State News

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley said it is “idiotic” for President Trump to suggest the sound generated by wind turbines causes cancer. During a speech Tuesday night, the president made several derogatory comments about structures he […]

Governor Kim Reynolds is headed to Council Bluffs to meet with the governors of Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas later this afternoon. Representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will […]

A key Republican lawmaker in the Iowa House says his committee will not advance a bill about the crime of fetal homicide that defines personhood as starting at conception. It means the bill is tabled […]

An Iowa Supreme Court justice who stepped down to focus on his battle with cancer has died. The spokesman for the Supreme Court has confirmed that Daryl Hecht, who resigned from the high court in […]

Congresswoman Cindy Axne has introduced a bill that would make a federal tax credit for cellulosic or “advanced” biofuels permanent. “It was a $1.01 per gallon tax credit for producers that expired (at the end […]

The quarterly survey by the Iowa Business Council shows nearly 80 percent of its members anticipate higher sales in the next six months and the majority expect their company’s employment to increase. The IBC is […]

Iowa State’s tight ends have become a bigger part of Iowa State’s offense and their role is expected to grow even more next season. Redshirt sophomore Charlie Kolar earned second team All Big-12 honors a […]

The U.S. Small Business Administration is opening a Business Recovery Center in southwest Iowa to help merchants in that area rebuild and recover from this spring’s widespread flooding. SBA spokesman Bill Koontz says the temporary […]

Israel’s ambassador to the United States is in Iowa today and he was invited to speak in the Iowa legislature this morning. Ambassador Ron Dermer praised state officials for passing a law in 2016 that […]

Missouri River floodwaters are receding slowly from the southwest Iowa town of Hamburg but a former mayor expects a few hundred residents likely won’t return. Terry Holliman owns the NAPA Auto Parts store, flooded when […]

Bills pending in the Iowa House and Senate that would let the state’s casinos take bets on professional and college sports would also boost the prize money for the owners of horses that race at […]

The Iowa Senate has approved a bill that seeks to shut down Iowa businesses caught repeatedly hiring people who are not U.S. citizens or legal residents. Republican Senator Julian Garrett of Indianola is the chief […]

Flooding is forcing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to close seven locks on the Upper Mississippi River. Allen Marshall, spokesman for the Corps’ Rock Island District, says lock closures on the river effectively stop […]

The governor’s proposed constitutional amendment to automatically restore voting rights to paroled felons has cleared an initial hurdle in the Iowa Senate, but it’s future is in doubt. “Is that the right public policy, to […]

Preliminary data released from the Iowa Department of Public Health for 2018 shows the cases for most types of sexually transmitted diseases (STD’s) increased. The DPH’s George Walton oversees the program that tracks the STD’s. […]

A bill that would increase penalties against those found guilty of mistreating companion animals in Iowa has unanimously cleared the House and is now under review in the Iowa Senate. Tom Colvin, CEO of the […]

The Iowa State Patrol says a central Iowa man was killed in two-vehicle crash on Highway 20 in rural Calhoun County on Monday afternoon. Reportedly, an eastbound 2019 Dodge van driven by 24-year-old Forrest Fromm […]

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is criticizing Democrats in the Senate who last night blocked consideration of a disaster relief package that included money for flood recovery in Iowa and across the Midwest. Grassley, a Republican, […]

The Iowa House and Senate have approved changes in the threshold for passing the exam college graduates must take before they may be hired as a teacher. The bill gives state education officials authority to […]

A Mitchell County man is being sent to jail after failing to clean up thousands of tires from an illegal dump site. Sixty-three-year-old Gary Eggers of Stacyville was accused of illegally storing and dumping waste […]