State News

The number of people flying out of the state’s busiest airport went up again last year after cracking the three-million passenger mark for the first time in 2023. Airport spokesperson Sarah Hoodjer  says they welcomed […]

Iowa senior Payton Sandfort has been named the Big Ten Co-Player of the Week, it was announced Monday by the league office. It is the second weekly honor of Sandfort’s career. Sandfort, who was also […]

An arrest has been made in the cold case murder of a woman in Sioux City four decades ago. Thomas Duane Popp is charged in the shooting death of 18-year-old Terri McCauley in 1983. A […]

The 2025 Iowa legislative session is underway. All 100 members of the Iowa House have taken the oath of office for their two year terms. Two dozen senators, who serve four year terms, have been […]

Iowa Republican Party leaders celebrated early this morning during a fundraiser, calling their “supermajorities” in the Iowa House and Senate a mandate for the GOP’s policy agenda. House Speaker Pat Grassley of New Hartford will […]

Iowa State’s duo of Curtis Jones and Joshua Jefferson swept Big 12 men’s basketball weekly awards, following a 2-0 week that sent the Cyclones to the No. 2 position in the AP Poll. Jones led […]

Three small town grocery stores are among five businesses to receive $5,000 grants from the state. Iowa Economic Development Authority spokesperson, Kannen  Kappleman, says the grants are targeted at rural communities. “Projects should exist and […]

Blood from eastern Iowa donors is now helping struggling hospitals in the Los Angeles area, as the still-burning wildfires have claimed at least 24 lives. Amanda Hess, spokeswoman for ImpactLife in Davenport, says they’re part […]

The 2025 legislative session starts today with Republicans in control of the debate agenda for the ninth consecutive year, but it’s the first time in decades Republicans are holding supermajorities in both the House and […]

More than 800 volunteers are needed one week from today at three locations in central and western Iowa for an effort to fight hunger. Dani Reick is spokeswoman for the non-profit Meals from the Heartland, […]