State News

Some Iowa lawmakers are touring businesses that use solar panels in the wake of a proposal that would’ve allowed utilities to charge new fees to solar customers. Russell Vannorsdel is vice president of Fridley Theatres, […]

Major League baseball says it will play the first ever regular season game in Iowa at the iconic Field of Dreams site near Dyersville. The MLB announced the White Sox and Yankees will play in […]

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren is calling on Congress to take action on gun reform in the wake of two deadly shootings last weekend. “We have a gun crisis in this country,” Warren said Wednesday. […]

A farm in the Loess Hills of southwest Iowa where corn, soybeans and cattle were once raised is now home to acres of wildflowers and lavender. Mary Hamer and her husband, Tim, run the Loess […]

The iconic “butter cow” has been a part of the annual Iowa State Fair since 1911 and Sarah Pratt of West Des Moines sculpted this year’s dairy cow — as she’s done each of the […]

A body found near Oskaloosa has been identified. The Iowa Department of Public Safety has identified the victim as 24-year-old Ashley Shafer of Oskaloosa. She was reported missing to the Oskaloosa Police Department on Monday. […]

Voters in Estherville approved a $4.1 million bond issue Tuesday to fund a new Aquatics Center. The issue got 69% approval and needed 60% for passage. Estherville City Administrator Penny Clayton was pleased with the […]

Former Vice President Joe Biden told a crowd in Burlington this afternoon President Trump has “fanned the flames of white supremacy” and Biden said there is “no evidence” the mass shootings in El Paso and […]

The National Weather Service confirms it was a tornado that touched down in Dubuque County Monday night The report says the tornado touched down southwest of Dubuque near the regional airport and caused damage to […]

The University of Iowa has extended the contract of athletics director Gary Barta for three years through the 2023-24 academic year. Barta will get a pay raise that will take him from $800,000 yearly to […]

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he supports President Trump’s visit today to El Paso, Texas, following one of last weekend’s two mass shootings that left 31 people dead. Some residents and elected leaders in El […]

Iowa State has broken its football season ticket sales record nearly a month prior to the first game. The current total of 43,570 season tickets sold betters the mark of 43,165 set in 2013. Although […]

Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar gave a speech on a central Iowa this morning to highlight what she calls her “heartland economics,” Klobuchar began by talking about this weekend’s mass shootings. She called for passage […]

A man was shot and killed by a Council Bluffs police officer following a chase this morning. The incident began when the unidentied male driver of a pickup refused to pull-over for a Pottawattamie County […]

A body found in the South Skunk River could be that of a missing Oskaloosa woman. Members of the Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office discovered the body of the woman Tuesday shortly after 3 p.m. Oskaloosa […]

A teenage driver was killed in a head-on crash in southwest Iowa’s Adair County on Tuesday afternoon. The Iowa State Patrol reports a northbound car driven by 18-year-old Kayci Emerson, of Fontanelle, for reasons unknown […]

The director of the University of Iowa School of Journalism says the purchase of the Gannett company by GateHouse Media is likely to lead to more cutbacks at the Iowa newspapers involved. David Ryfe, has […]

Twenty-eight women from Kosovo arrived in Des Moines Monday as they prepare to start learning things like how to work on wind turbines at Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC). The dean of the college’s […]

An ethanol plant in northwest Iowa suspended production last week and industry officials say it won’t be the last. Ethanol plants in Iowa and across the Midwest are expected to sharply cut back on their […]

He may not have the name recognition of a Hollywood star, but kids who watch Disney movies know and love the work of Iowa native Don Hall, who will be back in his home state […]