State News

.National Weather Service survey teams have identified damage in Greenfield and southern Adair County indicating Tuesday’s tornado was an EF4 — a thousand yard wide twister than was on the ground for 44 miles. It […]

The Iowa Girls’ State Wrestling Tournament is expanding to two classes. The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union added girls wrestling as a sanctioned sport two years ago and the first two state tournaments were […]

Governor Kim Reynolds says more than 200 Iowa homes were destroyed by Tuesday’s tornadoes, including more than 150 in Greenfield. Reynolds and the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency toured Greenfield this morning. “We […]

Republican Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Davenport says email obtained by a U.S. House subcommittee shows the senior scientific advisor in the National Institutes of Health has made vile comments about women in medicine. Miller-Meeks questioned […]

Coe College in Cedar Rapids is opening an aviation management program and a professional pilot flight school in partnership with Revv Aviation and the Eastern Iowa Airport. Coe College President David Hayes says this is […]

There’s still no official tally on how many houses were damaged or destroyed in Greenfield by Tuesday’s massive tornado — easily dozens — and the community shelter set up in the town’s Nodaway Valley High […]

Governor Kim Reynolds says Tuesday’s massive storm “ravaged the state” and she’s asking for a Presidential Disaster Declaration for four Iowa counties that have “significant damage.” In a letter sent to the White House this […]

A celebration of the Duke will be held in southwest Iowa’s Madison County this weekend. The John Wayne Birthplace and Museum in Winterset will honor what would have been the actor’s 117th birthday with a […]

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has opened temporary Disaster Recovery Centers in two western Iowa counties where residents are recovering from last month’s tornadoes. One site is at the Chamber of Commerce office in Harlan. […]

State officials say four people were killed and at least 35 were injured as a result of the tornado that hit Greenfield Tuesday. According to the Iowa Department of Public Safety, the number of people […]

The State Environmental Protection Commission voted today to refer the case of the New Cooperative fertilizer spill on the East Nishnabotna River near Red Oak to the Iowa Attorney General’s Office. Bradley Adams, the attorney […]

Governor Kim Reynolds says debris in Greenfield needs to be stabilized before volunteers will be able to enter the town to help residents recover from Tuesday’s tornado strike. The governor is hoping to have damage […]

Governor Reynolds has declared 15 counties state disaster areas and many of those counties have had significant flash flooding from storms that moved through on Monday and Tuesday. Algona got well over five inches of […]

The state patrol says there are multiple deaths and at least a dozen injuries in Greenfield after Tuesday’s direct hit from a powerful tornado. There’s widespread destruction in the Adair County town, with homes leveled, […]

A soil science professor from Iowa State University is scheduled to testify about the nation’s water supply before a U.S. Senate panel today at the invitation of Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley. “I think we’re going […]

The southwest Iowa community of Greenfield has been partially leveled by the tornado that tore through the town Tuesday afternoon. “Sadly we can confirm there have been fatalities with this tornado, Also injuries have been […]

The Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company in southwest Iowa is purchasing the Trenton Coca-Cola Bottling Company in Trenton, Missouri. Atlantic Bottling CEO Rob Feeney says the expansion into northwest Missouri is a good addition and they […]

Farmers saw a lot more dry days to be in the fields last week. The U.S.D.A. crop report says there were four days suitable for planting, more than double the previous week. Corn planting moved […]

A Missouri murder suspect was tracked to southern Iowa overnight, according to the Appanoose Sheriff’s Office. Appanoose County Sheriff Gary Anderson says his office was notified by the Kansas City Career Criminal Task Force that […]

The National Weather Service is warning today’s :round two” of stormy weather will be “more significant.” Meteorologist Brooke Hagenhof at the National Weather Service office in Johnston says a very large low pressure system is […]