State News

Applications for this year’s Iowa Century and Iowa Heritage Farms are due soon. Becky Lorenz  coordinates the program at the Iowa Department of Agriculture, which singles out the state’s long-time family farms. “A Heritage Farm […]

Three Iowa teams prepare for the NCAA Division III baseball regionals this week. American Rivers Conference Tournament champion Buena Vista will travel to River Forest, Illinois and play top ranked Concordia-Chicago in Friday’s opening round. […]

A lawyer from Des Moines has launched her bid to win the Democratic Party’s nomination for the U.S. Senate and face Republican Senator Joni Ernst in 2020. Kimberly Graham currently represents abused and neglected kids […]

The 79th annual Orange City Tulip Festival begins Thursday and runs through Saturday. Orange City Chamber of Commerce executive director, Mike Hoffman, cool weather has been a concern, but things are warming up at the […]

An accident in Fayette County totaled a semi and left thousands of chickens dead. At about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday , the Fayette County Sheriff received a 911 call, reporting a semi rollover on Highway 18, […]

The Senate’s Republican leader has promised a vote will be held next week on a disaster relief package and Iowa Senator Joni Ernst, a Republican, says she’s encouraged by progress toward a final deal. “Hopefully […]

Work is underway in Waterloo to repair a broken a wastewater pipe that’s letting an estimated 12,000 gallons of sewage enter the Cedar River per day. City officials say they discovered the leak in the […]

The governor’s signing of the bill that makes industrial hemp production legal has put the process in motion to create the rules for producers. Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig says the 2018 federal farm bill […]

Eight Democrats in the Iowa House and an attorney from Cedar Rapids are filing a lawsuit, seeking to block changes in the commission that nominates candidates for openings on the Iowa Supreme Court and Court […]

A special investigation by the state auditor’s office has identified nearly $75,000 worth of improper transactions by the former city clerk in the small northwest Iowa town of Westfield. The investigation was sparked by concerns […]