State News

Iowa State’s tight ends have become a bigger part of Iowa State’s offense and their role is expected to grow even more next season. Redshirt sophomore Charlie Kolar earned second team All Big-12 honors a […]

The U.S. Small Business Administration is opening a Business Recovery Center in southwest Iowa to help merchants in that area rebuild and recover from this spring’s widespread flooding. SBA spokesman Bill Koontz says the temporary […]

Israel’s ambassador to the United States is in Iowa today and he was invited to speak in the Iowa legislature this morning. Ambassador Ron Dermer praised state officials for passing a law in 2016 that […]

Missouri River floodwaters are receding slowly from the southwest Iowa town of Hamburg but a former mayor expects a few hundred residents likely won’t return. Terry Holliman owns the NAPA Auto Parts store, flooded when […]

Bills pending in the Iowa House and Senate that would let the state’s casinos take bets on professional and college sports would also boost the prize money for the owners of horses that race at […]

The Iowa Senate has approved a bill that seeks to shut down Iowa businesses caught repeatedly hiring people who are not U.S. citizens or legal residents. Republican Senator Julian Garrett of Indianola is the chief […]

Flooding is forcing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to close seven locks on the Upper Mississippi River. Allen Marshall, spokesman for the Corps’ Rock Island District, says lock closures on the river effectively stop […]

The governor’s proposed constitutional amendment to automatically restore voting rights to paroled felons has cleared an initial hurdle in the Iowa Senate, but it’s future is in doubt. “Is that the right public policy, to […]

Preliminary data released from the Iowa Department of Public Health for 2018 shows the cases for most types of sexually transmitted diseases (STD’s) increased. The DPH’s George Walton oversees the program that tracks the STD’s. […]

A bill that would increase penalties against those found guilty of mistreating companion animals in Iowa has unanimously cleared the House and is now under review in the Iowa Senate. Tom Colvin, CEO of the […]