State News

Another lawsuit challenging the updated process for selecting Iowa Supreme Court justices and appeals court judges was heard in Polk County District Court Friday. A judge dismissed the first lawsuit that claimed Republican lawmakers violated […]

A University of Iowa pain researcher has won two grants as part of a national effort to improve treatments for pain and cut the use of opioids. Professor Kathleen Sluka says one grant funds research […]

Democratic presidential candidate Steve Bullock says until the recent revelations about President Trump’s call with Ukraine’s president, he was hesitant to support an impeachment inquiry. “I sure want to make, you know, this next 15 […]

There’s a sendoff in central Iowa tonight for a group of National Guard soldiers who are deploying overseas. Guard spokesman, Colonel Michael Wunn, says the sendoff is at the unit’s headquarters in Boone. “It’s Company […]

Today is the second annual Iowa Local Food Day as part of National Farm to School Month. Teresa Wiemerslage, the program coordinator through the ISU Extension, says to take part, schools must serve at least […]

An Iowa State University researcher says the idea that striking a “power pose” in the mirror can boost your confidence, abilities and testosterone levels is complete bunk. The concept of power posing gained popularity after […]

Representatives of the Obama Foundation have been in Iowa this week, looking for artifacts from Barack Obama’s 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns in Iowa. “Obviously Iowa in 2008 played a huge role in the Obama […]

A new report on childhood obesity finds Iowa’s numbers aren’t budging, with more than 50,000 kids statewide falling into the category. Victoria Brown, senior program officer for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, says the report […]

The Iowa DNR says two conservation officers who broke up a fight in downtown Des Moines in September did nothing wrong. Information from the DNR says an internal investigation found officers Travis Graves and Derrick […]

A state representative from central Iowa has been charged with drunk driving after a weekend arrest in northwest Iowa. Sixty-year-old Scott Ourth is a Democrat from Ackworth who represents part of Warren County in the […]