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Iowa investigators say the discovery of blood of a missing 15-year-old girl has diminished hope of finding her alive. More>>
Authorities say a woman suspected of drunken driving drove her car off an interstate overpass in West Des Moines before rolling down an embankment. More>>
An Iowa police chief says a dozen investigators are looking into whether the suspect in Monday's kidnapping of two girls is connected to last year's slaying of two cousins who vanished 90 miles away. More>>
For the first time, we're hearing from "Dezi," Kathlynn's friend and fellow victim. More>>
Iowa lawmakers have adjourned the 2013 session after reaching deals to cut property taxes, revise education policy and provide health care for low-income residents. More>>
Due to the recent historic nitrate concentrations found in the Raccoon and Des Moines Rivers, Des Moines Water Works is not currently pulling water from either river. More>>
Two southwestern Iowa residents have been arrested, accused of shooting four dogs to death. More>>
An elderly northwestern Iowa man has died in a tractor accident. More>>
Education reform hung over the Iowa Statehouse for the entire session, but three weeks into overtime and Iowans finally get a result. More>>
Since Monday, the town of Dayton and surrounding communities have come together to find Kathlynn Shepard. This is something that has shaken the entire area, something they never expected. More>>
If you have any information related to the disappearance of 15 year old Kathlynn Shepard, please contact law enforcement immediately. More>>
Boy Scout groups all over the nation will come to Texas to make a crucial vote on whether to lift the ban on openly gay scouts and leaders. More>>
Many Memorial Day travelers will be heading to campgrounds like Walnut Woods State Park outside Des Moines.
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Iowa lawmakers have reached a tentative deal to accept federal funding to provide health care coverage to low-income residents. More>>
A federal judge in Des Moines has ordered a 3-year-old girl at the center of an international custody dispute returned to Sweden after concluding the child is being wrongfully kept in Iowa by her mother. More>>
The West Des Moines school board has named an interim superintendent. More>>
A former attorney for the city of Indianola has been arrested on charges of filing nearly $91,000 in overbillings during a six-year period. More>>
A state lawmaker says legislators have a tentative education policy deal that would provide additional school funding. More>>
The search for a missing 15-year-old Iowa girl abducted Monday after getting off her school bus was continuing Wednesday morning near Dayton in northern Iowa. More>>
The University of Iowa's vice president for research is expected to urge Congress to support funding to help develop the next generation of ultrafast supercomputers. More>>
The investigation is still ongoing, so law enforcement can't put all of the information out there about 15-year-old Kathlynn Shepard's disappearance. More>>
Tornadoes leave many on edge this time of year. But an Ankeny couple is resting a little easier. More>>
If you have any information related to the disappearance of 15 year old Kathlynn Shepard, please contact law enforcement immediately. More>>
The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Moore, Okla., was a top-of-the-scale EF-5 twister with winds of at least 200 mph. More>>
Learn how to donate to the American Red Cross or Salvation Army More>>
Gov. Terry Branstad is heading to the Vicksburg National Military Park in Mississippi later this week for a re-dedication of the Iowa State Memorial. More>>
Hospital officials say they've treated more than 200 patients, including dozens of children, since a tornado ripped through suburban Oklahoma City. More>>
The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including seven children. More>>
More than a month after a young teen from Urbandale went missing, her father spoke out Monday night, in an effort to track her down. More>>
Sunday night you probably heard one of the Metro's more than 130 storm sirens.
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Authorities say an elementary school in an Oklahoma City suburb took a direct hit from a mile-wide tornado. More>>
Sunday night's storms caused severe damage to homes in Earlham and Dallas Center. More>>
Gov. Terry Branstad says the Iowa Senate should investigate claims of sexual harassment made by a former staffer for the Senate Republican caucus. More>>
The small town west of Des Moines saw debris, tree damage and rooves torn off buildings. More>>
Lawmakers will return to the Iowa Statehouse this week as they seek to resolve some of the session's biggest issues and adjourn. More>>
The first storm system that passed through Central Iowa on Sunday night caused damage in the town of Earlham. More>>
Winds made travel tough Sunday night on the roads and interstates. More>>
Storms swept through central and eastern Iowa, with tornadoes reported in Huxley and Grundy County. More>>
The Iowa Lottery says Powerball sales in the state totaled $5.1 million for Saturday's drawing that produced a winner in Florida. More>>
Authorities have identified the person killed and child injured in a two-vehicle crash as a Coggon mother and her young daughter. More>>
Corn planting has finally gotten under way in Iowa, according to the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture figures. More>>
It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history More>>
That long drought of tornadoes could end as possible severe weather tumbles in from the West. More>>
The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot might not be the best, but even the slightest chance at $600 million can be hard to pass up. More>>
A young child is recovering from a serious gash to his head after a carnival ride he was on malfunctioned. More>>
Officials say a Dubuque-based call center plans to begin operations in Mason City and hopes to create 135 jobs over the next five years. More>>
Authorities have identified an injured man accused of threatening Waterloo police officers with a knife. More>>
Most things you buy at any store had to be shipped there. In fact, 95% of our country's GDP moves around by truck.
