State News

As a response to last month’s death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley will be taking part in a hearing today to discuss the use of force by police. Members […]

The planting is done and the growing is well underway in fields across the state. The latest crop report from the U.S.D.A. says nearly all of the corn has emerged — and 83% is rated […]

Fort Dodge police are investigating an early morning shooting that left two men dead and two women injured. Authorities received the call at 4:45 this morning in the 900 block of Tenth Avenue Southwest. When […]

Governor Kim Reynolds will issue an executive order that automatically restores felon voting rights before the November election. “We’re working on that right now, sitting down with various groups, listening to what they think is […]

Student leaders at the University of Northern Iowa, Iowa State University, and the University of Iowa released a joint statement expressing their disappointment at the Iowa Legislature cutting $8 million dollars from higher education in […]

This coming Saturday marks the first day of summer, and forecasters say it appears Iowa and much of the Midwest may see warmer, drier weather than normal during the weeks and months to come. Doug […]

The Iowa Department of Public health reports the state’s largest long-term care facility is no longer on the outbreak list. All but two of the seven residents and 22 staff from the Iowa Veterans Home […]

Black Lives Matter leaders say Governor Kim Reynolds has pledged to sign an executive order to restore felon voting rights in time for the general election, but that it would not likely happen until later […]

With virtually all of the state’s corn and soybean crops planted, most of them well ahead of schedule, farmers across the state are reporting the plants look to be emerging in very good shape. Kelvin […]

A large black bear has been spotted lumbering through fields in eastern Iowa. Multiple still and video posts on Facebook show the big adult bear ambling through a green cover crop near the Clinton County […]