State News

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 […]

The CEO of the Animal Rescue League of Iowa says it’s by far the worst animal hoarding case in more than a decade, with animals found in “absolutely horrendous” conditions. Tom Colvin says teams wearing […]

A grand opening is set for this afternoon to show off the historic Hotel Maytag in Newton. Various city officials and the public have been invited to a program and tour of the renovations that […]

Officials says the company hired to shoot off fireworks in Oelwein this weekend will not be used again after an accident that injured several people during a town event. One of the events of the […]

With another school year wrapped up, low-income Iowa youngsters who got many of their meals at school won’t go hungry, thanks to the Summer Food Service Program which started this week. Dylan Lampe, a spokesman […]