State News

A strike has been averted at the General Mills plant in Cedar Rapids. The union representing some 520 workers at the General Mills plant says they ratified a new contract on Thursday after three sessions […]

The Iowa State Patrol is investigating a deadly crash on Thursday in south-central Iowa’s Decatur County. Troopers say a pickup truck crossed the center line of a county road, forcing an oncoming septic pump truck […]

Researchers at Iowa State University are working to develop a glove to better protect firefighters from extreme heat while also allowing their fingers to remain agile. Professor Guowen Song, who runs ISU’s Labs for Functional […]

The board that governs Iowa’s three public universities has released a study which indicates the institutions provide an economic spark to the state. Consultant Hannah Ruffridge told the board yesterday that her firm estimate the […]

A two-day hearing to decide if some evidence could be suppressed in Cristhian Bahena Rivera’s murder trial concluded Thursday afternoon in Poweshiek County. Rivera’s defense team wanted to put in evidence an affidavit by Rivera […]

Authorities say a woman and a baby died in a Webster City apartment Sunday, but the cause of their deaths has been released. Webster City Police on Thursday afternoon released the names of the two […]

State officials have drafted a preliminary list classifying 622 Iowa waterways as “impaired” during 2018. That’s a two percent increase from the previous year’s list. Roger Bruner supervises the water monitoring staff in the Iowa […]

The University of Northern Iowa is getting an eight-figure gift. David Takes is a member of UNI’s board of trustees and a 1981 alum. Takes and his wife, Karen, of Cedar Falls, are donating $10-million […]

Central will be out to win a share of its first conference title since 2009 and lock up a trip to the NCAA Division III playoffs when the Dutch close the regular season at Coe. […]

A new report on the use and abuse of legal and illegal drugs in Iowa finds progress in some areas and a backslide in others. The 2020 Iowa Drug Control Strategy places Iowa 47th nationally […]