State News

An Iowa native was one of three Marines who prevented a potentially dangerous situation from escalating on an international flight early Monday morning. Captain Daniel Kult, a 2011 Coon Rapids-Bayard graduate, was on a flight […]

The mayor of a western Iowa city that’s home to two packing plants is asking state officials to establish a “Test Iowa” site in her community. “I remain very concerned and I have been concerned […]

Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a proclamation allowing campgrounds, drive-in movie theaters, tanning facilities and medical spas to reopen throughout the state this Friday, May 8th. Iowa dentists will be able to perform routine procedures […]

Governor Kim Reynolds and U.S. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue say the nation’s meat supply should be stabilized within 10 days. Reynolds was in the Oval Office earlier this afternoon for a meeting with President Trump. […]

Only one Iowa hospital is treating COVID-19 patients with a newly-approved drug that’s hoped to help in the healing process. Remdesivir isn’t a cure or a prevention vaccine, but researchers say it can help some […]

Concerns are rising in Iowa the COVID-19 pandemic is allowing child abuse to go unreported while making it more challenging for people trying to get out of abusive households. Mary Ingham is executive director of Crisis […]

A dozen more Iowans have died of COVID-19 and all were above the age of 61. State officials say 219 Iowans have died of the disease since record keeping began in March. The number of […]

One of the state’s leading advocates for open government says citizens in places like Perry have a right to know when there’s a public health concern at large local employers. “The fundamental concern I have […]

Public comments are being taken through today as the Departments of Transportation in Iowa and Illinois try to decide whether to build a new Interstate 80 bridge between Le Claire, Iowa and Rapids City, Illinois. […]

There’s an arrest in a cold murder case from 16 years ago in southeast Iowa. The victim, 73-year-old Bonnie Callahan of Keokuk, was reported missing in June of 2004. Her body was later found along […]