State News

A man classified as a “dangerous fugitive” by federal officials and wanted in Iowa on a weapons charge was arrested last week in Montana. The ATF says Elma, Iowa, was the last known address they […]

A man shot during a traffic stop in southwest Iowa is in critical condition at a Des Moines hospital. A Leon policeman pulled a car over shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday. State officials say a […]

A northwest Iowa woman battling an aggressive form of ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, was featured on The Today Show on NBC this morning. Twenty-five-year-old Jaci Hermstad of Spencer has been in New […]

The Dubuque Public Library is no longer charging fines to users who are late in getting books and other materials back in. Carnegie-Stout Library Director Susan Henricks says they were worried that the fines would […]

The world’s largest steam locomotive will be chugging across Iowa this month, carrying a full load of passengers. The 1940s-era locomotive known as Big Boy Number 4014 will steam from one end of Iowa to […]

A fifth and final book club meeting is scheduled in Red Oak today — for discussion of a 448-page publication that’s at the center of the country’s political debate. Barb Nelson, a Democrat from Red […]

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Iowa Lottery CEO Matt Strawn says the fiscal year that ended June 30th was a good one for the organization. Strawn declined to give an actual figure, as he says the numbers aren’t yet final. […]

Iowa advocates for renewable fuels are criticizing the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rules for refiners. The EPA has released its recommendations for the Renewable Fuels Standard in 2020. The amount of conventional ethanol that must […]

Hundreds of volunteers will spend much of the next week in canoes, working to clear trash out of the Boone River in north-central Iowa. Brian Soenen is coordinator of Iowa Project AWARE, which stands for […]