State News

Casino operators say they are anxious to get sports betting underway after the Racing and Gaming Commission approved the emergency rules Tuesday setting the start date for August 15th. The sports betting area at Prairie […]

Iowa is scheduled to be the first state in the country to launch “model legislation” designed to fight human trafficking in the lodging industry. Workers in hotels and motels in Iowa and nationwide are taking […]

The Clinton Fire Department has been cleared of any violations — but a safety agency has cited two business in a fire which led to the death of a firefighter. Clinton firefighter Eric Hosette was […]

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley and former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, a Democrat, joined forces today in the nation’s capitol — making the case for ratification of the USMCA, which would replace the North American Free […]

A retooled state website has a list of more than 80,000 job openings in Iowa and adjacent areas in the states that surround Iowa. “Around a 25-mile radius because we do have many Iowans who […]

Sports betting rules were approved today in less time than you have to wait for a television timeout at a football game. The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission approved the rules at their meeting in […]

Governor Kim Reynolds today said she’s not ready to reveal details of the “new direction” she is seeking in the largest agency in state government. Reynolds, who asked the director of the Department of Human […]

A new reward is being offered for information that leads to an arrest in the unsolved abduction and murders of two young cousins in northeast Iowa seven years ago. Authorities say they continue to actively […]

The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation has been called in to help investigate a shooting involving an Iowa City police officer. Iowa City police say the officer responded to a shoplifting complaint from a business […]

A massive steam engine is making an encore trip across Iowa after heading through earlier this month on its way to Chicago. Iowa Historical Society spokesman Michael Morain was among those who watched when the […]