State News

Des Moines city workers and the public are now required to wear masks inside city buildings to reduce the chance of spreading coronavirus. In a resolution passed Monday, the Des Moines City Council also encouraged […]

The Sioux City Council has approved an initial agreement to provide one daily round-trip flight from Sioux Gateway Airport to Denver, Colorado. The agreement with SkyWest Airlines would provide air service through United Express beginning […]

The Iowa Insurance Division is beginning a series of Fraud Fighting webinars Wednesday featuring at topics to help older Iowans. Insurance Commissioner Doug Ommen says his office has held informational sessions for several years. “To […]

New Iowa State University research suggests young people between the ages of 16 and 24 have been hardest hit by job losses during the pandemic. ISU economics professor John Winters said the analysis indicates 37.5% […]

Today marks a somber anniversary in northeastern Iowa. Eight years ago — July 13, 2012 — cousins Elizabeth Collins and Lyric Cook-Morrissey disappeared while riding their bicycles in the Waterloo suburb of Evansdale. Hunters discovered […]

The Iowa Department of Corrections says an autopsy will be done to determine if COVID-19 was a factor in the weekend death of a Fort Dodge prison inmate. The department says 62-year-old Ronald Holdsworth had […]

Governor Kim Reynolds has released a video message to Iowans, urging them to voluntarily wear a mask and practice other public health measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. “COVID-19 is far from over and […]

The Mount Pleasant prison has reported its first positive COVID-19 test for an inmate. The Department of Corrections says the inmate was placed in medical isolation when he first reported he was not feeling well […]

The Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting at the Camp of the Woods Campground at Plymouth. Upon arrival, it was determined that 21-year-old Levi Max Ekwall of Stillwater, Minnesota, and 22-year-old Sean […]

Video of a weekend incident involving a black man and Dubuque police is now on social media and has led to an investigation. Dubuque’s city manager says a thorough investigation will be done after the […]