State News

After a change of venue, the murder trial of Fort Dodge man who’s accused of killing a pastor is now set to be heard in Davenport. Thirty-seven-year-old Joshua Pendelton will be tried in Scott County […]

Authorities confirm that partial human remains have been found belonging to a Mason City woman who has been missing since last year. The Mason City Police Department says a lower jawbone was discovered by kayakers […]

Starting today, everyone in Sioux City will have to wear a mask to ride a city bus or to visit City Hall or some two dozen other city facilities. All city workers will also be […]

A small private college in northeast Iowa is offering a tuition-free fifth year to all full-time students enrolled for the upcoming fall and spring semesters. Wartburg president Darrel Colson said the idea began to germinate […]

The 70th Annual Shrine Circus in Sioux City is the latest event to fall victim to the pandemic. David Krogh, a spokesman for the Abu Bekr Shrine in Sioux City that hosts the event, says […]

The Iowa Department of Corrections website indicates a third inmate from the state prison in Fort Dodge has died after contracting COVID-19. During the month of July, 336 inmates and 30 members of the staff […]

A client at a Cedar Rapids homeless shelter has tested positive for COVID-19, raising concerns others there may have been exposed. Denine Rushing, shelter services director at the Willis Dady Emergency Shelter, says the individual […]

A University of Iowa study finds virtual home tours are a big factor in selling houses at prices two-to-three percent higher than similar homes without online tours. Gautam Pant, a UI professor of business analytics, […]

A northwest Iowa school board has tentatively sold the district’s vacant high school in Everly to a group that intends to start what it calls a “college for athletes.” Brent Koppie of Guardian Athletic Services, […]

A coalition of health groups led by the Iowa Medical Society have sent Governor Kim Reynolds a letter, urging her to issue a statewide face mask mandate. “We’re optimistic that this increased attention will yield […]