State News

More severe weather rolled across central Iowa this week, bringing large hail and high winds that damaged countless vehicles and homes. Bao Vang, spokeswoman for the Better Business Bureau, is warning homeowners about storm chasers […]

The executive director of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art has been named to a board that oversees the collections of the U.S. Senate. Sean Ulmer says he will be part of a larger team […]

A species of birds with a loud, trumpeting call have chosen to nest in the Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge near Bancroft. “Last year, we had sandhill cranes nest on the refuge for the first […]

A woman who’s been the Iowa Department of Public Health’s lead spokesperson for more than a decade has been forced out of the post. Polly Carver-Kimm said she believes she’s a casualty of the pressure […]

Going-out-of-business sales are underway at JCPenney stores in Carroll and Marshalltown and the company announced today it will shed a thousand jobs, mostly from its corporate office in Texas. JCPenney filed for bankruptcy in May […]

The number of Iowans hospitalized for treatment of COVID-19 has been on a steady uptick this month. As of 10 a.m. today, 190 Iowans are hospitalized, up 22% since July 1st. Governor Kim Reynolds said […]

A north-central Iowa drug kingpin’s requests to delay his execution scheduled for later this week have been denied. Dustin Honken’s motions to delay his execution were denied on Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Leonard Strand. […]

You know it’s a bad storm when the National Weather Service staff has to abandon its office and take shelter underground. Severe thunderstorms rolled across central Iowa last night, bringing winds up to 60 miles-an-hour […]

U.S. Marshals in Michigan have arrested an Iowan wanted for a murder in Dubuque. Security camera video showed 25-year-old Curtis R Smothers, Junior being shot in the chest on July 2nd during a fight in […]

It appears Iowa City’s School Board is the first in the state to vote to hold all classes online when school starts in August. Other schools have developed multiple options, including remote learning or weekly […]