State News

A spokesman for the DNR says around 1,250 fish died after a water main break Monday that allowed chlorinated water into Iowa’s only urban trout stream in Cedar Rapids. DNR fisheries technician Chris Mack talked […]

The northwest Iowa community of Spencer continues working on the recovery from devastating flooding that hit in late June. Spencer Chamber and Foundation executive director Sheriffa Jones says 40% of all buildings were impacted by […]

State regulators have approved an increase in the rates for Alliant Energy electric and gas customers. Wisconsin-based Alliant Energy provides electricity to half a million customers in Iowa. According to the Iowa Utilities Commission, its […]

A $53-million project south of Ames is part of an effort to reach targets in Iowa’s Nutrient Reduction Strategy. The Water Pollution Control Facility handles around six million gallons of wastewater daily from Ames, Iowa […]

An asteroid is approaching the Earth which the experts say will come close enough to be caught in our planet’s gravity well, technically becoming a second moon, at least for a few months. University of […]

A northwest Iowa judge has affirmed that the Lyon County Sheriff will be able to seek reelection — as a Libertarian Party candidate. Lyon County Sheriff Sheriff Stewart Vander Stoep ran as a Republican in […]

A state administrator says a report from the state auditor on the frequency of nursing home inspections is “inaccurate” and “incomplete.” State Auditor Rob Sand released an analysis Monday showing nursing home inspections were occurring, […]

The Iowa DNR says a broken water main will likely to lead to dead fish in the only state trout stream near a major urban area. The DNR says the break allowed chlorinated water into […]

The State Fire Marshal has been called in to help determine the cause of a fire that heavily damaged a Jones County bar Tuesday. * The Jones County Sheriff’s Office says emergency personnel were called […]

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is nearly ready to start a project to get rid of an invasive species of fish in an 830 acre lake in northwest Iowa. Mike Hawkins, a fisheries biologist […]