State News

Kinnick Stadium will be silent in September as the Big Ten Conference has canceled the fall sports season — including Iowa Hawkeye football games. Head Coach Kirk Ferentz spoke with reporters after the announcment and […]

A Mahaska County Sheriff’s Deputy has died in an off-duty accident. Around 7:20 Tuesday morning, the Wapello County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call about an accidental gunshot. Thirty-five-year-old Brian Rainey sustained a gunshot wound […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the cancelation of the annual Doodlebug Reunion, which was scheduled for next month in Webster City. The reunion attracts owners and enthusiasts of the motor scooter manufactured by Beam Manufacturing […]

As hundreds of thousands of Iowans may wait days for power to be restored, state officials are urging them not to eat the food that’s left in their refrigerators and freezers. After just four hours […]

There will be no Iowa football this fall as the Big Ten Conference announced today the postponement of the 2020-21 fall sports season. The statement from the conference says the decision was made due to […]

Governor Kim Reynolds said late this morning that hundreds of thousands of Iowans remain without power a day after the derecho storm with hurricane-force winds swept through the state and it may be “several days” […]

Governor Kim Reynolds says an initial estimate indicates 10 million acres of Iowa cropland “was impacted” by yesterday’s storm. “This morning I had a farmer reach out to me to say that this was the […]

Several thousand utility workers are fanned out across Iowa, trying to restore electricity to more than 400,000 people who still don’t have it after Monday’s storm. MidAmerican Energy says 200,000 of its customers remain without […]

The annual Band Day Festival in Algona that regularly features more than a thousand high school musicians from northern Iowa has been cancelled. Algona Schools Superintendent Joe Carter says about 25 bands typically participate. “It’s […]

Today’s date is August 11th or eight-eleven, which coincides with the number you should call before taking a shovel to dirt in your yard. This is National Safe Digging Day and Ben Booth, spokesman for […]