State News

A big bunch of small, two-seat airplanes are in eastern Iowa this week. Clinton is hosting the ‘Confab in the Corn.’ It’s the annual Cessna 150, 152 fly-in. The event is being held at the […]

A man who once lived in Independence and in Traer has been sentenced to more time in prison for hiring a hit man. Forty-five-year-old Jason Harriman was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison. In […]

Parts of southwest Iowa’s Fremont County remain off limits to residents and motorists months after the region was first hit by Missouri River flooding. The Fremont County Board of Supervisors is opting to maintain evacuation […]

A Carroll man who was arrested during a home invasion in Storm Lake on Sunday morning has now been linked to another incident in June. The Storm Lake Police Department reports they were notified by […]

Some vintage World War II airplanes are on display this week in northeast Iowa. Four rare planes flew into the Waterloo Regional Airport on Monday as part of the “Wings of Freedom Tour.” “A lot […]

A central Iowa man is jailed on the East Coast for allegedly stalking pop star Taylor Swift. Police in Westerly, Rhode Island, are holding 32-year-old David Liddle of Des Moines on charges including possession of […]

Briar Cliff University in Sioux City has been granted a temporary injunction against its former president. The university asked for the injunction against Dr. Hamid Shirvani to prevent him from disclosing confidential information about Briar […]

A coalition of environmental groups is calling on presidential candidates to prioritize drinking water in their policy plans. From lead pipes in schools to nitrates in rural areas, the director of Healing Our Water-Great Lakes […]

Southwest Iowa communities hit by this spring’s floods still face a critical housing shortage. Mills County public information officer Sheri Bowen says the situation is “very challenging” in her county and widespread in the Missouri […]

The University of Iowa is wrapping up its summertime project aimed at recruiting more Native Americans and other students from underrepresented populations. Carlos Nelson helps oversee the effort, called the Iowa First Nations Summer Program, […]