State News

The upcoming Independence Day holiday would ordinarily be a very busy one for vacationing Iowans, but a new estimate finds travel will be down about 15-percent this summer, compared to last year. Mark Peterson, a […]

Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a bill into law that changes the rules for awarding state grants to businesses that promise to expand broadband service, but it provides no additional state money for the program. […]

AARP Iowa is calling for mandatory testing of all residents and staff in Iowa nursing homes after a case of COVID-19 has been identified. “Today testing in nursing homes is encouraged, but frankly encouraged is […]

A new state law will force the top election official in state government to get legislators’ permission to mail Iowans an absentee ballot request form. Secretary of State Paul Pate mailed every Iowan a form […]

Arnolds Park Amusement Park in northeast Iowa’s Dickinson County is reopening today after being closed nearly two weeks following a spike in local COVID-19 cases. The park’s marketing director Paul Plumb says staff felt comfortable […]

Saturday marks 25 years since the disappearance of Jodi Huisentruit. The former KIMT-TV anchorwoman was believed to have been abducted from the parking lot of her Mason City apartment complex early on the morning of […]

The president of the Iowa Pork Producers Association says legal experts are confident the latest agricultural protection legislation to come from the Iowa statehouse will survive any potential new court challenges. Mike Paustian says the […]

Nearly 60 cats have been rescued from a home in northern Iowa’s Mitchell County. Stephanie Filer of the Animal Rescue League of Iowa says the cats were very sick and reproducing rapidly. “Without a doubt, […]

New state guidelines for reopening Iowa schools this fall say face coverings should be allowed, but not required. Mike Beranek, president of the Iowa State Education Association — the state teacher’s union, said that doesn’t […]

Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a bill into law that makes it easier for plumbers, electricians and others who’ve worked in professional occupations in OTHER states get a license to work in Iowa. “A rigorous […]