State News

The Iowa Department of Public Health has landed a five-year, four-point-four million dollar grant from the CDC to boost colorectal cancer screenings. Jeanna Jones, the agency’s screening promotions coordinator, says too few Iowans are being […]

Protesters in Washington D.C. tried unsuccessfully last night to topple a statue near the White House of Andrew Jackson. The seventh president who founded the Democratic Party was a soldier, a statesman, and a slaveholder. […]

Goodwill of the Heartland is expanding from its traditional retail operation to a soy oil manufacturing business in Johnson County. Plant manager Jon Olson tells KCRG TV that they plan to hire about 40 employees […]

A Marion man will spend more than three years in prison after being caught in an energy rebate scheme. Thirty-nine-year-old Dustin Hutcheson, who is originally from Marshalltown, pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud […]

The Des Moines City Council has passed a racial profiling ban for city police. The ordinance establishes a committee to review systemic bias in the police system and directs police officers to intervene if another […]

The Iowa State Fair and many county fairs have canceled this year’s events due to COVID-19, while some are still on, but a fair in far southwest Iowa is making an unusual move. The Page […]

Nevada police say a man who was tased after he refused to give up a sword early this morning has died. Police Chief Ricardo Martinez issued a statement that says officers found the man after […]

A flood warning is in effect for Black Hawk County and the Cedar River and Black Hawk Creek there after heavy rains hit the area. National Weather Service meteorologist Cory Martin says it has been […]

The Iowa DNR is offering a course again this year designed to teach all you need to know about hunting deer from start to finish. The DNR’s Jaime Cook oversees the “Field to Fork” program. […]

Smoke could be seen for miles from a spectacular weekend fire that destroyed an old grain elevator in the Hamilton County community of Highview, west of Webster City. Scott Thompson, from Fire Training Consultants of […]