State News

Iowans will be able to legally buy marijuana for recreational use in Illinois starting January 1st and a Quad Cities medical marijuana grower is preparing to ramp up production and add jobs. Green Thumb Industries, […]

A handful of performers stepped onto a stage at the Iowa State Fair Thursday, prepared give their vocal chords a workout. Chad Summers of Colfax practiced for about 24 hours before entering this year’s Iowa […]

A special investigation by the State Auditor’s office found issues with the payroll of the Butler County Sheriff. The audit found more than $57,000 of improper disbursements — with a majority of that amount involving […]

Three state legislators and three members of the business community joined for a discussion at the Iowa Republican Party’s headquarters today to tout what Iowa GOP chairman Jeff Kaufmann calls the “Trump economy.” “The Democrats […]

A group of men’s soccer players from North Iowa Area Community College is credited with saving a life Tuesday afternoon on the Mason City campus. Head Coach Michael Donovan says he and several team members […]

Firefighters in Dubuque County are working to figure out what started a fire that destroyed the bowling alley in Cascade this morning. Fire crews were called out around 2:40 a-m to Cascade Lanes. Cascade fire […]

A suspect wanted on warrants from Illinois was arrested by Clinton Police on Wednesday. A tip from a resident led the department to Jamie Markham. The citizen reported an individual identified himself as an escapee […]

A Somali national is charged with kidnapping a girl who was one of three children found in Des Moines after her mother’s body was found in southwest Missouri. Thirty-seven-year-old Mahamud Mahamed, of Noel, was charged […]

A body found in the Cedar River near the northeast Iowa town of Nashua is identified as a Charles City woman. Authorities say the body has been identified as 23-year-old Mikala Titus. The Chickasaw County […]

Authorities in northeast Iowa now say a total of 18 dogs were rescued from a Buchanan County home on Monday and four more dogs were found dead. The Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office says they had […]

A Somali national has been charged with kidnapping a girl who was one of three children found in Des Moines after her mother’s body was found in southwest Missouri. Thirty-seven-year-old Mahamud Mahamed, of Noel, was […]

A new era in gambling in Iowa begins at high noon today.  Iowa Racing and Gaming Administrator Brian Ohorilko has been working with casinos to get them approved to offer legal sports betting on site […]

A convoy of olive drab-painted jeeps, trucks and other historic military vehicles will make its way across Iowa next week, part of a journey that’s taking the collection of privately-owned, restored vehicles coast-to-coast. Jan Gammon, […]

Hy-Vee is investigating what it calls a “security incident” that may have affected some customers’ payment information. Hy-Vee detected “unauthorized activity” in payments made at Hy-Vee fuel pumps, drive-through coffee shops and Hy-Vee operated restaurants […]

A new group called “Project Fastpitch” announced plans today for a $32 million, 16-field tournament softball complex on the southeast edge of Newton. The key to the proposed development directly north of Iowa Speedway is […]

Republican Congressman Steve King is drawing criticism from Democrats and a Republican challenger for remarks King made this morning about his “heartbeat bill” that has no exceptions for rape and incest and would ban nearly […]

Governor Kim Reynolds says she wants more information about the issues that have caused errors in the state’s distribution of federal welfare benefits and led the feds to fine the State of Iowa $1.8 million. […]

Police in Sumner have charged two women after they found more than one dozen animals dead while searching a home over the weekend. Forty-six-year-old Kimberly Curtis and 56-year-old Karen Curtis face 28 counts of animal […]

A Waterloo woman was arrested Wednesday following the drug overdose death of a child in Des Moines. In June, police and an ambulance responded to a report of an unresponsive child at an apartment building […]

A few dozen men aimed to exhibit their facial hair to win a blue ribbon at the Iowa State Fair, but only three were able to win the judges over for the “best groomed”, “unique” […]