State News

Republican Governor Kim Reynolds today announced she’ll hold her annual fundraising bash on the same day and in the same city as an event featuring most of the Democratic presidential candidates. Polk County Democrats have […]

A four-and-a-half acre tract in a city park in Clinton along the western bank of the Mississippi River could be developed into an apartment and business area. The Clinton City Council will hold a hearing […]

If you are heading to Ames for a football game this season — parking in the wrong place will cost you more money. City parking enforcement coordinator, Sheri Nelson, says the city council approved the […]

The speed of Missouri River levee repairs remains the key dilemma for southwest Iowans waiting for word on rebuilding after this spring’s flooding. The flood recovery task force Governor Kim Reynolds appointed earlier this year […]

Parents, students and other fans are being reminded to behave responsibly as high school football season opens in Iowa with nearly 170 games tonight and tomorrow night. Chris Cuellar, a spokesman for the Iowa High […]

Former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, a Republican who is considering a primary challenge against President Trump in 2020, has just wrapped up a two-day visit to Iowa. “I think that as a Republican Party, […]

The former Alliant Energy coal-fired electric plant in Marshalltown is now a pile of rubble. It took just seconds for the plant to crash down in a giant plume of smoke and dust after charges […]

The former Alliant Energy coal-fired electric plant in Marshalltown is now a pile of rubble. It took just seconds for the plant to crash down in a giant plume of smoke and dust after charges […]

Former Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey, now a top administrator in the U-S Department of Agriculture, today said farmers “need more assurances” about ethanol, but Northey said he’s unaware of what’s in the “giant package” […]

An eastern Iowa man who is a former medical student will spend more than seven years in federal prison on a weapons charge. Thirty-six-year-old Steven Arce of Waterloo pleaded guilty to one count of selling […]

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is applauding the tentative trade deal reached between the U.S. and Japan, calling it a very “welcome development.” Grassley says, “It arrives at a time when farmers are hurting, in need […]

The air conditioners are off and the windows are open as we’ve been enjoying mild temperatures in the last several weeks. Iowa State University extension crop specialist, Joel DeJong says things are great for people […]

One person was killed, another injured, when two vehicles collided on Highway 30 near Ames last night. The Iowa State Patrol reports a westbound 2018 Chevrolet Equinox driven by 83-year-old Nancy Dean of Boone was […]

An eastern Iowa man is facing charges after Allamakee County Deputies say he was on top of a water tower naked. Deputies were called to a pickup fire at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday and were unable […]

Iowa Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst are calling on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to keep its commitment to repair a key levee near Hamburg. The Corps ordered that the levee be lowered […]

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate says hackers have not compromised any Iowa voting systems, but Pate says the Russians are waging a “war of public opinion” on social media to sow doubt about the […]

Ground was broken in downtown Des Moines today for a new $137 million federal courthouse on a vacant lot where the downtown YMCA once stood. That location was criticized by some local officials who preferred […]

Searchers have located a missing boater’s body in the West Nishnabotna River near Hamburg. The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office says the body of 77-year-old Thomas Gibson of Watson, Missouri was discovered near the Goldenrod Boat […]

The number of homes in Iowa that are owned by their occupants is relatively steady, but declined slightly from 2017 to 2018. Home ownership peaked in Iowa in 2000, when just over 75 percent of […]