State News

State auditors say the treasurer of a central Iowa school’s booster club improperly spent money on an Xbox games, eye glasses, Christmas decorations and other items that were unrelated to music programs in the district. […]

As one of his colleagues proposes wiping out all college debt for 45-million Americans, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley asks — where will that end? Wipe out all home mortgages? Grassley, a Republican, says the legislation […]

The Iowa State Patrol says a central Iowa woman was killed in a two-car accident in Story County on Monday afternoon. Reportedly, a southbound car driven by 63-year-old Gayle Lawton of Collins stopped at a […]

Two central Iowa judges are being asked this week to overturn two recently-passed state laws. The League of United Latin American Citizens and Iowa State University student Taylor Blair are asking a Polk County District […]

The Iowa State Fair is a little more than one month away and administrators are now looking for people to fill paid and volunteer positions. Spokesperson Mindy Williamson says there are lots of opportunities in […]

A farmer from west-central Iowa’s Greene County is taking the helm of the Iowa Soybean Association this fall but it comes with trepidation. Incoming president Tim Bardole of Rippey says these are very challenging times […]

The latest crop report shows the corn is planted across the state and beans are not far behind. Just two percent of the corn planting remained going into last week and with the planting done, […]

The top air show attraction in the world, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, will be performing its precision demonstrations over eastern Iowa this coming weekend. Ken Hopper is chairman and founder of the Quad City […]

An Anamosa man is going back to prison for helping to sell stolen guns. Forty-eight-year-old David Miller pleaded guilty to one count of posession of a firearm as a felon and was sentenced to seven […]

A singer and songwriter who recorded nearly four dozen top-40 hits is helping aspiring musicians in a northwest Iowa school district. Barry Manilow announced the winners of his Manilow Music Project on stage in Las […]