State News

Iowans are being reminded that a recent critical security patch for Windows computers and cellphones is a good reminder to keep those software updates automatic. Information security expert Mike Masino

State Climatologist Justin Glisan says a tornado outbreak is unlikely this month because Iowa is in a severe weather drought. “When you don’t have thunderstorms to drive rainfall, you don’t

An Iowan who won gold medals at the Paralympics in 2016 and 2021 has been inducted into the National Wheelchair Basketball Hall of Fame. Joshua Turek of Council Bluffs was

Class 5A 1. Southeast Polk (2-0), LW #1 vs #3 Prairie 2. Dowling Catholic (2-0), LW #2 vs #10 Ankeny 3. Cedar Rapids Prairie (2-0), LW #5 @ #1 S.E.

About one in every eight Iowa women will develop breast cancer during their lives, and a rise in breast cancer cases among women in their 40s is bringing new preliminary

The northwest Iowa event billed as the world’s largest county fair starts on Saturday. This is Jerome Hertel’s first year as manager of the Clay County Fair in Spencer. “This

Iowans who are getting aggressive calls from loan collectors need to be sure the loans they’re trying to collect are real, especially before making payments. Lisa Schiller, with the Better

Two people were killed Saturday afternoon in a motorcycle-truck accident east of Woolstock. The Iowa State Patrol identified the victims as 52-year-old Eric Gustafson of Thompson, Iowa and 48-year-old Mindy

A local photographer is this year’s featured artist at Sioux City’s annual ArtSplash festival, which is underway this holiday weekend in that northwest Iowa city. Britton Hacke says one of

A Fort Dodge man was sentenced today for his involvement in the death of his newborn daughter. Thirty-two-year-old Brandon Thoma was originally charged with first-degree murder along with the child’s