State News

More than 100,000 of farmland in three southwest Iowa counties were flooded this spring. One southwest Iowa farmer says his family has been able to plant just three percent their cropland due to this spring’s […]

A man working on a wind turbine in northern Kossuth County was run over by a semi and killed at the work site Wednesday. According to the Kossuth County Sheriff’s Department, an ambulance was requested […]

Iowa State University researchers may have discovered a more environmentally-friendly fertilizer. While working with a type of charcoal called biochar, they realized it could basically act as a sponge to capture phosphorus from agricultural runoff. […]

Missouri has once again revoked the license of a former trooper involved in the 2014 drowning of an Iowa man. The Missouri Department of Public Safety has once again revoked Anthony Piercy’s peace officer license […]

Former University of Iowa Head Women’s Volleyball Coach Bond Shymansky acknowledges that an NCAA violation was committed when he provided financial assistance to a team member during the summer of 2017 to cover her rent. […]

Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says it is important to move ahead after the man in line to become the Secretary of Defense withdrew his name when allegations surfaced that he abused his wife. “We need […]

Three dozen flood victims in southwest Iowa have said they want to live temporarily in mobile homes provided by FEMA, but state officials suspect many more need to move into a FEMA trailer. Iowa Homeland […]

One of the most successful fundraisers for the American Cancer Society is now underway in Iowa. The Relay for Life is being held in nearly 80 Iowa communities this year. Tina Coleman, spokeswoman for the […]

Governor Kim Reynolds has appointed a former state legislator who once served as the Iowa GOP’s co-chair to lead the state agency responsible for handling personnel issues in state government. Jim Kurtenbach will begin his […]

A critical component for moving Iowa grain to the global marketplace is finally back on track. After months of widespread flooding on Iowa’s eastern and western borders, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports barge […]