State News

The Iowa Department of Transportation has reopened Highway 2 in southwest Iowa for limited traffic. DOT transportation planner, Scott Suhr told Radio Iowa they used a new system where they set up barrier rails on […]

The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled a Carroll County farmer will have to remove or modify a grain elevator built near the Arthur  Neu Municipal Airport. Loren Danner built what’s called grain leg back in […]

A LeGrand couple was killed in an accident in Marshall County on Thursday afternoon that tied up traffic on U.S. Highway 30 for several hours. Seventy-nine-year-old Delbert Eakins was trying to turn onto U.S. 30 […]

Boone police arrested two people Thursday night following a shooting near a park earlier in the day. One person was injured as a result. Schools near the park were on lockdown due to the incident. […]

The U.S. House is scheduled to pass a disaster aid bill this morning. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has designated Iowa Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer of Dubuque as the presiding officer of the House, to oversee debate […]

The University of Iowa softball team bowed out of the Big Ten Tournament, falling to Wisconsin, 7-4, in the opening game of the tournament on Thursday. Iowa out-hit Wisconsin 10-9, including two hits by freshmen […]

Republican Governor Kim Reynolds has approved dozens of bills that cleared the 2019 Iowa legislature. This week, Reynolds approved changes that will give governors more power in the nominating process for Iowa Supreme Court justices […]

An eastern Iowa farmer was in Washington this week to tell congress farmers need action from the federal government. Dave Walton of Wilton testified at a hearing in a U.S. House committee. “We’re suffering right […]

Governor Kim Reynolds has given the green light to a new “blackout” license plate design. “Evidently it’s popular,” Reynolds said during an interview with Radio Iowa. “I have not even seen one on a car.” […]

The State Board of Education gave preliminary approval today to a change in state rules that would require seatbelts to be installed in all new school buses. Department of Education Transportation Director, Max Christensen, told […]