State News

State Fire Marshal Dan Wood says there have been 15 fatal fires as we approach the halfway mark of this year. “We have between usually 30 and 40 deaths a year you know some years […]

It’s unclear how many Iowans may be tuning in tonight’s first presidential debate of the 2024 election season, since political scientists say most people have already decided for whom they’ll be voting in November. Both […]

The Big 12 announced the conference scheduling format for the 2024-25 men’s and women’s basketball season. The 2024-25 season marks the Big 12’s first with 16 member institutions. Opponents were selected based on a combination […]

The moratorium on new gambling licenses imposed by the state legislature is set to expire at the end of this month. Racing and Gaming Commission administrator Tina Eick says they are prepared for a discussion […]

Former Iowa guard Caitlin Clark has been named 2023-24 Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year. Clark is the first Hawkeye to win the award in back-to-back years. She is also only the third repeat […]

Marshalltown police are -not- releasing the name of the 15-year-old they arrested this week in connection with a deadly shooting on June 1st. Police Chief Mike Tupper says the teen who’s in custody played a […]

They say we should take the time to smell the flowers, and that can be taken literally in eastern Iowa this weekend with the Colonies in Bloom event in the Amana Colonies. Jon Childers, spokesman […]

State officials are applying for expanded federal food assistance for low income flood victims in northwest Iowa. Iowa Department of Health and Human Services director Kelly Garcia says her agency is seeking what are called […]

Governor Kim Reynolds has taken executive action to temporarily suspend some state regulations in the 27 counties where flooding has happened or is expected to happen in the next few days. Under state law, Iowans […]

A Sioux City man died during an apparent burglary attempt at a business early Wednesday morning. : Police officers arrived at the scene and found 37-year-old Jerrod Schweitzberger had been electrocuted while apparently attempting to […]