm Bureau president Craig Hill says the Minnesota Democrat who was the […]

Governor Kim Reynolds intends to deliver a special statewide address to Iowans tonight, “to announce new steps to fight the virus,” according to an advisory from her office. Iowa governors deliver an inaugural address and, […]

Iowa senior defensive lineman Zach VanValkenburg has been named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week, following Iowa’s 35-7 win at Minnesota, as the Hawkeyes retained Floyd of Rosedale for a school-record sixth straight […]

The Iowa State Education Association says schools should be allowed to go online until coronavirus infections subside, without seeking approval from state officials. More than 40 school districts are currently operating all or some grades […]

Iowa cattle producers could soon be able to use a cell phone app on their animals that’s based on bovine facial recognition. Kansas State University animal scientist K.C. Olson says they gathered about a thousand […]

Iowa remains the nation’s top pork producer and 2020 will go down as a record year for pork exports, according to new report from the U.S. Meat Export Federation. Pork exports during September bounced ten-percent […]

There were 1392 Covid patients in Iowa hospitals Sunday evening. That’s three times as many as a month ago and nearly double the number that were hospitalized on November 1. “I think the word unprecedented […]