State News

The bear that captured attention as it wandered through eastern Iowa last month attracted more crowds in Missouri. Almost 150,000 people have joined the Facebook group “Keeping Bruno Safe” which has been chronicling the adventures […]

Iowa’s four Catholic bishops are asking President Trump to cancel the July 17th execution of an Iowan found guilty of killing five people, including two children. Dustin Honken, who was originally from Britt, was convicted […]

The largest campground in the Iowa Great Lakes reopened last week after being closed two years for renovations. Manager Frank Rickerl says the main upgrade at Marble Beach State Recreation Area was to the campsites […]

Forty-four cases of COVID-19 have been identified in the state prison in Fort Dodge. The Iowa Department of Corrections reported Monday a total of 39 inmates and five staff members of the Fort Dodge Correctional […]

Some county fairs in Iowa have completely cancelled due to the pandemic, but a few are still having events for 4H and FFA members. Chyann Koppen, the ISU Extension Service Youth coordinator for Kossuth County, […]

The president and CEO of the Food Bank of Iowa says a record number of meals went out in June. She says in 2016 when she first arrived, they were serving about 800,000 pounds of […]

A fisherman has donated the remains of a wooden boat found at the bottom of West Lake Okoboji to the Iowa Great Lakes Maritime Museum in Arnolds Park. Chad Thompson of Spirit Lake determined the […]

The new varieties of corn have made the old standard “knee-high” by the Fourth of July a thing of the past as corn in some areas is already five to six feet high. Iowa State […]

Officials with the City of Spencer have fired an employee after the woman was accused of being part of a racial incident last week. An internal investigation was conducted after the City of Spencer received […]

Senator Chuck Grassley plans to attend events in 29 different Iowa counties over the next two weeks — and he’ll be wearing a face covering everywhere he goes and encouraging others to do the same. […]