State News

The Republican state senator who is challenging Republican Congressman Steve King’s bid for reelection is giving up a powerful legislative chairmanship to devote more time to the primary race. Republican Randy Feenstra of Hull has […]

A Waterloo woman has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for giving a potent, illegal and ultimately fatal drug to her cousin. Prosecutors say 39-year-old Marvita Roxanna Causey gave her cousin — […]

An eastern Iowa man will spend six months in prison for wrongly collecting Social Security benefits. A plea agreement with 58-year-old Larry Joe Hanson Senior of Cedar Rapids showed Hanson received Social Security disability benefits […]

A dairy farm in northwest Iowa is hosting an open house today to show off a unique series of robots that keep the operation running smoothly. Scott Schroeder, executive director of the Western Iowa Dairy […]

Two people from Illinois have pleaded guilty to several charges involving the illegal harvesting of ginseng back in July of 2018. State Conservation officer, Paul Kay, says it started after a report of activity in […]

An Iowa farmer invited to speak when President Trump visited a Council Bluffs ethanol plant yesterday (Tuesday) used the moment to make a plea on behalf of “corn country.” “Mr. President, you delivered on E15, […]

Interstate 35 in northern Iowa, near the Northwood exit, was closed for a couple of hours Tuesday afternoon as authorities negotiated with a motorist who’d been waving a gun at other vehicles. Officer Dana Knutson […]

During a speech in Ottumwa this morning, former Vice President Joe Biden unveiled a significant policy priority. “I promise you, if I’m elected president, you’re going to see the single-most important thing that changes in […]

The verbal jousting between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden happened on Iowa’s political stage today — although the two were never closer than 200 miles of one another. Biden went first, during […]

The upcoming three months will be a prime time to look for — and find — a new job in Iowa, according to the latest employment outlook survey from Manpower Group. Kathy Joblinske, Manpower’s executive […]