Four people at the Iowa Capitol reported testing positive for the coronavirus since the legislative session began, including two additional cases which were announced over the weekend. Rep. Amy Nielsen, D-North Liberty, confirmed to multiple news outlets that she was one of the two new cases ...

Des Moines - The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) on Monday confirmed three cases of the COVID-19 variant - SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7. - in Iowa. The virus variant is often referred to as the U.K. variant because it was first detected in the United Kingdom. Based on epidemiologic and modeling ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten Republican senators on Sunday proposed spending about one-third of what President Joe Biden is seeking in coronavirus aid and urged him to negotiate rather than try to ram through his $1.9 trillion package solely on Democratic votes. In challenging Biden to fulfill ...

DES MOINES — Iowa reported a record 250 deaths linked to the coronavirus Sunday, which is the biggest one-day increase the state has recorded. The state reported 4,901 deaths linked to COVID-19 on Sunday morning. That was 250 more than what the state reported Saturday, and the figure is ...

DES MOINES — A Democratic state lawmaker said she has tested positive for COVID-19 and thinks she was infected with the virus at the Iowa Capitol, where Republicans have refused to mandate masks or require people to disclose positive cases. The announcement by Rep. Amy Nielsen of North ...

Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law Friday morning requiring Iowa schools to offer a 100 percent in-person learning option along with a 100 percent virtual learning option. Marshalltown Schools will end their hybrid learning option for grades seventh through twelfth on February 16, and ...