State News

As the concerns about vaping and its health impact continue to rise, the Iowa Department of Public Health is offering teens help in stopping. Department Medical Director Caitlin Pedati says Iowa is one of nine […]

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate is launching a new initiative to encourage eligible high school students to get registered to vote. “Iowa’s at the center of the political universe right now with the Iowa […]

More than 100 people attended today’s public hearing in Winterset over a county ordinance that would ban construction of wind turbines and solar panels for the next 27 months. Madison County’s Board of Supervisors has […]

Ankeny-based Casey’s General Stores reported a 22% increase in earnings per share in the first quarter of this fiscal year compared to last year. Casey’s president Darren Rebelez reported earnings of $2.30 cents a share […]

A diesel locomotive caught fire in Cedar Rapids late Monday afternoon. The fire happened at what’s called the “dry mill” owned by Archer Daniels Midland, or ADM. The Cedar Rapids Fire Department says it had […]

Four Hamilton County fire departments battled a Monday evening fire at an abandoned chicken hatchery in Ellsworth. The entire structure was engulfed in flames when the Ellsworth Fire Department arrived. The departments spent several hours […]

The placement of wind turbines has become a hot topic in some areas of the state. There will be a public hearing in Winterset today on a proposed moratorium banning construction of wind turbines in […]

Iowa’s secretary of agriculture says the USDA disaster relief package unveiled Monday includes money for southwest Iowa farmers who had stored grain destroyed by this spring’s flooding. According to state officials, farmers in Fremont, Mills […]

A Decorah teenager has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for a July 2018 beating that caused the death of a Decorah man. Eighteen-year-old Jacob Seelinger was sentenced Monday in Winneshiek county district court. […]

A member of the city council in Keokuk was injured Sunday afternoon when his motorcycle crashed through the front of a Keokuk business. Keokuk Police said it happened at Mark’s Barber Shop on Main Street. […]