State News

Iowa Congresswoman Cindy Axne is pushing for a lifetime ban on members of congress becoming lobbyists after they leave the U.S. House or Senate. Axne said over the last several years there’s been a “massive” […]

Today is the 75th anniversary of the invasion of Europe by the United States and its allies in what General Dwight Eisenhower called the “Great Crusade” to end World War Two. Iowa Gold Star Military […]

Two of the nearly two dozen candidates in the race for the Democratic Party’s next presidential nomination have the largest array of paid staff deployed in Iowa. Both have spent significant time here, too, personally […]

The president of IHOP will soon become the chief executive of Casey’s General Stores. Darren Rebelez will take over as president and CEO of Casey’s General Stores June 24. He’s been chief executive of IHOP […]

The Iowa Court of Appeals has ruled the “stand your ground” law does not apply to a northeast Iowa man’s murder case. Steve Fordyce was convicted by a judge of voluntary manslaughter after he shot […]

A state board has approved selling the former American Institute of Business campus in Des Moines for $7.5 million. The 14-acre campus was turned over to the University of Iowa after AIB closed in 2015. […]

A four-year-old boy has died after being hit by a pick-up on a rural road north of Little Rock Monday afternoon. Officials say a 77-year-old man driving the pickup slowed to about 10 mph when […]

Iowa senior Cole McDonald was selected by the Houston Astros on Wednesday in the 15th Round of the 2019 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. The right-handed pitcher from New Hampton, Iowa, was taken with […]

A northeast Iowa man has been accused of planning a bank robbery. According to the Fayette County Sheriff’s office, 22-year old Gary McNamara of Oelwein was arrested after a month-long investigation of reports that three […]

A GoFundMe account is raising money for the family of an Illinois man who died after saving his daughter from a dog that attacked three people in Fort Madison. Fort Madison police responded to a […]