State News

Republican Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a bill into law that makes changes in how cities and counties set budgets and raise property taxes. The bill was a priority for Republican House Speaker Linda Upmeyer […]

More than 2,600 athletes from across Iowa are converging on Ames this afternoon for the start of the Special Olympics Iowa Summer Games. Karen Whitman, spokeswoman for Special Olympics Iowa, says there was a torch […]

The Trump Administration has announced another round of payments for farmers, to compensate for lower commodity prices amid trade tensions with China. IOWA Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig said it’s needed, because corn and soybean prices […]

An author from central Iowa has written a book that focuses on the successes — and stumbles — of some of the state’s most well-known figures. Aaron Putze of Ankeny says his non-fiction book, “You […]

Five eastern Iowa men have been charged with sex trafficking, often in the Johnson County area. Twenty-one-year-old Isaiah Devon Patterson is accused of using advertising to sell sex with a minor girl. Twenty-five-year-old Arrion Marcus […]

State officials got a grant in 2016 to update floodplain maps for 47 Iowa counties and they’re about halfway through the project. Residents will be able to see the proposed updates to maps for Linn […]

A monthly report from the Iowa Association of Realtors finds almost 3,200 homes were sold in Iowa last month, down about 200 homes from April of last year. Association president John Goede, of Spencer, says […]

The Iowa Department of Education has added some new features to the online system that tells how public schools are measuring up to federal requirements. Department spokesperson, Staci Hupp, says the information folds in with […]

Attorney General Tom Miller, a Democrat, today said the agreement he’s just made with Republican Governor Kim Reynolds means it’s “pretty unlikely” he’ll sign the State of Iowa onto multi-state lawsuits challenging Trump Administration policies. […]

Iowa basketball player Joe Wieskamp has withdrawn his name from the 2019 NBA Draft and will return for his sophomore season. “I am excited to announce that I will be returning to the University of […]