State News

Bird flu has hit eight dairy cattle herds in northwest Iowa this year, and now a third poultry flock. Ag officials said Thursday the virus is confirmed in a commercial turkey flock with over 46,000 […]

Iowa Senator Joni Ernst is calling on the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to immediately resign. The agency protects depositors from losses if a bank or savings and loan fails. Ernst said an […]

A procession that’s part of a Catholic National Eucharistic Pilgrimage will pass through Iowa with stops at churches in the Des Moines Diocese. Father Jacob Epstein of the Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Council Bluffs […]

There’s still no drought in Iowa, but the number of counties where the soil is considered abnormally dry has almost doubled in the past week, bouncing from around 16 counties to nearly 31, according to […]

Governor Kim Reynolds says the Arizona law the U.S. Supreme Court ruled was unconstitutional back in 2012 is different from Iowa’s immigration law and that’s why she’s optimistic a higher court will allow it to […]

A northwest Iowa couple found guilty of helping their son flee the country rather than stand trial for attempted murder have been paroled after serving a fraction of their prison sentences. Two years ago, then […]

The jobs numbers are out for May and Iowa Workforce Development director, Beth Townsend, says they are positive. “The unemployment rate remained the same (2.8%), although the national unemployment rate went up in May,” she […]

A class of Iowa State University students got a first hand look at severe weather this spring in a course on identifying how storms develop. Dave Floury is one of the course instructors. “Our students […]

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is calling on the EPA and the Biden Administration to raise Renewable Fuel Standard volumes so they keep up with the amount of biofuels our factories can churn out. Grassley says […]

With bird flu cases confirmed in at least nine northwest Iowa dairy herds, there may be new requirements for dairy cattle exhibited at county fairs and the Iowa State Fair this summer. Iowa Ag Secretary […]