State News

Governor Kim Reynolds will meet with President Trump next week when he visits Iowa and she plans to warm him that imposing new tariffs on Mexico could derail the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement. “The timeline […]

An organization that represents the state’s construction industry has established a new $5 million endowment to award yearly grants to schools, businesses and charities for programs that promote jobs in the construction trades. Chad Kleppe, […]

While the U.S. House gave final Congressional passage of a disaster relief package last night, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says it won’t go nearly far enough to bail out all Iowans who’ve been impacted by […]

A northwest Iowa man died Monday in a one vehicle accident in rural Emmet County. According to Emmet County Sheriff Mike Martens, the sheriff’s office received a call shortly before 6 a.m. from a motorist […]

Riverfront businesses in downtown Burlington are drying out after a temporary flood wall broke this weekend. The Mississippi River now surrounds the city’s auditorium, and some businesses have closed for a few days. Mac Coffin […]

Twenty Democratic presidential candidates will appear at a series of forums in five Iowa cities next month. The events are sponsored by AARP and The Des Moines Register. Radio Iowa news director O. Kay Henderson […]

Six cattle were missing at daybreak today in eastern Iowa after a semi tipped over on an Interstate 80 exit ramp. The semi was carrying 57 head of cattle. According to the Iowa State Patrol, […]

  A Creighton University economics professor predicts many Nebraska sports fan will start trekking to Iowa for game days because the state’s casinos will soon start taking bets on sporting events. “It will move them […]

A eastern Iowa man who led police on a fiery chase has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison. Twenty-four-year-old Kelsey Beckett of Cedar Rapids pleaded guilty in January to escape, assault with […]

Severe weather and trade troubles are at the root of an economic slowdown in Iowa and eight other states according to a monthly survey of Midwestern business leaders. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says Iowa’s […]

The Iowa Attorney General’s Office is asking the four Catholic dioceses of Davenport, Des Moines, Dubuque and Sioux City to provide information on records of clergy sexual abuse. A spokesman for the AG’s office, Lynn […]

The U.S. House has approved a $19.1 billion disaster relief package that includes flood aid for Iowans and the president’s likely to sign it into law yet this week. The bill passed the U.S. Senate […]

The talents of Iowa’s young actors, singers and dancers will be celebrated and featured on stage at the Des Moines Civic Center tonight. Karoline Myers, the facility’s education manager, says the Iowa High School Musical […]

Governor Kim Reynolds has appointed a woman who’s been working inside the state’s prison system as the new leader of the Iowa Department of Corrections. Beth Skinner has been the department’s director of risk reduction […]

Another Democrat has entered the U.S. Senate race, hoping to be the party’s nominee to face Republican Senator Joni Ernst in 2020. Theresa Greenfield, a Des Moines businesswoman, posted a video online to announce her […]

May rainfall ended up just a little short of being double the normal average for the month. State Climatologist Justin Glissen says we got trapped in a pattern that wouldn’t go away. “What we were […]

Democratic presidential candidate Jay Inslee, the governor of Washington state, says it’s time for a federal law guaranteeing access to abortion. “This is a freedom issue,” Inslee said this morning in Des Moines. “It is […]

We’re now a week into what are considered the 100 deadliest days to be on the roads, in Iowa and nationwide. Rose White, spokeswoman for AAA-Iowa, says the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day […]

The city of Cedar Rapids turned its traffic cameras back along with a switch in the calendar to June.  City public safety spokesman, Greg Beulow says drivers will get a grace period to adjust. “During […]

While the Floyd County Fairgrounds in Charles City lost half of its buildings during a Memorial Day tornado, fair board president Amy Staudt says the show will go on next month. “I am sure that […]