State News

Former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad is retiring from his latest post as president of the World Food Prize. Branstad, the nation’s longest serving governor, resigned in 2017 to serve as U.S. Ambassador to China. He […]

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says the allegations swirling around President-elect Trump’s pick for attorney general seem like a replay of what happened in 2018 to one of Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominees. Grassley, a Republican, […]

A Drake University study on homeless families in central Iowa finds a major need for more emergency family shelters. Researchers followed ten families living in shelters across the Des Moines metro last year as they […]

A New York Times best-selling author and humorist is making stops in two Iowa libraries this week. Michael Perry grew up on a dairy farm in northern Wisconsin and says he never set out to […]

The Iowa Natural Resources Commission approved construction projects in Franklin, Cerro Gordo, and Poweshiek County at their recent meeting. Travis Baker of the DNR says one of the projects is replacing the lagoon wastewater treatment […]

There’s a change this year in how you register you snowmobile before running the trails in Iowa. The Iowa DNR ‘s Jessica Flatt says it simplifies the process. “Residents of Iowa are no longer required […]

The search for lead water pipes in the state is near the end and some communities are already notifying residents of what they’ve found. Sioux City Utilities Director Brad Peutz says it’s part of a […]

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says Robert F. Kennedy Junior could help to answer many questions that haven’t been raised before, if he’s confirmed as the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. […]

Supporters and opponents of the proposed Cedar Crossing Casino in Cedar Rapids have a chance this week to share their views with state regulators. The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission is taking public comment on […]

After a fine fall weekend, forecasters say we’re in for a much colder week ahead with the chance for snow in parts of Iowa midweek. Meteorologist Dylan Dodson, at the National Weather Service, says a […]