State News

Iowa farmers who’ve been unable to plant corn yet this year face a deadline this week. Corn planted by May 31 is covered by crop insurance. If that corn fails to sprout because of cold […]

Cascade native Colin Rae tossed seven scoreless innings as the Iowa Cubs won at New Orleans 3-0 in Pacific Coast League action. Rae struck out five to improve hos record to 6-1 as the I-Cubs […]

Le Mars Police have identified the two employees and the man who shot them in an attempted robbery early Sunday morning at the HyVee convenience store. Assistant Police Chief Justin Daale spoke today at a […]

The U.S.D.A. crop report showed just one day suitable for fieldwork last week and corn progress is 10 days behind and soybeans are two weeks behind last year. Iowa corn growers now have 76% of […]

Governor Kim Reynolds says she’s willing to work with lawmakers to adjust Iowa’s medical marijuana law, but Reynolds says she made it clear to legislators she had concerns about a bill that could have boosted […]

Governor Kim Reynolds has declared this “End Distracted Driving” week and a spokesman for the Iowa State Patrol says a smart phone is the main distraction troopers see on Iowa roads. “People know it’s wrong, […]

At least five tornadoes touched down in Iowa yesterday. “Kind of the strange part about this type of weather was it wasn’t even really associated with true thunderstorms, so a little bit of a rarity,” […]

Members of the U.S. House headed home for the holiday late last week before voting on a $19 billion disaster relief package. The measure did pass the Senate last Thursday and it included an amendment […]

A Norwalk man is charged in the death of a central Iowa woman. Winterset police responded to a 911 call Monday jest after 11 p.m. and found 23-year-old Rosanna Otto dead inside the home from […]

Iowa has fallen from the 9th to the 12th most expensive state for hail damage, according to an annual survey from the state’s largest home and auto insurer. Andrew Peschong, a State Farm agent based […]