State News

The Iowa State Fair is a little more than one month away and administrators are now looking for people to fill paid and volunteer positions. Spokesperson Mindy Williamson says there are lots of opportunities in […]

A farmer from west-central Iowa’s Greene County is taking the helm of the Iowa Soybean Association this fall but it comes with trepidation. Incoming president Tim Bardole of Rippey says these are very challenging times […]

The latest crop report shows the corn is planted across the state and beans are not far behind. Just two percent of the corn planting remained going into last week and with the planting done, […]

The top air show attraction in the world, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, will be performing its precision demonstrations over eastern Iowa this coming weekend. Ken Hopper is chairman and founder of the Quad City […]

An Anamosa man is going back to prison for helping to sell stolen guns. Forty-eight-year-old David Miller pleaded guilty to one count of posession of a firearm as a felon and was sentenced to seven […]

A singer and songwriter who recorded nearly four dozen top-40 hits is helping aspiring musicians in a northwest Iowa school district. Barry Manilow announced the winners of his Manilow Music Project on stage in Las […]

The Des Moines Register reports Casey’s General Stores executives are exploring how automation may help deal with the difficulty in finding part-time employees. Earlier this month, out-going Casey’s CEO Terry Handley touted the company’s “e-commerce” […]

Two former hospital administrators in Manchester were arrested on theft charges this weekend. Former Regional Medical Center CEO Lon Butikofer and former System Fund Development Director Mike Briggs were charged by the Manchester Police Department […]

Federal investigators are looking into the cause of a small plane crash in rural Clayton County. At about 11 a.m. last Thursday, the Clayton County Sheriff was called to the Elkader Airport, on the report […]

About five dozen farmers and union members gathered at the Labor Temple in Keokuk Sunday to call for more revisions in the U.S. Mexico Canada Trade Agreement. Carrie Duncan, a local officer in the Machinist […]

Thirty-two girls are going to spend this week at a camp that could end up having a big impact on their career choice. Jeannette Thomas says the Construction Camp for Girls in Des Moines introduces […]

Organizers of the Des Moines Arts Festival are expecting the largest-ever crowd this coming weekend as they anticipate breaking a quarter-million visitors over the three-day event. Fest spokeswoman Belle DuChene says there will be live […]

The Iowa State Patrol says a motorcycle crash near Atlantic on Saturday killed a Nebraska man and left an Iowa woman injuried. According to the report, a 2018 Harley Davidson motorcycle operated by 44-year-old Aaron […]

Authorities are seeking tips from the public as they investigate a weekend assault at a home in Webster City. At about 6:30 Saturday night, Webster City police were called about a disturbance in a home. […]

The naval warship christened with the name of a northwest Iowa city continues to undergo testing. “Putting the ship through its paces is fun,” says Kevin O’Brien, the commander of the USS Sioux City, a […]

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A 21-year-old man from Sigourney has been charged with murdering his girlfriend’s four-month-old boy. The child died at a Des Moines hospital this morning. Court records indicate Johnny Lynn Dale, Jr. was caring for four-month-old […]

A state board has approved state tax breaks on construction materials for companies expanding facilities in Fairfield and Perry. Traffix Devices in Fairfield makes things like rubber cones, barricades and construction signs and ships its […]

Work to restore Sioux City’s historic Warrior Hotel is now about one year away from completion. Restoration Iowa vice president Alex Cherubin is overseeing the $73 million project. “We got the interior framing, exterior framing […]

Police say a man who had a gun at the scene of a shooting in Creston earlier this week is being held in the Union County Jail. Officers responded to a report of a shooting […]