State News

Republican Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Davenport says email obtained by a U.S. House subcommittee shows the senior scientific advisor in the National Institutes of Health has made vile comments about women in medicine. Miller-Meeks questioned […]

Coe College in Cedar Rapids is opening an aviation management program and a professional pilot flight school in partnership with Revv Aviation and the Eastern Iowa Airport. Coe College President David Hayes says this is […]

There’s still no official tally on how many houses were damaged or destroyed in Greenfield by Tuesday’s massive tornado — easily dozens — and the community shelter set up in the town’s Nodaway Valley High […]

Governor Kim Reynolds says Tuesday’s massive storm “ravaged the state” and she’s asking for a Presidential Disaster Declaration for four Iowa counties that have “significant damage.” In a letter sent to the White House this […]

A celebration of the Duke will be held in southwest Iowa’s Madison County this weekend. The John Wayne Birthplace and Museum in Winterset will honor what would have been the actor’s 117th birthday with a […]

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has opened temporary Disaster Recovery Centers in two western Iowa counties where residents are recovering from last month’s tornadoes. One site is at the Chamber of Commerce office in Harlan. […]

State officials say four people were killed and at least 35 were injured as a result of the tornado that hit Greenfield Tuesday. According to the Iowa Department of Public Safety, the number of people […]

The State Environmental Protection Commission voted today to refer the case of the New Cooperative fertilizer spill on the East Nishnabotna River near Red Oak to the Iowa Attorney General’s Office. Bradley Adams, the attorney […]

Governor Kim Reynolds says debris in Greenfield needs to be stabilized before volunteers will be able to enter the town to help residents recover from Tuesday’s tornado strike. The governor is hoping to have damage […]

Governor Reynolds has declared 15 counties state disaster areas and many of those counties have had significant flash flooding from storms that moved through on Monday and Tuesday. Algona got well over five inches of […]