State News

All the recent rain has helped keep pollen counts down in Iowa, but soon enough, the state’s allergy sufferers will be red-eyed, sneezing and sniffling. Dr. Ravi Johar, at UnitedHealthcare, says while the chilly winter […]

The Republican who’s challenging Congressman Randy Feenstra in next month’s GOP Primary says Feenstra is not conservative enough to represent the fourth district. Kevin Virgil cites Feenstra’s support for the six budget bills that passed […]

Planting progress was slowed again last week by wet conditions. The U.S.D.A. crop report says there just two days suitable for field work due to the rain. The amount of corn planted went from 47 […]

The groups Public Justice and the ACLU of Iowa are suing Black Hawk County and the Sheriff on behalf of a Waterloo woman and others who have been forced to sign agreements requiring them to […]

Iowa women’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder announced today she is retiring. Bluder issued a statement saying she had a range of emotions as she made the decision to step down after leading the Hawkeyes for […]

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is in New York City today, among a group of supporters who’ve joined Donald Trump at his trial. Bird endorsed Trump last October, the only statewide elected official to publicly […]

The Iowa Special Olympic Summer Games will get underway in Ames this week. Special Olympics spokesperson, Megan Filipi says the state summer games is their largest state competition of the whole year. “It’s our largest […]

An eastern Iowa city is starting a process today in hopes of getting rid of a smelly situation. The City of Dubuque says it had to store nearly two million gallons of waste in open […]

Hy-Vee is planning to close three of its grocery stores in Cedar Rapids, Waterloo and Davenport in June. Feed Iowa First spokesperson Emmaly Renshaw says the Hy-Vee in Cedar Rapids is one of the few […]

The governor has another week to sign or veto the remaining bills passed by the 2024 Iowa legislature. She’s already approved a billion dollar tax cut and the state spending plans for the fiscal year […]