State News

A study of some 15 years of data on mosquitoes in Iowa finds you are most likely to contract the West Nile virus from the pests buzzing around the western side of the state. Iowa […]

Iowans need to take even greater caution when hunting for morel mushrooms this spring as so much of the state is — or has been — flooded. Lina Rodriguez Salamanca, a plant pathologist with the […]

A Florida woman who died of natural causes in an Iowa prison early this morning was serving a life sentence for killing her ex-husband in an eastern Iowa mall. Mauricio Droguett was the comptroller for […]

The Board of Regents had the first reading Wednesday of a proposal to raise base undergraduate tuition rates for instate students by 3.9% at the University of Iowa and Iowa State University. The tuition at […]

There’s a growing chorus of people urging Congress to pass a disaster aid package to help flooded Midwestern farmers, as well as those impacted by hurricanes and the California wildfires. Iowa Corn Growers Association president […]

Former Rutgers defensive coordinator Jay Niemann, an Iowa native who coached football in the state of Iowa from 1989-2007, has been added to the Iowa football staff as its 10th assistant coach. Niemann is a […]

The April survey of business managers in Iowa and eight other Midwestern states predicts solid economic growth for the region over the next three to six months, though Iowa’s economy is slowing. Creighton University economist […]

Iowa’s governor says damage estimates for the flooding that’s hitting Mississippi River towns will be included in the state’s still-expanding request for federal disaster aid for Missouri River flooding. The president issued a federal disaster […]

Governor Kim Reynolds has approved the outline for a children’s mental health system in Iowa. “Today marks a major milestone for mental health in our state,” Reynolds said early this afternoon.Reynolds spoke to a large […]

If you aren’t yet finding many flowers in your yard, that could be due to a drop in April showers. State Climatologist Justin Glisan reviewed the rainfall totals for the just completed month. “We had […]