State News

Governor Reynolds has signed two insurance-related bills into law this morning. One requires that insurance plans cover diagnostic tests like MRIs that are used to detect breast cancer. Forty-nine-year-old Kimberly Pearson of Oskaloosa, a breast […]

A spokesman for Governor Reynolds says about 10 percent of state government job classifications require a bachelor’s degree. Kollin Crompton, the governor’s spokesman, is responding to State Auditor Rob Sand’s announcement that he’d collaborated with […]

The Iowa Wing of the Civil Air Patrol, or CAP, is in the air and surveying storm damage from the April 26th tornadoes that struck western and central Iowa. Colonel Jonathan Lartigue, the wing’s commander, […]

State Auditor Rob Sand says he’s worked with a non-profit group and identified more than two dozen state job classifications that could be rewritten to widen the pool of applicants. Sand, a Democrat, says Opportunity […]

National Walk, Bike, and Roll to School Day is one week from today on May 8th and organizers in Iowa say this year’s event promises to be the biggest yet. Matt Burkey, the Iowa Safe […]

The man accused of killing an Algona Police Officer last September is asking for his trial to be moved out of Kossuth County. Forty-three-year-old Kyle Lou Ricke is asking for a change of venue for […]

The Iowa Department of Agriculture has distributed $3.6 million in grants to support 14 water quality projects in urban areas. One of the projects is designed to limit runoff into Smith Lake in Algona. Kossuth […]

It’s prom season in Iowa, time for tuxedos, gowns and corsages — as well as after-prom parties. Trooper Paul Gardner, with the Iowa State Patrol in Fort Dodge, says those late-night bashes can be a […]

The Iowa Supreme Court has directed a lower court to do more fact finding to determine if State Auditor Rob Sand violated Iowa’s public records law. The Iowa Supreme Court unanimously reversed a district court […]

An Iowan is now the holder of the “Order of the Gray Dragon” recognizing the person with the earliest entry date into the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Program. Navy veteran Robert Mowry was given the award […]

Farmers made a lot of progress planting corn and beans last week. The U.S.D.A. report says the amount of corn planted reached 39% complete — up from 13% the week before. That is four days […]

The University of Iowa is moving forward with plans to construct a new hydraulic modeling facility for the College of Engineering. U-I Vice President, Rod Lenhertz, in a presentation to the Regents, says the facility […]

Forecasters say there’s an elevated risk of severe weather late this afternoon and tonight for much of the state, especially western and central Iowa. Meteorologist Cory Martin, at the National Weather Service, says that includes […]

The Archbishop of the Dubuque Catholic Diocese says a priest has been charged with sexual abuse that allegedly occurred during his time in Iowa. A statement from Archbishop Thomas Zinkula says Father Leo Riley has […]

Four people were injured and one of them died after an EF-2 tornado tore through a good portion of Pottawattamie County. County Public Relations Manager Craig Carlsen says the town of Minden was the hardest […]

Emergency responders are stretched thin after Friday’s severe storms spun off at least 17 tornadoes in Iowa, damaging dozens of homes and claiming a life in Minden. Josh Murray, communications director for the American Red […]

Two suspects are now charged in connection with the murder of a man whose body was found in a Webster County ditch on Friday by a letter carrier. Webster County Sheriff’s deputies reported they located […]

The experts say at least 17 tornadoes touched down in Iowa on Friday afternoon and evening, including perhaps a half-dozen that are classified as EF2s, with winds up to 135 miles an hour. Meteorologist Craig […]

A man who was injured when a tornado struck Minden on Friday has died. Officials say about 50 homes in the western Iowa community of Minden were destroyed by Friday’s tornado and dozens more were […]

A Latino author from Iowa City is publishing a book of short stories about a boy who’s coming of age in a blue-collar, predominately white Midwestern town in the late 1960s. Mario Duarte, a graduate […]