State News

The latest survey of the state’s top business leaders finds a majority of them remain positive about Iowa’s overall economy. Joe Murphy, president of the Iowa Business Council, says the fourth quarter survey also finds […]

Snow is not in Iowa’s forecast — until late Wednesday and Thursday. Meteorologist Allan Curtis at the National Weather Service office in the Des Moines metro says it will be nothing like what Iowa has […]

The Perry High School principal who was wounded in the shooting at his school on January 4th has died. Dan Marburger was credited with putting himself in harm’s way, allowing others to escape as a […]

First District Congresswoman Marinnette Miller-Meeks was in a vehicle that was rear-ended by a semi this weekend. It happened Saturday as Miller-Meeks was headed to introduce Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley at an event. According […]

Schools, churches, American Legion Posts, a bank and an insurance agency are among the sites where precinct meetings will be held for Monday’s Iowa Caucuses. Republicans in 23 Iowa counties, however, have made plans to […]

More than 8000 Iowa Democrats have requested a mail-in card to indicate which candidate they want to win the party’s 2024 presidential nomination. Results of this new mail in system will be announced in March. […]

Waterloo is being designated as Iowa’s only World War Two Heritage City. The designation from the National Park Service came through the collaboration of the city’s museums, economic development corporations, and former mayor Tim Hurley. […]

Events with the GOP presidential candidates are getting cancelled or postponed today due to the weather conditions. Nikki Haley’s campaign is holding telephone town halls instead. The Super PAC backing Ron DeSantis cancelled DeSantis appearances […]

The Iowa Board of Education has approved eight new charter schools for state funding — five in Des Moines and three in Cedar Rapids. Most would begin classes in the fall of 2025. Mike Huguelet […]

Pam Jochum, the Democratic leader in the Iowa Senate, will not run for reelection. Jochum, who was chosen in June by Senate Democrats to be their leader, made the announcement this morning. Jochum has represented […]

Much of Iowa is under a Blizzard Warning and the Iowa State Patrol is posting photos taken this morning on its Facebook page of mangled cars on snow-packed roads to discourage motorists from venturing out. […]

The final weekend of campaigning is ahead, leading up to what may be the chilliest evening ever for the Iowa Caucuses. The candidates are fully aware of the forecast. During an event early Thursday morning, […]

The Sioux City Community School District has won a federal grant of almost six-million dollars to buy 15 new school buses, what are considered “clean” buses. Shelly Reimer, a grant project officer with the U.S. […]

A judge has ruled the State of Iowa cannot require a panel that nominates people to fill vacancies on the Iowa Supreme Court and Court of Appeals have an equal number of men and women. […]

Iowa National Guard Adjutant General Stephen Osborn — appointed to the post last March — says he’s leading “the greatest transformation” of the Guard in its 186 year history. “This initiative is a reorganization that […]

Some Iowa nonprofits are facing a financial crunch as they run out of state and federal pandemic relief funds, which is a concern for Iowa seniors who rely on meal deliveries. The Northeast Iowa Agency […]

Two Republican presidential candidates appeared this morning at an annual event that was a flashpoint in the 2016 Iowa Caucus campaign. Eight years ago at the Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit, then-Governor Terry Branstad announced he […]

This week will end much as it started, with a whopper snowstorm. Forecasters say a Winter Storm Warning is posted for 98 of Iowa’s 99 counties from tonight through tomorrow night, with near-blizzard conditions likely. […]

The number of Iowans who volunteer their time is growing, and college students in northeast Iowa are a big part of that. The Volunteer Center of the Cedar Valley pairs potential volunteers with some 250 […]

We’re 11 days into the new year now and while some Iowans resolved to lose weight, save money or travel more, certain resolutions can have the critical, long-term benefit of reducing your risk of developing […]