State News

The search for a former Wartburg College music instructor who left a Waterloo care facility Monday night is entering its fourth day. Searchers have been looking for 46-year-old Michael Jensen of Waverly since he escaped […]

The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission issued fines to five casinos for violations of regulations at their meeting Thursday. The Hard Rock Casino in Sioux City was fined $20,000 for allowing a minor onto the […]

This week the state’s Test Iowa program has passed the 100-thousand mark in number of tests conducted. Governor Kim Reynolds announced in April that a group of Utah companies were being paid $26 million to […]

A man’s body was recovered from the East Nishnabotna River in southwest Iowa early Thursday. Numerous local agencies responded to the call shortly before 1:15 a.m. from a 44-year-old woman who had been floating on […]

A meat locker in Story City is the first in Iowa to be allowed to sell its products to customers in other states. A new federal program lets state-inspected lockers get a U-S-D-A stamp on […]

For the first time since 1976, there will be no Iowa-Iowa State football game. The Big Ten announced it will be moving to a conference only schedule for football and other fall sports. That would […]

The director of racing at the Prairie Meadows Casino in Altoona says they have seen a big increase in offtrack betting on their races during the pandemic. Darron Heldt says the offtrack betting really took […]

When the Sioux City Explorers return to American Association action next summer there will be a new look to Lewis and Clark Park and Mercy Field. Explorers’ marketing director Connor Ryan says the box office […]

The Omaha District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has a new commander. Command was officially passed Wednesday from outgoing Colonel John Hudson to incoming Colonel Mark Himes. Hudson has been commander of the […]

A coalition of trade unions is putting up a 100-thousand dollar reward for tips that lead to an arrest in connection with a noose found hanging at a construction site in Altoona. “There’s absolutely, positively […]