State News

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 […]

Former Secretary of State John Kerry has endorsed Joe Biden’s bid for the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential nomination. Kerry, the party’s 2004 presidential nominee, won Iowa’s Caucuses and joined Biden on the Iowa campaign trail […]

One person died in an accident in Buchanan County this morning. The accident happened southwest of Quasqueton around 7 a.m. on Troy Mills Boulevard near 290th Street. The Iowa State Patrol says a car heading […]

The former treasurer of the George Emergency Medical Services is now facing a theft charge. The Iowa DCI says 48-year-old Chad Alan Wessels is charged with first-degree theft after their investigation found around $18,000 in […]

The first shotgun deer season opens Saturday in Iowa and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources is again asking hunters for samples to test for Chronic Wasting Disease. CWD was first confirmed in wild deer […]

The top Republican in the Iowa Senate says GOP lawmakers are considering a tax package that may raise the state sale one percent, with part of the money financing water quality efforts and the rest […]

It’s feared this year’s Mississippi River flooding in the Quad Cities is damaging the population of freshwater mussels. About a half-million mussels were relocated to existing upstream mussel beds before construction started on the new […]