State News

A northeast Iowa man is accused of threatening violence at an elementary school in the Sumner-Fredericksburg District. Authorities arrested 26-year-old Ean Weipert of Colesburg Tuesday on felony charges of intimidation and threat of terrorism and […]

Hamburg school officials seeking some normalcy in the midst of disastrous flooding will resume classes at Marnie Simons Elementary School today. Hamburg School Superintendent Mike Wells says the water is out and students are asked […]

Power was restored in the western Iowa city of Hornick Monday and residents could return to their flooded town. Mayor Scott Mitchell says he’s worried some residents won’t want to stay and the town will […]

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 […]