State News

A 55 year old man serving a life prison sentence for shooting his wife to death in their central Iowa home has died in state custody. In April of 2014, Vallerie Cory’s co-workers at the […]

The red kettles are out for the annual holiday giving campaign for the Salvation Army. Spokesperson Tamyra  Harrison of the Des Moines Salvation Army says they have volunteers out ringing bells across central Iowa. “We […]

Pella Police arrested a male Middle School student this morning after he assaulted multiple students. Police Chief Shane McSheehy held a news conference to explain what happened. “Initial investigation determined that a 14-year-old student at […]

Judges on a federal appeals court in Omaha today quizzed an attorney representing two Iowa counties and the attorney for Summit Carbon Solutions, which is asking the court to nullify pipeline zoning ordinances. An attorney […]

President-elect Donald Trump has announced he’s chosen an Iowan to be U.S. Ambassador to NATO. Matt Whitaker was the acting U.S. Attorney General for three months during Trump’s first term in office. During a September […]

An Iowa nonprofit that offers social services to youth statewide will open an addiction treatment facility near Ames next month. Youth and Shelter Services, known as YSS, will run a residential treatment program, as well […]

Roadways and airports have been crowded during the holiday periods all through this year and it looks like that is not going to ease up next week for Thanksgiving. AAA Iowa spokesman, Brian Ortner says […]

The U.S. Navy submarine that’s named after the state of Iowa is back at port in Connecticut after its first test drives — and test dives — in the Atlantic Ocean. Mat Tanner, a retired […]

Authorities in Iowa and two neighboring states are still sorting out the details of a violent, deadly crash that shut down Interstate-29 in northwest Missouri on Sunday. It all began as a pursuit by Nebraska […]

Federal regulators say the Iowa Department of Natural Resources should add half a dozen river segments to the state’s 2024 list of impaired waterways. The EPA says nitrate levels in sections of the Cedar, Des […]