State News

A Clarinda police officer is hospitalized after a violent struggle with a suspect on Tuesday night. According to Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers, officers attempted to stop a bicycle that was being operated after dark […]

The Madison County Board of Supervisors approved the first moratorium on new wind turbines Tuesday. The supervisors voted 2-1 to approve a wind turbine and solar energy moratorium that will run through October of 2020. […]

State Auditor Rob Sand is giving some of his Des Moines-based staff the opportunity to move to another region of the state. “As I was looking for ways to increase efficiency in the office, travel […]

Both of Iowa’s U.S. Senators will be joining Vice President Mike Pence at an event in central Iowa this afternoon to tout the benefits of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Senator Chuck Grassley says the timeline in […]

Vice President Mike Pence will visit a central Iowa farm this afternoon, part of the Trump Administration’s effort to pressure congress to ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Angela Hofmann of “Farmers for Free Trade” says farmers […]

The Iowa Transportation Commission approved up to $884,000 Tuesday to improve a roadway to a business in Perry. DOT spokesman, Craig Markley, says it would improve access to three acres of an industrial area and […]

Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker tonight said President Trump’s actions are veering into “absurdity” — but Booker did not mention impeachment during a campaign event in West Des Moines until a man in the crowd […]

A Dubuque man linked to an overdose death has been sentenced to more than 16 years in prison. In late April, a jury convicted 29-year-old Michael Stevenson of Dubuque of conspiracy and distribution of heroin […]

State investigators are asking for the public’s help in finding information on a woman who was found dead in a farm field west of Wayland. The Henry County Sheriff’s Office identified the woman found August […]

Studies on cancer patients from Iowa and Nebraska who are undergoing chemotherapy find there are great benefits from low-intensity exercise. Creighton University Professor Eric Bredahl, in the department of exercise science, says even moderate physical […]