State News

The latest COVID-19 shots from Pfizer and Moderna are now available across Iowa for anyone ages six months or older. It’s reported the vaccines protect against the widely-circulating KP.2 Omicron variant. Mike Brownlee, chief pharmacy […]

The board of trustees of Graceland University in Lamoni has selected its 19th president. Joel Shrock started at Graceland in 2022 as vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty. He had been […]

A Des Moines businessman has pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation and possession of child pornography. Court information shows 61-year-old Jeffrey Walter Gray created and possessed child sexual abuse material and used minors to produce child […]

Two of the three state universities will submit requests next week for no increase in state funding. The University of Iowa and Iowa State University are asking for same amount of state funding. For the […]

Libertarian candidates will not be listed on the General Election ballots in Iowa’s first, third and fourth congressional districts. The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling that the candidates were not properly […]

The Republican nominee for Lyon County Sheriff is seeking judicial review of a decision that the county’s incumbent sheriff is eligible to be on the General Election ballot as the Libertarian Party’s nominee. Iowa State […]

Flags on state buildings are at half-staff today to remember those who lost their lives in the September 11th terrorist attacks 23 years ago. Iowa Senator Joni Ernst, a Republican from Red Oak, issued a […]

A Norfolk, Nebraska organization delivered 15 sets of washers and dryers to Sioux City Tuesday for families who lost those appliances in the flooding. The Community Action Agency of Siouxland is coordinating recovery efforts and […]

Thirty-seven Republicans who serve in the state legislature are filing lawsuits in state and federal courts that challenge the Iowa Utilities Commission’s decision to grant Summit Carbon Solutions a permit for its proposed pipeline. “I’m […]

The Iowa Transportation Commission is considering an expansion of a long-time economic development program to help communities hit by disasters. The DOT’s Deb Arp says the RISE program was created during the economic downturn in […]