State News

Iowa hospitals and emergency rooms are seeing an increase in respiratory virus cases in recent weeks, according to the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services. Aneesa Afroze is an infectious disease consultant with MercyOne […]

Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Christensen is recommending a reduction in the number of private attorneys the state is paying to oversee some court proceedings, like pre-trial hearings. They’re called magistrates and Iowa law […]

Forecasters say bitterly cold temperatures will return to Iowa this weekend and Jesse Germundson, executive director of the Northern Lights Alliance for the Homeless in Mason City, says they will not turn someone seeking shelter […]

A new study from the Iowa Pork Producers Association finds the hog industry contributed more than $15-billion to Iowa’s economy last year. Association spokesman Kevin Hall says the study, which is done every four years, […]

The leaders of a southwest Iowa school board took action this week to directly address issues with bullying. Shenandoah Superintendent Kerri Nelson says the board voted to promote a current district employee to a new […]

Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Christensen is making another pitch for judges’ pay raises. “Addressing judicial pay should not and it cannot be a rare occurrence,” she said this morning. “It must be part […]

A former Eagle Grove police officer is accused of sending explicit images to a minor while on duty. Twenty-seven-year-old Colt Richardson is charged with dissemination and exhibition of obscene material to a minor. He was […]

A central Iowa lawmaker is proposing that Iowa buy the nine southern Minnesota counties that are on the other side of Iowa’s border. State Senator Mike Bousselot, a Republican from Ankeny, is sponsoring a bill […]

More bitter cold weather is predicted by this weekend, with high temperatures in single digits, and while the freezing forecast is hard on all of us, it’s particularly tough for Iowa’s oldest residents. Stephanie Humphries […]

Authorities in central Iowa are warning social media users about two recent scams that are tugging at heartstrings and preying on fears. One fraudulent post asks for the community’s help identifying an abandoned and injured […]