State News

Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar is the first of nine Democratic presidential candidates planning to campaign in Iowa this week, heading into a flurry of festivities surrounding Independence Day. Klobuchar started out this afternoon speaking to […]

The Department of Transportation released the much anticipated blackout license plate today. DOT spokesman Daniel Yeh says some orders are already waiting. “I’ve not counted yet — I just know from word of mouth from […]

The high heat is causing the concrete to buckle on some stretches of northwest Iowa roads. Troy Clouse, with the Iowa Department of Transportation, says he and his crews responded to five reports of pavement […]

A baby that was left in a hot car in northwest Iowa has died. Sioux City police say a 16-month-old girl has died after she was left alone in a car Sunday afternoon on a […]

They are picking up sticks today in Dubuque after storms blew through Sunday. City public works director John Klostermann says the storm carried a lot of punch with 60 to 70 mile-an-hour winds for a […]

A motorcycle accident in southwest Iowa’s Page County over the weekend has claimed the life of a Clarinda man. The Clarinda Police Department says 26-year-old Daniel Nathan August died at around 3:50 a.m. Saturday, after […]

A southwest Iowa man has been charged in connection with a deadly boat crash over the weekend in Missouri. A boat slammed into another Saturday night at the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri – […]

The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs has awarded $140,000 in grants for a new program to help the developers of film and digital media productions that tell Iowa stories. The leader of the State Office […]

A charging bull caused an all terrain vehicle accident in northwest Iowa. Fifty-two-year old Joseph Eickholt of rural Hinton was checking his cattle Friday evening when a bull had turned and started charging after Eickholt […]

If you are planning trips this week you will find plenty of company on the road. The number of travelers over the Fourth of July weekend is expected to set a record not just for […]