State News

Donations are now being accepted for a northeast Iowa cemetery where vandals toppled more than two-dozen headstones last week. Sara Breckenfelder is treasurer of the Manchester Cemetery Company which oversees Oakland Cemetery in the town […]

For several years the bookstore at Clarke University has sold t-shirts that read “Unbeaten since 1843”, a joke referring to the Dubuque school’s lack of a football program. That all changes on August 31st when […]

Republican Congressman Steve King and his three GOP primary opponents spoke at a fundraising dinner in Forest City last night. Woodbury County Supervisor Jeremy Taylor suggested Republicans can’t trust King to win the fourth district […]

Iowa’s Attorney General has joined in an agreement with his counterparts in the rest of the United States and several phone companies to try and cut back on robocalls. Spokesman Lynn Hicks says the major […]

Research finds certain generations of women are drinking more alcohol than they used to, almost as much as men, and an Iowa State University study is trying to determine the reasons behind the trend. Susan […]

Iowa Senator Joni Ernst talked with President Trump twice on Thursday about EPA waivers to big oil companies that have reduced the amount of ethanol that must be blended into gasoline. “Just so he understood […]

A presidential candidate barely registering in public opinion polls says voters don’t care that he hasn’t met polling or fundraising criteria to be in next month’s televised debate. Forty-year-old Seth Moulton, a Massachusetts congressman, has […]

As students head back to class, dozens of Iowa schools are preparing to offer free breakfast and lunch. A federal program called the Community Eligibility Provision or CEP pays for meals at select schools. Patti […]

The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission approved more sports betting agreements today for casinos. Eighteen of the 19 state-licensed casinos have sports betting licenses — but not all had their operations ready to go when […]

The Southern Prairie YMCA youth sports coordinator was arrested Wednesday on a Union County warrant for lascivious acts with a child. The Creston Police Department reported 35-year-old Allen Scott Long of Lenox was arrested Wednesday […]