State News

The National Weather Service says a tornado that killed a woman near Adair was EF2 strength. The preliminary report from the NWS  says the tornado had estimated peak winds of 120-130 miles-an-hour. The path of […]

Two men who say they were abused by priests joined the Iowa Senate’s Democratic leader today in calling on Iowa lawmakers to do more for victims of child sex abuse. Senator Janet Petersen, a Democrat […]

A Winnebago County Supervisor was arrested for public intoxication following the group’s meeting Tuesday. The Forest City Police Department responded to an anonymous call to the State Patrol that Supervisor Mike Stensrud appeared to be […]

Republican Governor Kim Reynolds has rejected a plan to restrict the authority of Iowa’s attorney general. Reynolds says she shares concerns raised by Republican lawmakers about having Attorney General Tom Miller join lawsuits challenging Trump […]

What may be Iowa’s first tornado of 2019 claimed a life early this morning in the southwest corner of the state. National Weather Service Meteorologist Chad Hahn says there is severe storm damage in both […]

Iowa basketball coach Fran McCaffery has named Billy Taylor as an assistant coach on his basketball staff. Taylor replaces Andrew Francis, who left after nine years to join the staff at the University of California. […]

Democratic presidential candidate John Delaney was in Pacific Junction Tuesday, visiting with a couple who are among the hundreds of southwest Iowans who still can’t live in their homes more than two months after the […]

One person died, another was injured, during a possible tornado touchdown early this morning in western Iowa’s Adair County. The Adair County Sheriff’s office received a cellular 911 call at around about a residence that […]

Musicians from across the region will lend their talents to a benefit concert later this week, the proceeds from which will go to the victims of this spring’s Missouri River flooding. The Shamrock Theater in […]

Former Texas Congressman and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Beto  O’Rourke says President Trump’s trade policies have destroyed decades of work to open foreign markets to U.S. corn, soybeans and other commodities. An Iowa farmer asked […]