State News

Two people died in a fatal wrong-way crash on Highway 30 Sunday night in Cedar Rapids — making it seven deaths from wrong-way crashes in eastern Iowa since 2016. Iowa State Patrol Trooper Bob Conrad […]

Firefighters in the central Iowa town of Nevada are investigating the cause of a mobile home fire early this morning that claimed the life of one person. The Nevada Fire Department received the call after […]

High water due to prolonged flooding at a southwestern Iowa nature preserve is changing some of the habitat and a few species are taking advantage of it. The DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge typically sees a […]

Iowa State sophomore guard Tyrese Haliburton is headed to the Nike Skills Academy in Thousand Oaks, California. The college players portion academy runs Wednesday through Friday, though Haliburton will return early Friday due to Iowa […]

Iowa Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer hosted a member of the Federal Communications Commission on a Dyersville farm Monday to highlight the need to ensure farmers have access to broadband. “That’s so important for their yields and […]

From ice cream socials to picnics, some four-dozen Iowa cities are taking part in this year’s National Night Out, which in most communities is tonight. Hamilton County Sheriff Doug Timmons says Webster City is hosting […]

A central Iowa hospital is cutting services — again. Saying there simply aren’t enough women choosing to deliver babies locally, UnityPoint Marshalltown says it will be closing its obstetrics and women’s health care center at […]

The annual Iowa Mission of Mercy (I-MOM) free dental clinic is returning to Davenport in September. Doctor Ben Lloyd is chair of the local planning committee for the event, which he says was started 12 […]

Investors across Iowa are taking advantage of new federal tax incentives designed to spur economic development in distressed communities. They’re called Opportunity Zones and 62 of these areas have been designated across the state. One […]

The Libertarian Party of Iowa and one of its 2018 candidates have filed a lawsuit challenging a recent change in Iowa election law. Jake Porter of Council Bluffs, last year’s Libertarian candidate for governor, said […]