State/Local News

MARION — Legacy Manufacturing Co. is considering an expansion to its existing warehouse in Marion. Officials credit “continued growth and success in restoring U.S. manufacturing...

Under Armour is the rare company that managed to turn a marketing slogan into a schoolyard chant: “We must protect this house” first surfaced in a 2003 television ad that ran a few years...

On Iowa Politics discussed the results of the House District 82 special election, as well as potential challengers to Rep. Steve King in the 4th district. They also share their thoughts on the new...

When Jeff Quint was launching his first business, LiveWare 5, an education technology startup, with co-founder Bruce Lehrman, he quickly learned there are many things no one tells you before you take...

MARION — A cyclist was injured Friday morning after being hit by a vehicle north of Marion. According to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office, deputies — along with the Marion Fire...

What to expect from this year's Iowa State Fair - The allures of the Iowa State Fair are many — the livestock shows, the legendary butter cow, the rotation of newborn piglets, chicks and...

IOWA CITY — An Iowa City home sustained $30,000 in damages due to a fire Thursday night. According to an Iowa City Fire Department news release, crews were called to 2025 Western Road at 7:48...

MILWAUKEE — Juries in the upcoming trials for two girls charged in the Slender Man stabbing case will be sequestered, the judge ordered Thursday. Defense attorneys for both Morgan Geyser and...

Taylor Swift testified in a Denver federal court Thursday about a 2013 incident in which she alleges former radio DJ David Mueller groped her during a meet-and-greet she held for fans before a...

CORALVILLE — An inquiry about a two-day biking event led city officials and volunteers to — in short order — convert woods and grassland on the southwest side into the...

DES MOINES — Five-year-old Barrett Clark stands 45 inches tall. The corn dog he wanted for lunch clocked in at 12. “Do you think you guys can handle a corn dog that big?” mom Naomi...

DES MOINES — Gov. Kim Reynolds on Thursday sent a letter to President Donald Trump requesting a presidential disaster declaration for seven Iowa counties significantly damaged by severe storms...

LOS ANGELES — CNN said Thursday it had cut ties with Jeffrey Lord, one of its most polarizing and ubiquitous personalities, after he used a phrase largely associated with Nazis in World War II....

IOWA CITY — Rep. Dave Loebsack sees North Korea as a threat to U.S. security, but the 2nd District Democrat doesn’t think the bellicose rhetoric from President Donald Trump is helping...

IOWA CITY — Riverfront Crossings Park got a financial boost Thursday in the form of a $50,000 grant to help create the park’s nature play area. The grant is from the National Recreation...

CEDAR RAPIDS — The Inter-Religious Council of Linn County and Cornell College’s Office of Chaplain & Spiritual Life are sending support to a mosque outside Minneapolis that was...

BEDMINSTER, N.J. — President Donald Trump again escalated his rhetoric about North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile programs Thursday, threatening that “things will happen to...

An Iowa City doctor who entered 187 canning competitions at the Iowa State Fair this week emerged from judging with 168 ribbons — 100 of them blue. Dr. Rod Zeitler, 65, an internist a Mercy...

President Donald Trump aimed a fresh barrage of criticism at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Thursday, escalating an extraordinary fight with a key Republican leader that could undermine the...

NORTH LIBERTY — With the first day of school less than two weeks away, Scott Kibbe says the excitement is mounting at Liberty High School in North Liberty. “It’s super...