State News

Two Iowa casinos will pay fines for violations of gambling regulations. Iowa Racing and Gaming Administrator, Brian Ohorilko, says William Hill — which runs the simulcast operations at Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs had one […]

A 23-year-old man doing time for a 2012 robbery in Orange City has walked away from a work release facility in Sioux City. Leandro Edwin Valdez of Orange City was arrested in 2012, when he […]

Captain Al Haynes, the pilot of United Airlines flight 232 — which crashed in Sioux City in 1989, has died at the age of 87. Larry Finley, director of Sioux City’s Mid-American Air Museum, became […]

A Navy admiral who retired nearly two years ago has announced he’s running for the U.S. Senate seat held by retired Iowa National Guard soldier Joni Ernst. “She serves special interests. She doesn’t serve Iowans,” […]

An apple grower in eastern Iowa says the recent weather has helped the crop catch up after a slow start. Paul Rasch owns Wilson’s Orchard near Iowa City and says they normally start picking apples […]

A bold plan is being proposed to create a nationwide biking and hiking trail from Washington D.C. to Washington state that would also cut a path through the heart of Iowa. Lisa Hein, senior director […]

A search is underway in northwest Iowa for a man who was reported missing over the weekend. The Dickinson County Sheriff’s Department is looking for 24-year-old Vincent Harvey. Harvey was last seen around 11:30 Saturday […]

Democratic presidential candidate Julian  Castro, the former mayor of San Antonio, says there “absolutely” should be some federal regulation of large-scale livestock confinements. “I’ve heard plenty of community members here in Iowa who have talked […]

Republican Congressman Steve King today said he wishes he had phrased a recent statement about abortion differently, but he said the statement “was objectively honest and accurate.” Last week, King told a central Iowa group […]

The man who admitted to stabbing and killing Iowa State University golfer Celia Barquin Arozamena was sentenced to life in prison without parole today. Collin Richards pleaded guilty to the murder in June and was […]

Open casting calls for actors and extras are being held in Des Moines this weekend and in Iowa Falls next weekend for a film to be shot in Iowa about the state’s final season of […]

A Cedar Rapids man who police say caused nearly fatal drug overdoses for two people will spend 25 years in federal prison. Forty-four-year-old Jason Bates admitted in a plea deal that he sold heroin to […]

Former Iowa Senator Tom Harkin — a Democrat — today said you “can’t fault” the Republican leader of the U.S. Senate for using his political power to get dozens of conservative judges confirmed since President […]

A man whose dog gave him away to police will spend time in federal prison. Police investigating a burglary in October of 2018 at the coop in Nashua saw a dog on surveillance video. Officers […]

Donations are now being accepted for a northeast Iowa cemetery where vandals toppled more than two-dozen headstones last week. Sara Breckenfelder is treasurer of the Manchester Cemetery Company which oversees Oakland Cemetery in the town […]

For several years the bookstore at Clarke University has sold t-shirts that read “Unbeaten since 1843”, a joke referring to the Dubuque school’s lack of a football program. That all changes on August 31st when […]

Republican Congressman Steve King and his three GOP primary opponents spoke at a fundraising dinner in Forest City last night. Woodbury County Supervisor Jeremy Taylor suggested Republicans can’t trust King to win the fourth district […]

Iowa’s Attorney General has joined in an agreement with his counterparts in the rest of the United States and several phone companies to try and cut back on robocalls. Spokesman Lynn Hicks says the major […]

Research finds certain generations of women are drinking more alcohol than they used to, almost as much as men, and an Iowa State University study is trying to determine the reasons behind the trend. Susan […]

Iowa Senator Joni Ernst talked with President Trump twice on Thursday about EPA waivers to big oil companies that have reduced the amount of ethanol that must be blended into gasoline. “Just so he understood […]