State News

The Iowa State women’s basketball team has been selected to play in its 18th NCAA Tournament, and 11th appearance in the last 13 years. The 3rd-seeded Cyclones will face 14th-seeded New Mexico State in the […]

The Drake University women’s basketball team (27-6) is a No. 10 seed in the 2019 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. Drake will play No. 7 Missouri (23-10) Friday, March 22, at Carver Hawkeye Arena in Iowa […]

The Iowa Senate has approved a bill that would let the major electric utilities in Iowa charge a new fee to most customers with solar panels. Republican Senator Michael Breitbach of Strawberry Point said Rural […]

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller filed a lawsuit Monday to shut down an alleged puppy-laundering ring. Spokesman Lynn Hicks says the ring sold nearly 1,300 puppies. “And what puppy laundering is, basically is and effort […]

“Catastrophic devastation” is how Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds describes the carnage from the second major flood along the Missouri River within a decade. “We’ve got towns that are shut down. We’ve got businesses that have […]

This week’s devastating flooding is giving many people in southwest Iowa foul flashbacks to the disaster along the Missouri River eight years ago. Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says she remembers well the impact of the […]

A proposed change in how a federal block grant for mental health services is distributed in Iowa drew support and objections today during a public hearing at the Iowa capitol. About $5 million has been […]

With the arrival of spring and warmer weather also comes the arrival of new risks and temptations for young ones in our homes, garages and yards. Tammy Noble, a registered nurse and spokeswoman for the […]

Hamburg’s water plant is among the latest victims of the floods of 2019. City officials were forced to shut the plant down Sunday night after floodwaters spread into the community. Fremont County Emergency Management Coordinator […]

Several of the Democrats running for president have been visiting the Cedar Falls area to help turn out voters for tomorrow’s special election in a state senate district. Democrat Jeff Danielson resigned last month to […]