State News

A Democrat who ran for governor in 2018 has been elected to serve in the Iowa House of Representatives. Ross Wilburn was the first African American elected mayor of Iowa City. He moved to Ames […]

Voters in five Des Moines suburbs have approved a one-percent local option sales tax that will go into effect January 1. In March, voters in six Polk County cities, including Des Moines, approved raising the […]

An Iowa man who burned LGBTQ books he borrowed from a public library in northwest Iowa has been convicted of a simple misdemeanor. Sixty-three-year-old Paul Dorr of Ocheyedan was convicted of fifth-degree criminal mischief and […]

Two people died in a fatal wrong-way crash on Highway 30 Sunday night in Cedar Rapids — making it seven deaths from wrong-way crashes in eastern Iowa since 2016. Iowa State Patrol Trooper Bob Conrad […]

Firefighters in the central Iowa town of Nevada are investigating the cause of a mobile home fire early this morning that claimed the life of one person. The Nevada Fire Department received the call after […]

High water due to prolonged flooding at a southwestern Iowa nature preserve is changing some of the habitat and a few species are taking advantage of it. The DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge typically sees a […]

Iowa State sophomore guard Tyrese Haliburton is headed to the Nike Skills Academy in Thousand Oaks, California. The college players portion academy runs Wednesday through Friday, though Haliburton will return early Friday due to Iowa […]

Iowa Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer hosted a member of the Federal Communications Commission on a Dyersville farm Monday to highlight the need to ensure farmers have access to broadband. “That’s so important for their yields and […]

From ice cream socials to picnics, some four-dozen Iowa cities are taking part in this year’s National Night Out, which in most communities is tonight. Hamilton County Sheriff Doug Timmons says Webster City is hosting […]

A central Iowa hospital is cutting services — again. Saying there simply aren’t enough women choosing to deliver babies locally, UnityPoint Marshalltown says it will be closing its obstetrics and women’s health care center at […]

The annual Iowa Mission of Mercy (I-MOM) free dental clinic is returning to Davenport in September. Doctor Ben Lloyd is chair of the local planning committee for the event, which he says was started 12 […]

Investors across Iowa are taking advantage of new federal tax incentives designed to spur economic development in distressed communities. They’re called Opportunity Zones and 62 of these areas have been designated across the state. One […]

The Libertarian Party of Iowa and one of its 2018 candidates have filed a lawsuit challenging a recent change in Iowa election law. Jake Porter of Council Bluffs, last year’s Libertarian candidate for governor, said […]

The Appanoose County Sheriff’s Department says two bodies were found in an open rail car Friday. Railroad employees were in the process of unhooking the cars when a body was discovered. Appanoose County deputies examined […]

Two people were killed in a head-on collision on Highway 30 in Cedar Rapids overnight. At 11:40 Sunday night, Cedar Rapids Police got a 911 call about a driver going the wrong way on Highway […]

You should keep a radio close this afternoon as forecasters say severe weather is a possibility. Meteorologist Cory Martin, with the National Weather Service in Johnston, says Iowans should monitor the forecast closely and have […]

A high-speed chase ended in a crash near Iowa City last night. Johnson County Sheriff’s deputies chased the a Ford Taurus south on Interstate 380 from Cedar Rapids and two Iowa Highway Patrol officers joined […]

A report from 24-7 Wall Street names the northwest Iowa community of Le Mars as the best place in the state to live. Le Mars Mayor Dick Kirchoff  says he’s pleased to see others recognize […]

The Democrat who came within three points of defeating Republican Congressman Steve King in 2018 will run for congress again in 2020. J.D. Scholten released a campaign video ad this morning to make the announcement […]

The State Board of Education gave final approval to a change to require all new school buses have seatbelts in them — but that wasn’t the only change made to the rules. Department of Education […]