State News

The Iowa Department of Transportation opened travel on flood-damaged Interstate 29 between U-S Highway 34 and the Missouri border this morning. DOT transportation planner, Scott Suhr says the opening comes after a lot of effort. […]

U.S. Postal Service letter carriers across Iowa will be doing more than just delivering the mail this Saturday, according to Harley Tapper, the postmaster of Webster City. Tapper says, “Letter carriers, both city and rural, […]

A study ranks Iowa above the national average in health emergency preparedness, being ready to respond to everything from tornadoes to terrorism to a tuberculosis outbreak. Glen Mays, director of the National Health Security Preparedness […]

The Internal Revenue Service is focusing on small business owners and self-employed individuals in a campaign during this National Small Business Week. Spokesman Christopher Miller says the organization will feature information on a variety of […]

  A New York stage actor and native eastern Iowan is up for one of the biggest honors in his profession. Andy Grotelueschen is nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor […]

Fort Madison officials are considering construction of a new Mississippi River dock, to serve as a river cruise stop. The city of Fort Madison came to terms last month to fund and finish the Depot […]

The Iowa State basketball program has signed Kansas prep Caleb Grill, head coach Steve Prohm announced today. Grill, a 6-3 guard out of Maize, Kansas, joins the Cyclones following a standout high school career at […]

A Clear Lake couple were named the first runners-up in this year’s National Small Business Person of the Year contest. Brad and Angie Barber of Cabin Coffee Company were honored on Monday by the U. […]

A traffic stop Sunday night in Woodbury County led to the seizure of over five and a half pounds of cocaine. Woodbury County Sheriff’s Sergeant Nate Sands stopped an eastbound vehicle on Highway 20 at […]

Trade talks with the European Union and China top the agenda this week in Washington D.C. and Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley will meet this afternoon with the new EU ambassador to the U.S. Grassley, who […]

Cool, wet weather in most of the state last week has delayed planting progress. According to the U.S.D.A.’s weekly Iowa crop report, 36 percent of intended corn acres had been planted by the end of […]

A bicyclist was hit and killed while riding near Iowa City Monday. The Iowa State Patrol reports that 83-year-old David Schuldt was riding on old Highway 218 on the south edge of Iowa City as […]

An author and self-described spiritual adviser who is one of the 22 declared Democratic presidential candidates stopped by a Mason City ethanol plant on Monday afternoon. Marianne Williamson said the U.S. government isn’t looking out […]

While the bald eagle is making a comeback in Iowa and across the country, an expert says there are still some challenges facing the national symbol. The executive director Saving Our Avian Resources (SOAR) Kay […]

The trial of the man accused of stabbing a former Iowa State University golfer to death on a local course in Ames has been moved to northeast Iowa. The judge agreed publicity in Story County […]

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke says historic droughts, wildfires, hurricanes and flooding illustrate why climate change is the greatest challenge the country faces. “Climate change is…understood to be happening beyond a shadow of a doubt […]

Former Republican Congressman David Young is aiming for a rematch in 2020, hoping to unseat the Democrat who beat him in 2018. “It’s hard to run against someone who has a record, but now Cindy […]

The bill named after a Charles City teen who died after sustaining brain injuries in an ATV accident is now law. The law will let people signal their intentions to be an organ and tissue […]

A 19-year-old has been sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to robbing five Iowa pharmacies. Authorities say in December of 2017, Rontel Mial drove from Indiana to Iowa, entered a Walgreens pharmacy […]

A wildlife biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources is encouraging landowners to plant some food plots this spring to help out pheasants and other birds. Todd Bogenschutz says the severe winter weather this […]