State News

One of the University of Iowa’s most accomplished space scientists is retiring. Professor Don Gurnett is retiring after spending more than six decades at the Iowa City institution, first as a rocket-building student, then as […]

Republican Senator Joni Ernst warns the escalating tariffs President Trump is threatening to impose on Mexican imports would derail the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement. “Tariffs cannot be the answer to everything,” Ernst said this afternoon […]

City and state road crews are working to re-open an Interstate 29 exit into downtown Sioux City that’s been closed by Missouri River flooding. “They plugged a couple more drains,” Mark Aesoph, the fire marshal […]

Ten members of Sioux City’s Urban Search and Rescue team were deployed to southwest Iowa early this morning. The crew took its rescue equipment and an amphibious vehicle. Captain Ryan Collins of Sioux City Fire […]

Two economists warn the escalation of trade tensions with Mexico will “speed up” the arrival of a recession. Iowa State University Extension economist Chad Hart says the tariffs increase the likelihood of a slowdown in […]

Backers of ethanol in Iowa are praising the announcement today  that the E-15 blend of gasoline will be allowed to be sold year round. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler told Radio Iowa […]

Only one day last week was suitable for Iowa farmers to work in their fields and this week may end up being a complete bust due to continued rain. Angie Rieck Hinz, an Iowa State […]

The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld a district court ruling that state regulators properly granted use of eminent domain for the Dakota Access pipeline. Several landowners and an environmental group sued saying the Bakken oil […]

Iowa’s two U.S. Senators, both Republicans, are urging President Trump to reconsider his threat of new tariffs on Mexico. Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst say they both agree something must be done to stop […]

The Iowa Department of Human Services reports a baby boy born has been turned over under the state’s safe haven law. DHS says the baby was born on May 17th at an Iowa hospital and […]