State News

If you are heading to Ames for a football game this season — parking in the wrong place will cost you more money. City parking enforcement coordinator, Sheri Nelson, says the city council approved the […]

The speed of Missouri River levee repairs remains the key dilemma for southwest Iowans waiting for word on rebuilding after this spring’s flooding. The flood recovery task force Governor Kim Reynolds appointed earlier this year […]

Parents, students and other fans are being reminded to behave responsibly as high school football season opens in Iowa with nearly 170 games tonight and tomorrow night. Chris Cuellar, a spokesman for the Iowa High […]

Former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, a Republican who is considering a primary challenge against President Trump in 2020, has just wrapped up a two-day visit to Iowa. “I think that as a Republican Party, […]

The former Alliant Energy coal-fired electric plant in Marshalltown is now a pile of rubble. It took just seconds for the plant to crash down in a giant plume of smoke and dust after charges […]

The former Alliant Energy coal-fired electric plant in Marshalltown is now a pile of rubble. It took just seconds for the plant to crash down in a giant plume of smoke and dust after charges […]

Former Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey, now a top administrator in the U-S Department of Agriculture, today said farmers “need more assurances” about ethanol, but Northey said he’s unaware of what’s in the “giant package” […]

An eastern Iowa man who is a former medical student will spend more than seven years in federal prison on a weapons charge. Thirty-six-year-old Steven Arce of Waterloo pleaded guilty to one count of selling […]

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is applauding the tentative trade deal reached between the U.S. and Japan, calling it a very “welcome development.” Grassley says, “It arrives at a time when farmers are hurting, in need […]

The air conditioners are off and the windows are open as we’ve been enjoying mild temperatures in the last several weeks. Iowa State University extension crop specialist, Joel DeJong says things are great for people […]