State News

Bloomberg is reporting the USDA warned that the EPA’s draft proposal for how much ethanol and biodiesel is to be blended into fuel next year did not fulfill President Trump’s deal with the biofuels industry, […]

A father and son from Glidden in Carroll County are accused of several deer hunting violations. DNR Conservation officer, Andrea Bevington, says the charges came after an on-line tip. Thirty-nine-year-old Joshua Snyder and his 59-year-old […]

From superheroes to spooky creatures, Iowans are snapping up new costumes for this weekend’s Halloween parties. Jenny Mally, marketing director for the Theatrical Shop in West Des Moines, says the movies are a big influence […]

A police standoff in Marshalltown Tuesday began when officers tried to serve a warrant. The warrant was for probation violations, but when Marshalltown police showed up to serve the warrant in the 800 block of […]

A new national Tap Water Database is now online that details water testing and contaminant information from nearly 50,000 public utilities — including 1,100 utilities in Iowa serving almost three-million people. Sydney Evans, a science […]

The Des Moines Register is reporting former Iowa Lieutenant Governor JoAnn McIntosh Zimmerman has died at the age of 82. Zimmerman was the first woman to be elected on her own as Iowa’s lieutenant governor. […]

Four school districts have reached a settlement of $650,000 dollars for failing to tell other districts what they knew about a teacher and coach who later admitted to sexually assaulting a student. Lawyers filed the […]

The Democratic presidential candidate who’s topped recent polls in Iowa has just wrapped up a four-day campaign swing through the state. Elizabeth Warren’s campaign said 1200 people were in attendance at her event in Ames […]

A new owner plans to reopen a meat processing facility in northwest Iowa. Oklahoma-based Lopez Foods, a family-owned business, bought the plant in Cherokee from Iowa Food Group, which closed the facility in April. Bill […]

Central Iowa students who take part in a literacy program are getting free books this week as part of Power Reading Week. Karen Ligas, executive director of “Everybody Wins! Iowa,” says this is the 9th […]