State News

An Iowa State University study finds playing certain types of video games may increase creativity. The study divided a group of 352 ISU students into four groups. The first two groups were assigned to play […]

Two Iowa governors who first chatted 32 years ago on a doorstep in southeast Iowa recently met privately for a meal, chatting about the past and at least one idea for the future. Former Governor […]

A Webster City doctor has admitting to making false statements to the United States Attorney’s Office about Medicare claims. Seventy-six-year-old Joseph Latella admitted to lying about the claims he billed so he could be paid […]

A Polk County judge heard arguments today as the ACLU of Iowa seeks an injunction on a provision in the health budget bill passed by the Iowa legislature in April that allows organizations using public […]

A team of Iowa State University statistics students is back home in Ames after winning an international competition last week in Germany. Steve Vardeman, an ISU professor of Statistics and Industrial Engineering, says the students […]

A spokesman with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the treatment of an invasive plant in the Iowa Great Lakes region was a little tougher this year. The curlyleaf pondweed is treated with a […]

Iowa’s two U.S. senators are appealing to the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission to do more to ensure the accuracy of maps detailing broadband access in rural America. Senator Chuck Grassley says he and […]

The Adams County Sheriff has agreed to pay $10,000 to a Red Oak man who was charged harassment when he posted a criticism of a sheriff’s deputy on his own Facebook page. ACLU of Iowa […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is urging all boaters on the Mississippi River to give locks-and-dams a wide berth due to “crazy” currents lately. Corps spokesman Patrick Loch points to a close call a […]

Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper says his first abandoned foray into property development taught him not to give up on “a great idea,” like his current campaign for the White House. “I’m going to keep […]