State News

Fitness clubs in 77 Iowa counties are among the businesses that will be allowed to reopen Friday with several restrictions due to the pandemic. Dan Haynes, executive director of the Nishna Valley YMCA in Atlantic, […]

Iowa’s Secretary of State, Paul Pate, is looking for poll workers to help voters during the June 2nd primary. Pate says the coronavirus has them changing their approach. “Normally Iowa’s poll workers tend to come […]

Nearly 900 Iowa National Guard soldiers have been called to active duty to help in the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Adjutant General Benjamin Corell says 150 of those soldiers are at call centers […]

Tyson will temporarily shut down its Dakota City beef facility near Sioux City this weekend. According to a statement from the company, the facility will pause operations starting Friday through Monday, May 4th to complete […]

While several tax filing deadlines have been pushed back by the state and federal governments, other tax deadlines are still in place and Iowans are warned to be aware. John Fuller, spokesman for the Iowa […]

Governor Kim Reynolds today said the data shows Iowa hospitals have not been overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients and test results show the disease is not prevalent in the 77 counties where she’s lifted some restrictions. […]

Two dozen members of the Iowa legislature met by phone this )morning and voted to keep the 2020 legislative session suspended until May 15th. Key leaders say it’s hard to plan in the midst of […]

A special investigation by the State Auditor’s office found nearly $28,000 of improper spending in the Postville Volunteer Fire Department. City officials in Postville asked for the review due to concerns about how the fire […]

A few Iowa counties are now seeing gasoline prices averaging a $1.10 a gallon, the lowest prices we’ve seen in many years. Rose White, spokeswoman for AAA-Iowa, says prices have been falling during the coronavirus […]

Two children were killed, several hurt, when a minivan crashed in central Iowa on Tuesday. The Iowa State Patrol says the minivan was being driven by a 16-year-old and it crashed near Jamaica in Dallas […]