State News

State officials say testing has confirmed a dozen juveniles and five staff members at the Boys State Training School in Eldora have tested positive for COVID-19. As The Des Moines Register first reported, a staff […]

Iowa State added a 12th game to its 2020 football schedule by agreeing to host Ball State Sept. 12 at MidAmerican Energy Field at Jack Trice Stadium. The match-up replaces the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series […]

Republicans in the U.S. Senate are forwarding yet another incarnation of the CARES Act to the House which Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says is designed to address continuing problems with the public health crisis. Grassley, […]

The Iowa chapter of the Sierra Club is calling for a climate adaptation plan and other policies to overhaul the state’s agricultural economy. The group calls for changes to make farming more environmentally sustainable while […]

Officials are asking Iowans who’ve gotten a mysterious package from overseas to call the Iowa Department of Agriculture. The packages are coming from China and other countries and often indicate the contents are jewelry, but […]

President Trump’s campaign, along with state and national G-O-P groups are asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit over new rules on how Iowa election officials correct problems on absentee ballot request forms. The new […]

State Auditor Rob Sand has released a survey showing two-thirds of health care providers consider Medicaid privatization an impediment to their ability to provide services. “A great number of providers felt that the process had […]

The number of Iowans hospitalized for treatment of COVID-19 is more than double what it was a month ago. On June 27th, there were 118 Iowans with COVID were in the hospital. A month later, […]

The annual roadside survey for small game animals starts this week as staff with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources drive routes across the state, looking for a variety of critters. Iowa DNR wildlife biologist […]

A man wanted in the murder of a woman in Norfolk, Nebraska, was arrested in Sioux City over the weekend. Norfolk Police Chief Don Miller says 28-year-old Deshawn Gleaton Junior is accused in Friday’s shooting […]