Articles Tagged: Iowa State Patrol

From the initial 911 call to the final tow, officials explain the steps of keeping drivers safe while helping them get off the roads.

Iowa’s traffic fatality count for 2025 was the lowest is 100 years, a milestone state officials are saying is thanks, in part, to a new hands-free driving bill that was passed by the Iowa Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds last year.

The start of a new year also means the start of new laws in Iowa, including fines for handling a cellphone while driving, a statewide ban on ranked choice voting and an overhaul of state business tax incentives.

More than 50 vehicles were involved in a series of crashes on I-80 on Saturday that caused a backup lasting several hours.

One person was injured in an officer-involved shooting on Thanksgiving Day after state troopers responded to a report of gunfire at a home.

Many drivers in Iowa could be in for a $100 surprise come the new year unless they put down their phones, at least one Iowa law enforcement official says.

In August, Gov. Kim Reynolds said the mission will “free up local ICE officials to continue their work outside the office to enforce the law and keep our state safe.”

The Iowa State Patrol, National Weather Service and the Iowa Department of Transportation said in a webinar on Monday that Iowans should start preparing for winter weather and poor driving conditions even before snow hits the ground.

A 30-year-old Marshalltown woman died Saturday after being struck by a vehicle that fled the scene.

The Iowa State Patrol has released the name of a man who was killed Monday in a collision just outside Anamosa.

Iowa’s highways are built to withstand a wide variety of vehicles, from compact cars to eighteen-wheeler semis and large farm equipment. They do have their limits, though, and according to the Iowa State Patrol, that limit is about 80,000 pounds.

As brighter LED headlights become more popular on the roads, two readers of The Gazette wondered whether there are regulations in Iowa for how bright headlights can be, and if so, how those regulations are enforced.

Two people were killed in a head-on crash near Hopkinton Saturday evening.

On July 1, Iowa will join 30 other states in outlawing any phone use while driving that isn’t hands-free. The law was passed earlier this year, and will replace Iowa’s current rules about phone usage while driving, which law enforcement officers say were difficult to enforce, since only texting was banned.

Protesters gathered Wednesday outside the Iowa State Patrol office in Cedar Rapids to hand-deliver a complaint that initially was filed last month about immigration enforcement during an April traffic stop -- and has yet to receive a response from the patrol.