State News

Vice President Mike Pence surveyed flood damage in Iowa and Nebraska yesterday and Pence used the word “crisis” to describe the situation. “To all the families that have seen their homes flooded, seen livestock lost, […]

A member of the Cedar Falls School Board is now a senator-elect. Democrat Eric Giddens won today’s special election for an open seat in the Iowa Senate, beating Republican Walt Rogers by 15 points. Giddens […]

Republicans in the Iowa Senate have voted to require able-bodied adults to work, volunteer or go to school for at least 20 hours a week to remain qualified for Medicaid benefits. Senator Jason Schultz, a […]

Governor Kim Reynolds and top officials from her administration briefed reporters this morning on the flooding situation in southwest Iowa. “Make no mistake — they are and we are still in the fight,” Reynolds said […]

The Wapello County Sheriff’s office is looking for a woman in connection with a shooting Sunday. The sheriff’s department is asking for help in finding 40-year-old Danielle Lasley-Eakins of Agency. She is wanted in the […]

Leaders of water-inundated towns in southwest Iowa are blaming the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for blundering decisions that may have contributed to the region’s widespread flooding. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he “absolutely” will […]

Today is the deadline for former and current residents of Muscatine to submit claims for payment in a class action pollution case. Corn processor GPC has agreed to a $50 million settlement for those affected […]

The University of Iowa women’s basketball team will be a No. 2 seed in the Greensboro Regional and will host the 2019 NCAA First and Second Rounds in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Friday, March 22 and […]

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 […]