Under legislation signed Friday, which takes effect July 1, no permit will be required for an individual to purchase or carry a concealed firearm in public spaces in Iowa.

A reporter for the Des Moines Register was found not guilty of interfering with official acts and failing to disperse Wednesday. 

After a vehicle pursuit that ended in Hamilton County, the Iowa State University Police Department arrested a 14-year-old girl and charged her with eluding, Chief Michael Newton said in a press release. 

Today marks eight months since Iowa’s first COVID-19 death. 

The 2020 election cycle included three Iowa House of Representatives races in Story County that each went to the incumbent candidates. 

Republican candidate Jesse Green won the District 24 Iowa State Senate seat. 

Since the 2016 election, an estimate of over 45,000 Iowans with past felony convictions have had their voting rights restored in time to participate in the 2020 election. 

J.D. Scholten is the Democratic candidate running to represent the 4th Congressional District of Iowa for the U.S. House of Representatives. Scholten was a professional baseball player playing in Canada, as well as a litigation paralegal specializing in intellectual property and trials law. Scholten is running a second time, as he narrowly lost the 2018 election to incumbent Steve King, who has been representing Iowa for 17 years before being voted out in the June primaries. The Iowa Sta…

Dave Deyoe, Republican