State News

Quad Cities-based Deere and Company is reporting favorable second quarter earnings, despite Iowa farmers facing significant challenges from foul weather, poor commodity prices and international trade troubles. During a conference call this morning, Brent Norwood, […]

Three people are charged with animal neglect after more than 50 animals were removed from a house in Storm Lake on Wednesday. Police were notified by a neighbor about the conditions in the house, and […]

The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld the law that changed the bargaining rights of unions. The 2017 changes to the state bargaining rules ended payroll deductions for union dues and limited the number of topics […]

The Des Moines Register is reporting Vermeer Manufacturing is seeking nearly $6 million in state incentives as the company rebuilds from last year’s tornado. Vermeer’s Pella facilities were heavily damaged by a tornado last July. […]

Iowa State University researchers say the largest population of monarch butterflies in more than a decade could be headed to Iowa and the Midwest later this spring, prompting a good news-bad news scenario. Steve Bradbury, […]

The tornado recovery continues in Marshallton as the damaged dome atop the Marshall County Courthouse was taken down earlier this week. Marshall County Building and Grounds Director Lucas Baedke says it involved serval hours of […]

Montana Governor Steve Bullock — a new entrant in the contest for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination — began his speech to a crowd in Des Moines last night with the core message that’s unifying […]

A 22-year-old northeast Iowa man faces a murder charge for a baby’s death nearly a year ago. Four-week-old Holden Smith died last May of brain injuries. He’d been rushed to the hospital in Sumner four […]

A western Iowa wildlife area reopened this week after being forced to close due to flooding two months ago. DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge usually sees visitors year-round, but it closed in mid-March as Missouri River […]

The Marshalltown Community School District has additional counselors available at Franklin Elementary school today after a student died in an accident. Eight-year-old old Christian Maxon was crossing Main Street near Franklin Elementary School yesterday in […]