State News

An investigation of the Boone County Historical Society by the state auditor’s office cites bad budgeting and insufficient oversight by the society’s board of directors. “I think for a lot of people in Boone County […]

Vandals painted racist graffitti on the restroom building leading to the War Eagle Monument in Sioux City. The graffitti, which was discovered Tuesday, was directed at both the black community and local police. Police Sergeant […]

Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union are filing a lawsuit, seeking to block a 24-hour abortion waiting period from being enforced in Iowa. The legislature introduced and passed the bill in the final […]

The pandemic has many Iowans skittish about traditional means of travel and they’re seeking out alternative ways to heed the call of the open road. Nick Smith, sales manager at Good Life RV in Webster […]

The American Red Cross is now testing all blood donations from Iowans for COVID-19 antibodies. Red Cross spokesman Joe Zydlo says the tests will let donors know if they have been exposed to coronavirus, plus, […]

A member of the Iowa Utilities Board is resigning to take a job with an energy company that operates in Iowa and seven other states. Nick Wagner has been a state utility regulator since 2013. […]

The State Auditor has released the results of a special investigation into the North Linn PTO. Auditor Rob Sand says they identified concerns about how former secretary Danielle Arnold handle the funds she was responsible […]

Des Moines Police are investigating a fatal shooting that happened about an hour before sunset in a city park. Des Moines Police say first responders got the park at around eight o’clock last night and […]

A small stretch of cold weather is going to keep sweet corn from being available by the Fourth of July this year for one grower who often has the first corn on the market. Mike […]

The Iowa Department of Corrections says a prisoner is now charged with murder in the death of another inmate at the Fort Dodge prison. The Department says 44-year-old Eric Hall had been inside the cell […]