State News

One of the governor’s top aides is in southwest Iowa today meeting with local officials to discuss how to repair the levees that have been breached by Missouri River flooding. Governor Kim Reynolds said she’s […]

A nonprofit group that rehabilitates homes plans to repair 100 houses that were devastated in the Marshalltown tornado last summer. Habitat for Humanity of Iowa will work to replace roofs, siding and front porches on […]

A Sioux City man is jailed on charges he tried to abduct a teenage girl. Twenty-two-year-old Michael Marshall-Limoges is charged with third-degree kidnapping and felon in possession of a firearm. Sioux City police were called […]

Five statewide elected officials have certified last week’s special election in the Cedar Falls area and Senator-elect Eric Giddens will be sworn into office this afternoon. Nearly 46 percent of the votes in Giddens’ were […]

A northeast Iowa man is charged with killing his adult son. Just before 5:30 P.M. Friday, the Bremer County Sheriff received a call from Buchanan County authorities, on the report that a person may have […]

The owners of an Iowa-based chain of coffee shops are being named Iowa’s Small Business Persons of the year by the Iowa District Office of the U-S Small Business Administration. Brad Barber, and his wife […]

President Trump issued an order this weekend that extends federal aid to help Iowans recover from severe storms and flooding. Federal assistance is available to individuals in five western Iowa counties. Residents of Fremont, Harrison, […]

A Colorado man accused of throwing a glass of water on Iowa Congressman Steve King has pleaded not guilty to two counts of assault and one count of disorderly conduct. Twenty-six-year-old Blake Gibbins of Lafayette, […]

A Colorado man accused of throwing a glass of water on Iowa Congressman Steve King has pleaded not guilty to two counts of assault and one count of disorderly conduct. Twenty-six-year-old Blake Gibbins of Lafayette, […]

One of Iowa’s best-known artists will be honored through a different form of art next month. Three Iowa composers were commissioned to write one-act operas based on the paintings of Grant Wood. Virginia Michalicek, interim […]