State News

All of the counties across the northern third of Iowa wrapped up the month as the 10th driest September on record, which is significant given that’s over one-and-a-half centuries of record keeping. Most of that […]

Some farmers in northwest and north-central Iowa are finding their crops damaged from last week’s cold snap. Angie Rieck Hinz , a field agronomist with the Iowa State University Extension, says the frost had the […]

Republican Governor Kim Reynolds and Democratic challenger Deidre DeJear are both talking about a Reynolds campaign ad that briefly features a Missouri congresswoman. Reynolds recited part of the ad script to the crowd at her […]

As dry conditions persist, particularly in northwest Iowa, many city water systems have asked customers to voluntarily conserve water. Todd Uhl, the public works director in Sheldon, says there’s no emergency yet, but things are […]

Federal drug agents are warning Iowa parents about so-called “rainbow fentanyl” being a potential danger to kids going trick-or-treating next month. Emily Murray, spokeswoman for the regional U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency office in Omaha, says […]

Books about Vietnam were the focus of an event Thursday at the Siouxland Freedom Park Interpretive Center. A long-time Sioux City college professor turned over his extensive collection of books on Vietnam during the event. […]

An experimental drug being tested on people with Alzheimer’s disease is showing promise and is very encouraging, according to Tim Harrington, a spokesman for the Iowa chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. The drug is called […]

A Johnson County District Court jury has awarded $12 million to a man who was found guilty of a sex crime he didn’t commit. The jury heard six days of testimony and deliberated for two […]

The hospital in Keokuk closed permanently at 7 a.m. today. Blessing Health System bought the hospital in Keokuk last year from UnityPoint. The facility needs millions of dollars in repairs and patient traffic has dwindled, […]

Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig says a “significant” percentage of landowners should agree to let carbon pipelines run through their property before any developer is granted eminent domain authority to acquire land from unwilling property […]