State News

The Iowa Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of a complaint that a private plane trip Governor Kim Reynolds and her family took to an Iowa State bowl game was undervalued on campaign finance […]

The Iowa Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case Tuesday where an Iowa City man says he should have been allowed to use the state’s “stand your ground” law in his defense in the […]

A man walking along U.S. Highway 34 in Monroe County east of Albia was hit and killed this morning. The State Patrol reports that 23-year-old Marcus Major of Albia was driving westbound on U.S. 34 […]

Voters in two Iowa cities have rejected plans for publicly-financed fitness facilities. It takes a 60 percent “super majority” vote for bond referendums to pass in Iowa. Unofficial results from Orange City indicate only 43 […]

State officials report a suspect was shot to death by police during a running gun battle in Burlington early this morning. According to a news release from the Iowa Department of Public Safety, witnesses called […]

One northeast Iowa Mayor says the illegal drug trade is moving into small towns. Val Swinton he wasn’t quite aware of how bad the problem was until he became mayor of Clarksville. “I hear stories […]

A Mason City occupational therapist who accessed the private records of nearly two-thousand patients will spend 14 months in a federal prison. Thirty-three-year-old Samantha Jo Rogers pleaded guilty to to one count of acquiring and […]

The state Transportation Commission approved $1.5 million Tuesday for various trail projects in the state. DOT spokesman Craig Markley says one project will help link up two trails. “It’s part of a multi-phase effort to […]

The Madison County Board of Supervisors has scaled back the duration of its proposed moratorium on new wind turbines. The board voted to end the moratorium on October 1st of next year, rather than on […]

An analyst from an international non-profit group that conducts school safety training has been in two Iowa cities this week. Chris Dorn of “Safe Havens International” spent Tuesday in Fort Dodge. On Monday, he was […]