State News

Republican Senator Joni Ernst kicked off her bid for re-election in 2020 this weekend. “You and I know that this fight isn’t over and there’s more work to be done to push back on the […]

The Grand Falls and Lakeside casinos each agreed to fines for gambling violations Thursday at the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission meeting. Commission administrator, Brian Ohorilko, says the violation was discovered at Grand Falls in […]

Former Republican Governor Terry Branstad sat in the witness chair in a Des Moines courtroom for nearly six hours Friday and forcefully rejected allegations he tried to force a state administrator to resign seven years […]

An Iowa-made movie will have its world premiere in Hollywood’s famed Chinese Theater Saturday night, complete with searchlights and stars on a red carpet. Mason City native Tanna Frederick has the lead role in “Two […]

Terry Branstad this morning said his job as governor was “to listen to the people” and Branstad said he asked the state Workers Compensation Commissioner to resign shortly after the 2010 election after hearing complaints […]

A new program in a central Iowa prison aims to help fill the state’s skilled labor shortage and bring qualilty, affordable homes to rural areas, while also helping keep offenders from returning to prison. Joshua […]

The Iowa Supreme Court says a Muscatine woman should have been allowed to explore whether abuse played a role in her fatal shooting of her ex-boyfriend. A jury found Cathryn Ann Linn guilty of first-degree […]

Update: Investigators confirm that a stabbing and a fatal SUV fire in Waterloo early today are connected. Police say when officers arrived, they found a woman suffering from multiple non-life-threatening wounds, who was receiving care […]

The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission approved renovation plans for three casinos Thursday to create areas for sports books. Commission administrator, Brian Ohorilko, says the Lakeside Casino in Osceola is using existing space. He says […]

A film produced by the Iowa State University Seed Science Center is one of this year’s winners of the Telly Awards for video and television content. “Seeds! Diversity of Wonder” is a six-part documentary on […]