(Des Moines, IA)  --  Polk County prosecutors say a 53-year-old daycare provider in Des Moines hit one of the children she was caring for. 

(Washington, DC)  --  The U-S Department of Agriculture is projecting balance sheets for farms could look better by the end of 2020 than they have in years.

(Jefferson City, MO)  --  Missouri has hired a Texas-based company to boost medical staffing levels statewide for an expected surge in COVID-19 cases.

(Des Moines, IA)  --  A list released by the Department of Natural Resources finds 750 lakes, streams, or rivers tested in Iowa are officially impaired.

(Warrensburg, MO)  --  A western Missouri judge has ruled he wants to hear from public health officials before he allows a murder defendant to have in-person meetings with his lawyers.

(St. Louis, MO) -- A St. Louis-area doctor is gathering petition signatures to call on Governor Parson to issue a statewide mask mandate. K-M-O-V Television reports Dr. Micah Luderer with Barnes Jewish Hospital compares the fight against the coronavirus to war, saying “defense doesn’t requir…

(Des Moines, IA) -- State election officials have certified the election results giving Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks a six-vote win over Democrat Rita Hart in the Second Congressional District race.

(Clinton, IA) -- The recount results for the Second District Congressional race are set for formal certification by county and state officials today.

(Jefferson City, MO) -- Members of the Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee will meet Tuesday to discuss a one-point-three-billion-dollar COVID-19 spending bill.

(Des Moines, IA) -- The state COVID-19 numbers show 41 more people have died and there have been an additional 33-hundred- 31 confirmed cases.

(Undated) -- Bagged salad mixes are being recalled in 12 states – including Wisconsin – during an investigation by the Food and Drug Administration.

(Des Moines, IA) -- It would be terrible to be sick and getting worse – and find that there are no beds available.