State News

An apple grower in eastern Iowa says the recent weather has helped the crop catch up after a slow start. Paul Rasch owns Wilson’s Orchard near Iowa City and says they normally start picking apples […]

A bold plan is being proposed to create a nationwide biking and hiking trail from Washington D.C. to Washington state that would also cut a path through the heart of Iowa. Lisa Hein, senior director […]

A search is underway in northwest Iowa for a man who was reported missing over the weekend. The Dickinson County Sheriff’s Department is looking for 24-year-old Vincent Harvey. Harvey was last seen around 11:30 Saturday […]

Democratic presidential candidate Julian  Castro, the former mayor of San Antonio, says there “absolutely” should be some federal regulation of large-scale livestock confinements. “I’ve heard plenty of community members here in Iowa who have talked […]

Republican Congressman Steve King today said he wishes he had phrased a recent statement about abortion differently, but he said the statement “was objectively honest and accurate.” Last week, King told a central Iowa group […]

The man who admitted to stabbing and killing Iowa State University golfer Celia Barquin Arozamena was sentenced to life in prison without parole today. Collin Richards pleaded guilty to the murder in June and was […]

Open casting calls for actors and extras are being held in Des Moines this weekend and in Iowa Falls next weekend for a film to be shot in Iowa about the state’s final season of […]

A Cedar Rapids man who police say caused nearly fatal drug overdoses for two people will spend 25 years in federal prison. Forty-four-year-old Jason Bates admitted in a plea deal that he sold heroin to […]

Former Iowa Senator Tom Harkin — a Democrat — today said you “can’t fault” the Republican leader of the U.S. Senate for using his political power to get dozens of conservative judges confirmed since President […]

A man whose dog gave him away to police will spend time in federal prison. Police investigating a burglary in October of 2018 at the coop in Nashua saw a dog on surveillance video. Officers […]