State News

Local school boards could add 15 minutes to the maximum route time for students under a rule change given initial approval by the State Board of Education. Travel time is now limited to 75 minutes […]

Congressman Steve King and three Republicans who’re planning to challenge King in next year’s GOP primary spoke to a gathering of Christian conservatives Saturday night. King, who was last to speak, was cheered when he […]

The Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition event tonight at a Windsor Heights church served as the first forum at which all four Republicans who say they’re running for Iowa’s 4th district congressional seat in 2020 […]

High water and swift currents on Iowa rivers are prompting the Department of Natural Resources to warn kayakers and canoers to find other options. River Programs outreach coordinator Todd Robertson says the conditions are dangerous […]

A former Cedar Falls man will spend 27 months in federal prison for a sex charge involving a minor. Thirty-one-year-old Matthew Neberman pleaded guilty to one count of attempted transfer of obscene material to a […]

A delegation of Iowa veterans will fly on a chartered jet out of the Fort Dodge Regional Airport tomorrow (Saturday) morning for the latest Iowa Honor Flight to Washington D.C. Charlie Walker serves on the […]

As of last Friday, May 3, state tax collections were running $351 million ahead of the previous year. That’s a more than six percent increase in tax payments to the state over the past 10 […]

The U.S. House passed a bill today that would provide billion of dollars for rebuilding and recovery for Americans impacted by natural disasters. Iowa Congresswoman, Cindy Axne, a Democrat from West Des Moines, spoke on […]

Governor Kim Reynolds says she’ll “swing back” next year and ask legislators for another $15 million in state incentives for private companies as well as cities that plan to expand broadband coverage in underserved areas. […]

Each one of the record 5,300 students graduating from Iowa State University this weekend has a story, but none quite like Patricia O’Connell. The native of Brazil is more than two decades older than most […]