State News

The University of Iowa reports it took in a record amount of external funding in the last fiscal year. Marty Scholz, is the U-I’s vice president for research. “We’re up to a little short of […]

California Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris says the government must intervene to address escalating prescription drug prices. “We literally can solve this, but government has to do its job and leaders have to […]

A $100 million theme park is planned for the Waterloo area. The owners of Lost Island Water Park announced a proposal Monday to build an amusement near their current attraction. Officials say state “Rise” funds, […]

A study from the National Low-Income Housing Coalition finds Iowa does well compared to the rest of the country when it comes to housing affordability. The coalition’s “Out of Reach Report” details how much it […]

Trees Forever hostied what it called a “Creating a Buzz” field tour in eastern Iowa this morning. Field coordinator Emily Swihart says they’re teaching the public about the needs of pollinators and how to establish […]

The Corning and Villisca School Districts have started a three-year process of studying reorganization, which will eventually lead to a public vote of merging the two schools into one district. Southwest Valley Superintendent Chris Fenster […]

A state senator from central Iowa has decided to pass on a run for the Third District Congressional seat. Zach Nunn, a Republican from Bondurant, had been conducting a listening tour across the 16 counties […]

A Sibley man is dead following a tractor rollover early this morning. The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office was called to the 1400 mile of Polk Avenue, northeast of Sibley, around 2:45 a.m. Tuesday morning after […]

A northwest Iowa man is charged with reckless discharge of a firearm after a bullet hit a woman in the next room at a Super 8 motel in Willmar, Minnesota. Officers learned that 34-year-old Joey […]

Investigators have identified the three bodies found in a Bancroft house last week and ruled the deaths a double murder-suicide. The investigation found that 22-year-old Mason Alrik Cederwall and 30-year-old Amy Lynn Manna — who […]