The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission is planning to raise the penalty against casinos for underage gambling and violations of the self-ban. During their meeting Thursday they discussed raising the minimum penalty from one to […]

A new group is proposing that businesses that use the most energy in Iowa be able to buy electricity from other sources. Under current rules, customers must use the utility assigned to both maintain the […]

A man from Sioux City who pleaded guilty to being in the U.S. Capitol on January 6th has been sentenced to 90 days in federal prison. Fifty-four-year-old Kenneth Rader must also serve three years of […]

A northwest Iowa woman and her newborn child have died after a single vehicle crash near Peterson early Tuesday evening. The accident happened just before 6 p.m. on a county road three miles north of […]

Governor Kim Reynolds has signed onto a lawsuit that seeks to stop President Biden’s plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student loan debt for many borrowers. Reynolds is joining a lawsuit filed by the […]

Many thousands of Iowa natives now live in Florida, including former Webster City resident Mindy Bolden, who rode out Hurricane Ian on Wednesday afternoon and evening at her home just south of Tampa. Bolden says […]

A southern Iowa man accused of convincing a Missouri girl to send him nude photos of herself has pleaded guilty to a federal child pornography charge. According to a U.S. Attorney’s Office in Missouri, 60-year-old […]

The state’s first archery deer season gets underway Saturday. DNR deer research specialist Jace Elliott says hunters have been preparing for weeks. “We’re gonna see about 60,000 hunters statewide participate in the archery season, that’s […]

A field fire in northwest Iowa this week caused more than half a million dollars in damage and, in southeast Iowa, three area fire departments were dispatched to battle a blaze in a field being […]

Police surrounded Fort Dodge Middle School on Wednesday afternoon after a student allegedly threatened to use a firearm. The school building was placed in a secure lockdown with a full investigation being conducted. The students […]

A northwest Iowa woman has pleaded guilty to felony theft and forgery charges after she allegedly took money from a dependent adult. According to a criminal complaint filed with the Sioux County Clerk of Court, […]

Financial constraints are forcing a north-central Iowa community to close its only fire station. Hamilton County Supervisor chairman Rick Young says the town of Randall, located just off Interstate 35, will have to depend on […]

U.S. Marshals and local officers from the Anamosa area have arrested a man who was wanted on several gun and drug-related charges. According to a news release from the U.S. Marshals Service, investigators learned 29-year-old […]

As the remnants of Hurricane Ian move northward, anyone who was hurt and in need of a transfusion may be getting blood from eastern Iowans. Kirby Winn, spokesman for the Davenport-based ImpactLife blood center, says […]

Northwest Iowa agencies began getting 911 calls at about seven this morning about a large fire at the Casey’s along Highway 18 on the west side of Hull. The Hull Fire Department responded and found […]

Officials in 44 Iowa counties have now taken action to express concerns about the three proposed carbon pipelines. In the past week, the Adair and Floyd County Boards of Supervisors have sent letters to state […]

A former Iowa State Patrol Trooper from Durant has pleaded guilty to a Civil Rights Violation. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 58-year-old Robert Smith admitted in a plea hearing to using improper force in striking […]

The National Weather Service still launches weather balloons, daily, and the Davenport office is doubling its number of launches as Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Florida. NWS meteorologist Timothy Gunkel says they normally send up […]