State News

Investors across Iowa are taking advantage of new federal tax incentives designed to spur economic development in distressed communities. They’re called Opportunity Zones and 62 of these areas have been designated across the state. One […]

The Libertarian Party of Iowa and one of its 2018 candidates have filed a lawsuit challenging a recent change in Iowa election law. Jake Porter of Council Bluffs, last year’s Libertarian candidate for governor, said […]

The Appanoose County Sheriff’s Department says two bodies were found in an open rail car Friday. Railroad employees were in the process of unhooking the cars when a body was discovered. Appanoose County deputies examined […]

Two people were killed in a head-on collision on Highway 30 in Cedar Rapids overnight. At 11:40 Sunday night, Cedar Rapids Police got a 911 call about a driver going the wrong way on Highway […]

You should keep a radio close this afternoon as forecasters say severe weather is a possibility. Meteorologist Cory Martin, with the National Weather Service in Johnston, says Iowans should monitor the forecast closely and have […]

A high-speed chase ended in a crash near Iowa City last night. Johnson County Sheriff’s deputies chased the a Ford Taurus south on Interstate 380 from Cedar Rapids and two Iowa Highway Patrol officers joined […]

A report from 24-7 Wall Street names the northwest Iowa community of Le Mars as the best place in the state to live. Le Mars Mayor Dick Kirchoff  says he’s pleased to see others recognize […]

The Democrat who came within three points of defeating Republican Congressman Steve King in 2018 will run for congress again in 2020. J.D. Scholten released a campaign video ad this morning to make the announcement […]

The State Board of Education gave final approval to a change to require all new school buses have seatbelts in them — but that wasn’t the only change made to the rules. Department of Education […]

An autopsy is planned on a Waukee man who died while inner-tubing on Clear Lake over the weekend. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says at about 2:30 Saturday afternoon, 28-year-old Daniel Linderman was tubing […]