State News

Governor Kim Reynolds says she’s willing to consider a bill that would raise the age for buying tobacco and other nicotine products to 21. “We need to continue to do everything we can to fight […]

An Omaha woman is hospitalized after wrecking her vehicle while driving on a closed portion of a flood-damaged road in southwest Iowa. The Mills County Sheriff’s Office says 26-year-old Tabitha Lassek was driving a 2011 […]

Le Mars-based Wells Enterprises has acquired the Dunkirk, New York manufacturing company Fieldbrook Foods. Wells Enterprises CEO and president Mike Wells, says, “The combination creates a stronger platform for growth and positions us to better […]

Democrats are urging Republicans in the legislature who control the budgeting process to boost spending for the state’s prisons. Over the past two years, spending for the Iowa Department of Corrections has been reduced by […]

The Des Moines Catholic Diocese released the names of nine priests with “substantiated allegations” that they had abused children while serving at parishes in the diocese. The list includes the names of two priests who […]

The former city clerk in the Fremont County town of Riverton is sentenced to home confinement for bank fraud. Fifty-seven-year-old Carol Jennings pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud after admitting that she opened […]

As the Iowa Senate began its session this morning, one senator asked to speak to her colleagues. Senator Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Ottumwa grew emotional as she explained why she supports automatically restoring voting rights to […]

The Iowa Attorney General has reached a settlement where two chiropractors who sold a weight loss program in the state will give customers  refunds. AG spokesman Lynn Hicks says Bradley Cook sold the NutriMost program […]

The Veterans Administration opened a new outpatient clinic in Davenport this week, offering more room for more veterans to receive more services while cutting down on wait times. Iowa City VA Health Care System director […]

Events are planned across Iowa this month to raise awareness about the importance of being organ, eye and tissue donors. Deb Thielen, a registered nurse at Van Diest Medical Center in Webster City, says a […]