State News

A restored World War Two-era bomber will be flying into Mason City Friday, offering tours and flights to small groups of passengers. While 12,000 of the Flying Fortresses were built during the war, only a […]

Governor Kim Reynolds today announced the appointment of a new director of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Kayla Lyon is a Decorah native who currently lives in Ames and will become the first woman […]

Waterloo police are investigating whether a body found outside a downtown high-rise apartment building is that of a missing woman. ​The probe began late Tuesday afternoon when someone discovered a woman’s body on top of […]

Three weeks to the day after responding to Iowa’s largest-ever animal hoarding case, the Animal Rescue League of Iowa removed more than a dozen dogs from a property in western Iowa’s Audubon County on Tuesday. […]

A special investigation by the state auditor’s office has found a fired county employee in southeast Iowa submitted inflated and sometimes fake claims for nearly $218,000 in pay and reimbursement for expenses. Forty-three-year-old Jodi Sutter […]

A single-vehicle accident claimed the life of a western Iowa man Tuesday afternoon. The crash occurred east of Harlan at around 4 p.m. The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office reports 71-year-old Dale Hemminger, of Harlan, died […]

The weather forecast for the coming days in Iowa is calling for both the temperature and the humidity levels to go higher, and health officials caution people to be prepared for the heat. Floyd Valley […]

The Iowa Farm Bureau is hosting an economic summit on Friday in Des Moines under the heading, “Managing Through Challenging Times.” Iowa Farm Bureau president Craig Hill says it’s been a tough couple of years […]

One of the Democrats who did not qualify to be among the 20 presidential candidates in nationally-televised debates tonight and tomorrow night will be campaigning in Iowa today. Montana Governor Steve Bullock introduced himself to […]

NASA is awarding the University of Iowa a large grant to study the mysterious interactions between the magnetic fields of the Earth and sun. At $115 million, it’s the U-I’s largest-ever research project. Craig Kletzing, […]