State News

Authorities are searching for the driver of a vehicle involved in a serious hit-and-run accident in Denison. The wreck happened shortly before 7:30 Sunday evening. According to the Iowa State Patrol’s accident report, a motorcyclist […]

The recent U.S. Drought Monitor report shows abnormally dry conditions in about 35 percent of the state, with eight west-central counties classified as being in moderate drought. Iowa DNR analyst Tim Hall says the state […]

Class 4A (final poll) 1. Johnston (19-3) 2. Ankeny (17-7) 3. Urbandale (15-9) 4. Dubuque Hempstead (11-1) 5. Sioux City East (15-3) 6. Southeast Polk (14-10) 7. Waukee (12-12) 8. Ankeny Centennial (13-11) 9. Cedar […]

Des Moines Black Lives Matter activists are proposing their own language for an executive order to restore felon voting rights as they continue to pressure Governor Kim Reynolds to act. “After giving Reynolds nearly a […]

The Lake City Council has expressed support for a new dog park in the community, next to a building that’s on the National Register of Historic Places, but it’s not clear whether the project will […]

A young inventor from southeast Iowa finished first in his grade at the National Invention Convention. Charles Smith, a student at Eisenhower Elementary in Ottuwma, topped the first grade division for his invention that he […]

A first-ever event in Sioux Center will guide people to stop and smell the roses. The Sioux Center Parks Department organized the flower tour to highlight the beauty flowers create in the city scape. Maps […]

Mississippi River boat traffic and air traffic over the river were diverted as an Alliant Energy power plant in Clinton was imploded today. The plant in Clinton started as a coal-fired plant more than 70 […]

A family member has confirmed that a missing former Wartburg College music instructor who left a Waterloo care facility Monday has been found alive in Waterloo. Searchers have been looking for 46-year-old Michael Jensen since […]

The administrator of the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission says revenues for the fiscal year that ended in June are down about 20% after the shutdowns forced by the coronavirus epidemic. Brian Ohorilko says the […]