State News

Two prominent politicians from opposing parties held an event Monday to call for approval of the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement. The new deal would replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, updating some provisions and […]

Iowa’s Attorney General is suing the selling of an ice scraper he says violated state buying club laws. Attorney General Tom Miller says Robert Schermerhorn of Dunedin, Florida sold the “Miracle Scraper” to at least […]

A Polk County man will spend more than 15 years in prison for possessing child pornography. Forty-six-year-old Robert Milton Kimber II of Des Moines was investigated after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children […]

Twelve Iowa elementary schools with high poverty levels are preparing to heavily incorporate computer science into their curriculum. They’re each using a $50,000 grant through private or state funds to expand and incorporate computer science […]

The Iowa Department of Transportation is going to start offering generic versions of the new blackout plate next week at your county treasurer’s office to help meet the demand. DOT spokesman, Daniel Yeh says the […]

Class 4A 1. Dowling Catholic vs #2 Waukee 2. Waukee @ #1 Dowling 3. Iowa City West @ 3A #4 North Scott 4. Ankeny Centennial vs #9 Ankeny 5. Cedar Rapids Kennedy vs CR Jefferson […]

Two Iowa casinos will pay fines for violations of gambling regulations. Iowa Racing and Gaming Administrator, Brian Ohorilko, says William Hill — which runs the simulcast operations at Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs had one […]

A 23-year-old man doing time for a 2012 robbery in Orange City has walked away from a work release facility in Sioux City. Leandro Edwin Valdez of Orange City was arrested in 2012, when he […]

Captain Al Haynes, the pilot of United Airlines flight 232 — which crashed in Sioux City in 1989, has died at the age of 87. Larry Finley, director of Sioux City’s Mid-American Air Museum, became […]

A Navy admiral who retired nearly two years ago has announced he’s running for the U.S. Senate seat held by retired Iowa National Guard soldier Joni Ernst. “She serves special interests. She doesn’t serve Iowans,” […]