Governor Kim Reynolds has set December 9th as the date for a special election to fill the House seat Republican Mike Sexton of Rockwell City resigned from on Friday. Mike Sexton is a farmer who served ...

State Representative Shannon Lundgren (R-Peosta) is running for the U.S. House. (Campaign photo) A fourth Republican has entered the race to represent Iowa’s second congressional district in the U.S.

Marshalltown’s city council has voted to keep the community’s annual fall festival activities in downtown Marshalltown despite concerns about the outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease that has sickened ...

Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig visited the Sioux Honey Association in Sioux City Monday to meet with industry leaders and tour the Sue Bee honey plant. “We’re a significant producer. We’re not one of the ...

A new study warns a proposed gas-fired power plant near the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids could present risks for pilots. The airport commissioned the study to determine whether the plant would ...

A baby was turned over to the state earlier this month under the Safe Haven program. The Department of Health and Human Services says the baby boy was born September 8th and will be cared for by a ...

A student at the University of Dubuque is being credited with finding two rare types of ticks, one that’s never been confirmed in Iowa before. Senior biology major Paige Manning found both a Lone Star ...

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he’s optimistic a resolution will be found to avoid a federal government shutdown when the fiscal year ends one week from today. Grassley, a Republican, says President ...

Governor Kim Reynolds announced today that Iowa Department of Health and Human Services director Kelly Garcia has resigned and will leave the agency next month. Garcia started with the state in ...

The state has confirmed the second death from the Legionnaires Disease outbreak in Marshalltown. The Department of Health and Human Services says an elderly adult with multiple underlying health ...

Iowa’s Attorney General has ruled a fatal shooting by a Knoxville police officer was legally justified. Sergeant Joseph Weppler responded with another officer to a 911 call on August 21st from Andrea ...

Former State Rep. Mike Sexton (R-Rockwell City) is now state director of USDA Rural Development. (Official Iowa General Assembly Photo) President Trump has appointed a farmer and long-time state ...