August 6, 2021 Man’s plea for letters in viral TikTok gets worldwide, 'overwhelming' response Miles Davis, 30, from Coralville, Iowa, has been receiving “hundreds and hundreds” of letters from all over the world after his mom asked TikTok to send him letters.
August 2, 2021 In Mollie Tibbetts case, judge denies new trial request for killer An Iowa judge on Monday denied a request for a new trial by a man convicted of the 2018 murder of Mollie Tibbetts, a University of Iowa student whose body was found in a cornfield weeks after she vanished.
July 31, 2021 Iowa Republican governor rejects Biden's $100 vaccine incentives Republican Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds rejected President Biden’s request that state and local governments use federal funds to encourage people to get the coronavirus vaccine.
July 29, 2021 GOP senators meet with female athletes to discuss physical, mental risks of competing with biological males Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., discussed preserving women's sports with three-time Olympic cyclist Inga Thompson, Team USA World Masters track athlete Cynthia Monteleone and her daughter, high school track athlete Margaret Oneal.
July 28, 2021 Iowa Dem used official position to secure tax breaks for client of her family-owned business, filings show Liz Mathis, who announced on Tuesday that she was challenging freshman Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, rallied support among her fellow state senators in 2016 to secure up to $2.5 million in sales tax rebates for Prospect Meadows, an Iowa-based nonprofit that paid her husband's marketing firm tens of thousands of dollars for consulting services.
July 27, 2021 Mollie Tibbetts murder: Defense says death linked to sex trafficking ring in hearing for new trial Defense attorneys for the undocumented immigrant convicted of murdering Mollie Tibbetts argued Tuesday that their client deserves a new trial, citing evidence they said ties her abduction and stabbing death to another man.
July 27, 2021 Ernst slams Pelosi's $1B over budget subway expansion, introduces bill barring ‘boondoggle' projects Sen. Joni Ernst is slamming Speaker Pelosi for her San Francisco Bay Area rail expansion project that is more than $1 billion over budget and seeking to bar funding for "boondoggle" transit projects.
July 25, 2021 Biden, Trump trade shots in potential 2024 preview The next race for the White House remains far down the road. But with President Biden and former President Trump taking a few jabs at each other while they were both headlining campaign style events this weekend, Americans were witness to a what could be considered a little preview of a potential 2024 presidential election rematch.
July 23, 2021 Iowa racetrack announcer fired for 'darker-toned skin' rant An Iowa racetrack announcer is out of a job after ranting against fans and athletes with "darker-toned skin" who refuse to stand for the national anthem — telling them to "find a different country."
July 22, 2021 Democrats get high-profile contender in Iowa Senate race Former Rep. Abby Finkenauer of Iowa on Thursday declared her candidacy for the Senate, giving the Democrats a high profile contender in the 2022 race for the seat currently held by seven-term Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley.