State News

AAA predicts a three-and-a-half percent increase in travel volume this Memorial Day weekend, sparked — perhaps — by lower gas prices. AAA’s fuel price survey indicates the average price today for regular unleaded gasoline is […]

National Weather Service forecasters say strong storms with heavy rain, hail and even a tornado are possible today in parts of Iowa. Parts of southwest Iowa’s Cass and Adams Counties got four inches of rain […]

More than 1,500 Iowans have signed a petition urging Governor Kim Reynold to sign a bill that expands the state’s medical marijuana program. Paul Nye of Ankeny was in the group that delivered the petitions […]

AAA is predicting a record for travel this Memorial Day weekend. Iowa State Patrol trooper John Farley says that means you’ll see a lot of traffic on the state’s roadways. He says they Patrol wants […]

Republican Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a bill into law that makes changes in how cities and counties set budgets and raise property taxes. The bill was a priority for Republican House Speaker Linda Upmeyer […]

More than 2,600 athletes from across Iowa are converging on Ames this afternoon for the start of the Special Olympics Iowa Summer Games. Karen Whitman, spokeswoman for Special Olympics Iowa, says there was a torch […]

The Trump Administration has announced another round of payments for farmers, to compensate for lower commodity prices amid trade tensions with China. IOWA Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig said it’s needed, because corn and soybean prices […]

An author from central Iowa has written a book that focuses on the successes — and stumbles — of some of the state’s most well-known figures. Aaron Putze of Ankeny says his non-fiction book, “You […]

Five eastern Iowa men have been charged with sex trafficking, often in the Johnson County area. Twenty-one-year-old Isaiah Devon Patterson is accused of using advertising to sell sex with a minor girl. Twenty-five-year-old Arrion Marcus […]

State officials got a grant in 2016 to update floodplain maps for 47 Iowa counties and they’re about halfway through the project. Residents will be able to see the proposed updates to maps for Linn […]