State News

Governor Kim Reynolds says a focus on what’s called “the science of reading” will improve the reading skills of Iowa students. The governor went to Adel this afternoon and sat among a group of first […]

The U.S. Labor Department says a Tennesse-based cleaning company will pay $649,000 in penalties for employing children at facilities that included the Sioux City Seaboard-Triumph pork plant. An investigation earlier this year found that children, […]

Iowa is joining 20 other states in a lawsuit over the Biden Administration’s move to expand Title IX protections for women to ban discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation. Iowa Attorney General Brenna […]

Adam Gregg, Iowa’s Lieutenant Governor, is urging Iowans to vote for a proposed amendment to Iowa’s Constitution. “You might remember, back when Governor Reynolds ascended, there was a dispute about whether she could appoint a […]

The U.S.D.A. Crop Report says there were less than two suitable days for field work last week due to wet fields. Corn planting advancef just 8% to 47% now completed, and the progress is now […]

Two Catholic Universities in eastern Iowa have announced plans for what they call a “Strategic Combination” starting this fall. Mount Mercy University president Todd Olson says the agreement will allow students to take courses at […]

A 20-year-old northwest Iowa man who was the subject of a police search on Sunday has been charged with attempted murder. As first reported by KUOO, a shooting was reported at a home in the […]

The Republicans challenging Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks in the June’s G-O-P Primary says the Republican-led congress is failing the country. During a speech at the Iowa GOP state convention  this past weekend, David Pautsch of Davenport […]

The Board of Regents will hear the first reading of proposed tuition increases at the three state schools during their meeting Friday. The proposal would increase in-state tuition by3% at the University of Iowa and […]

Delegates at the Iowa Republican Party’s state convention voted to include a policy statement on marriage in the oarty’s 2024 platform. A 2022 law requires the federal government to recognize marriages as long as they […]

Another round of storms is expected to move into Iowa from the west tonight into tomorrow morning. National Weather Service meteorologist, Kristy Carter, says some of the storms could be severe. “In terms of threats […]

University of Northern Iowa President Mark Nook announced that Megan Franklin has agreed to serve as UNI’s Director of Athletics. The Lincoln, Nebraska native has served over a decade as Senior Associate Athletics Director – […]

The fundraising effort to replace thousands of trees lost to the 2020 derecho in Cedar Rapids has entered its final phase. The interim CEO of the non-profit group Trees Forever, Deb Powers, says their goal […]

A traveling training unit has been at Sioux City’s 185th Air National Guard Refueling Wing for the past three days, so members of the fire department at the base can practice responding to various scenarios. […]

The Iowa GOP’s chairman says getting Donald Trump elected is “all the matters” in the 2024 election. Over a thousand Iowa Republicans gathered in Clive Saturday for the party’s state convention. Party chairman Jeff Kaufmann […]

The federal government intends to file a lawsuit tomorrow to block enforcement of an Iowa law that makes illegal re-entry into the U.S. a state crime. The law, signed by Governor Reynolds in April, also […]

A woman from northwest Iowa has been charged with public intoxication and trespassing for boarding a freight train to get from Sioux City to her home in Hinton. The Sioux County sheriff says 46-year-old Shannon […]

The annual “Midwest Pride In Your Ride” truck and tractor show held at Tri-State Raceway in Earlville starts today. Greg Preussner of Delhi says the event features all sorts of trucks and tractors and it […]

The owner of a dog has been charged with two simple misdemeanors for violating dangerous animal ordinances after a child was attacked by the dog in southeast Iowa Wednesday. The Ottumwa Police Department says it […]

The Iowa National Guard says it has received confirmation from the director of the federal Air Guard office that the 133rd Test Squadron in Fort Dodge will be deactivated as part of restructuring. Information from […]