STATE NEWS

Keokuk County had some heavy weather Thursday night (8/27).  Severe storms that moved through the area knocked down trees and power lines in Sigourney, What Cheer, Delta, Ollie and Hedrick.  And in Poweshiek County, Sheriff…

Public health officials in Iowa’s largest county are sounding alarms that too few people are wearing masks and getting vaccinated as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations climb in the state to levels not seen since January.…

BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - Public health and hospital officials say Covid cases are “increasing significantly" in the Cedar Rapids area and they’re urging residents to get vaccinated and take other steps to prevent…

BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - Three virtual rather than in-person public hearings are being planned for next month, to give Iowans a chance to comment on proposed maps that will change the boundaries of…

BY MATT KELLEY RADIO IOWA - The Iowa State Fair wrapped up its 11-day run Sunday and will evidently come up short on setting any attendance records. The final tallies will be out soon, but fair…

BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR RADIO IOWA - An Iowa Falls man who was an interpreter for the U.S. military in Afghanistan is one step closer to being granted political asylum. Zalmay Niazy says his lawyer called…

A white Iowa woman who said she drove her SUV into two children in 2019 to try to kill them because of their race was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison on federal hate…

BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR RADIO IOWA - Grinnell College President Anne Harris says the school has decided to require students to be vaccinated this fall. “We did so after much, much, thinking. Much consultation with legal…

BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - President Biden has ordered the U.S. Education Secretary to explore whether a civil rights law gives the federal government authority to overturn state bans on mask mandates in schools.…

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said Iowa would welcome refugees from Afghanistan who want to resettle in Iowa saying their situation is much different from the immigrants coming across the U.S.-Mexico border Reynolds refused to accept…