State News

Governor Kim Reynolds is adopting a “modified quarantine plan” after potentially being exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19. The governor visited the White House last Wednesday and hosted Vice President Pence in Iowa […]

A Des Moines teenager is in critical condition after being shot in the head late Sunday afternoon. While on patrol in the Drake neighborhood, a Des Moines police officer heard gunshots and saw a car […]

Bloomberg News is reporting that the state medical director is self-isolating after her visit to the White House last Wednesday. Citing White House sources, Jennifer Jacobs of Bloomberg News is also reporting Governor Kim Reynolds […]

After record flooding in western Iowa much of last year, runoff into the Missouri River system is expected to be above-normal again this year, but the experts say the runoff will be well-contained in the […]

The Iowa Wild, in conjunction with the American Hockey League (AHL), announced today the league’s Board of Governors has voted to cancel the remainder of the 2019-20 AHL regular season and the 2020 Calder Cup […]

A western Iowa city that’s home to two meat packing plants is the latest location for one of the “Test Iowa” drive-through sites to screen residents for COVID-19. Captain Sam Otto is spokesman for the […]

Vice President Mike Pence’s Friday afternoon forum about the nation’s food supply featured the CEOs of two of the nation’s major meat packers, allegations of price fixing in the industry from other panelists and the […]

Overnight temperatures are expected to plummet into the 20s and 30s statewide, more on the order of January than May. National Weather Service meteorologist Brooke Hagenhoff says a Freeze Warning covers Iowa’s northeastern half, with […]

Vice President Mike Pence met with a group of Iowa faith leaders this afternoon to discuss ways to safely resume services inside houses of worship in the midst of a pandemic. “It’s just been a […]

Earlier this week, a huge crane hoisted the final piece of the new, Interstate-74 bridge arch into place. It’s the Iowa-bound side of the bridge over the Mississippi River between Moline, Illinois and Bettendorf, Iowa. […]