State News

Iowa All-American Megan Gustafson has been named the 2018-19 Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year. Gustafson is the first Iowa student since Kristy Gleason (field hockey) in 1994 to win the award. She is […]

It’s estimated a record number of Americans will be on the road for the 4th of July holiday than any previous holiday, and Iowa’s law enforcement officers will be out in force looking for speeders, […]

An Uber and Lyft driver from Des Moines will open Iowa’s largest single-day concert event tonight on the West Terrace of the Iowa State Capitol. Andy Oakden will sing “The Star Spangled Banner” to launch […]

About 800 people gathered in Iowa City tonight for a sampling of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream and a speech from Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. Sanders, at the start, seemed to address recent polling suggesting […]

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke, a former Texas congressman, tonight said it will take sustained public protests to force changes in Trump Administration policies for asylum seekers. “For those of you who wonder what we […]

A new state program began Monday that supporters say will help families of fallen police and firefighters. Department of Public Safety Commissioner Stephan Bayens talked about the Public Safety Survivor Benefits Fund today at the […]

A newly constructed assisted living facility in Rock Valley was destroyed by fire today just weeks before residents were to move in. Rock Valley Police Chief Monte Warburton says they were called to The River […]

Researchers at an Iowa City-based think tank say policy-makers should consider how raising the state sales tax to finance water quality projects would impact low-income Iowans. “Sometimes that’s being left out of the equation and […]

The state of Iowa collected over half-a-billion dollars more in taxes during the last 12 months than during the previous fiscal year. Fiscal Year 2019 for the State of Iowa ended Sunday. Preliminary figures indicate […]

The former city clerk of Westfield is charged with first-degree theft for allegedly taking city funds. The Plymouth County Attorney’s office filed charges against Angela Sorensen. The state auditor’s office conducted an investigation of the […]

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says U.S. agencies on the southern border are becoming “really strained” by trying to accommodate the “skyrocketing” numbers of immigrants. Grassley, a Republican, says the dramatic increase in immigrants is resulting […]

The June survey of business leaders in Iowa and eight other Midwestern states signals positive growth for the region over the next three-to-six months. Ernie Goss, an economist at Creighton University, says while things are […]

State Climatologist Justin Glisan says June dried out a bit after a very wet May. “Precipitation wise, we were actually drier than normal, which is welcomed since we had a very wet spring,” Glisan says. […]

While tornadoes can strike during any month of the year in Iowa, the peak months are April, May and June. Now that we’re into July, the risks diminish slightly. Meteorologist Brooke Hagenhoff , at the […]

Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar is the first of nine Democratic presidential candidates planning to campaign in Iowa this week, heading into a flurry of festivities surrounding Independence Day. Klobuchar started out this afternoon speaking to […]

The Department of Transportation released the much anticipated blackout license plate today. DOT spokesman Daniel Yeh says some orders are already waiting. “I’ve not counted yet — I just know from word of mouth from […]

The high heat is causing the concrete to buckle on some stretches of northwest Iowa roads. Troy Clouse, with the Iowa Department of Transportation, says he and his crews responded to five reports of pavement […]

A baby that was left in a hot car in northwest Iowa has died. Sioux City police say a 16-month-old girl has died after she was left alone in a car Sunday afternoon on a […]

They are picking up sticks today in Dubuque after storms blew through Sunday. City public works director John Klostermann says the storm carried a lot of punch with 60 to 70 mile-an-hour winds for a […]

A motorcycle accident in southwest Iowa’s Page County over the weekend has claimed the life of a Clarinda man. The Clarinda Police Department says 26-year-old Daniel Nathan August died at around 3:50 a.m. Saturday, after […]