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A judge ruled Friday that two of teenagers charged with beating up Mike Wasike, fracturing his skull then stealing his car, should be tried as adults. More>>
A woman is dead after an overnight house fire in Boone. More>>
The Wisconsin veteran was expecting to talk to officials about getting the K-9 that he served with in Afghanistan back. Instead, he was reunited with his partner. More>>
Elmo and Cookie Monster stopped by Blank Children's Hospital to spend time with patients. More>>
Iowa has a new tool when it comes to responding to natural disasters, Humvees. More>>
A western Iowa woman has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of her 15-month-old son. More>>
A judge has ruled two teenagers accused of severely beating a carjacking victim in Des Moines should be tried as adults. More>>
Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize. More>>
Iowa Workforce Development says the state's unemployment rate dropped to 4.7 percent in April, the lowest rate since December 2008. More>>
The chief state medical examiner says methamphetamine killed a Mitchell County jail inmate. More>>
The Iowa Supreme Court says insurers cannot impose price caps on dentists who accept their plans for procedures that aren't reimbursed. More>>
A Des Moines firefighter was injured Thursday evening while fighting an apartment complex fire on 9th Street near University Avenue. More>>
Some 501(c)(3) groups in Iowa say they have been targeted by the IRS because of their political affiliation. More>>
Iowa legislative leaders have reached a deal to reduce commercial property taxes in the state - a longtime priority of Gov. Terry Branstad. More>>
A high school senior in central Iowa has been accused of lighting a smoke bomb in a school bathroom. More>>
One of the new bills signed into law by Gov. Terry Branstad, R-IA, this week will require lesser criminals to start submitting their DNA to the state's database. More>>
Mike Wolfe, one of Iowa's official pickers, was at the Urbandale Hy-Vee Thursday, signing autographs and talking to fans about the show. More>>
Emergency responders filled the streets outside the downtown post office Thursday, practicing their routine if something suspicious is found in our mail. More>>
Drake University in central Iowa has launched an initiative to recruit African-American students and other minority groups to increase the school's retention rate. More>>
Three middle school students in Atlantic were injured when a light fixture fell in a recently renovated classroom. More>>
Gov. Terry Branstad is proposing increasing salaries for future Iowa elected officials, but the bill appears unlikely to get support in the Legislature. More>>
A 2013 study says flyer satisfaction is the highest it's been in seven years.
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Engineers at Iowa State University are working on a way to make wind turbine towers taller by building them from concrete instead of the steel currently used. More>>
The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $475 million after no tickets matched the winning numbers in the latest drawing. More>>
Last year, the water went up to the chest of three-year-old Ransom Cummings, the story was much different this year. More>>
As part of National Police Week, Urbandale Police held a gun take back event Wednesday afternoon. More>>
What happened to Ransom Cummings unfortunately follows a year of deadly water accidents in 2012. More>>
The state auditor's office says an attorney filed nearly $91,000 in overbillings to the city of Indianola, and used fake names from a phone book to beef up his reports. More>>
The sides of the roads are a bit busier this time of the year. It's road construction season.
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Iowa lawmakers appear close to concluding the 2013 legislative session, though they may put a health care debate on hold. More>>
Police say a knife-wielding man shot by a Waterloo officer is recovering from surgery for non-life-threatening injuries. More>>
A 3-year-old Iowa boy who'd been enjoying a warm spring day at a lake with his mom and siblings has drowned. More>>
Iowa officials are warning spring paddlers to be wary of cold water and debris piled on by full streams. More>>
The state alleges one of its providers of employment and training services, Iowa Comprehensive Human Services, violated terms of their agreement.
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The difference between .05 and .08 BAC might just be one drink, but restaurants say that single drink makes an enormous difference to them. More>>
There is only about a nine percent chance that you have the genetic mutation Angelina Jolie has. More>>
The Powerball jackpot is climbing again, and fast. More>>
A 22-year-old Davenport woman has been accused of using a belt on a 10-year-old child she was baby-sitting. More>>
Gov. Terry Branstad wants to say happy anniversary to the Iowa Department of Transportation. More>>
Jurors have found an Osage teenager guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of his mother. More>>
Only a week and a half ago, we saw more than a half foot of snow fall in the Metro. On Tuesday, that will seem like a distant memory. More>>
Chris Dawson, of Des Moines, fights back tears when he talks about his Terrier Oden. More>>
It's finally warming up out there, and that means some teachers are taking their students outside for class. More>>
Jurors have found an Osage teenager guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of his mother. More>>
Gov. Terry Branstad is appointing a deputy secretary of state to serve as the next state auditor. More>>
A landmark $240 million verdict for 32 mentally disabled workers who suffered years of abuse will be reduced to about $1.6 million because of a law capping their damages. More>>
A 61-year-old Iowa City man has been accused of robbing a boy who was looking for lawns to mow. More>>
A kayaking couple have been rescued from the Des Moines River near Boone. More>>
Weather in Iowa is not allowing farmers to sleep easy. If it's not a drought; it's too much water. More>>
An Iowa man is facing charges after trying to evade police at speeds up to 120 mph. More>>
An Iowa lawyer and former police officer lost his law license after being convicted of drug and forgery charges. More>>
MidAmerican Energy Co. is seeking permission from the Iowa Utilities Board to increase electricity rates, saying it's the first base-rate increase the utility has sought since 1995. More>>
The longtime head of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union has died at age 90. More>>
We are in a housing shortage right now. It's not that houses aren't being built. It's just there's way more people looking for houses out there. More>>
An Iowa City man is appealing his life sentence for the role he played in the killing an Iowa City landlord nearly four years ago. More>>
Iowa State set records with this year's enrollment, and more students coming in means more chaos as they move out. More>>
The Polk County sheriff's office is investigating an incident in which one of its dogs bit a bystander during a search for another man. More>>
A control tower scheduled to close at an airport in Dubuque will remain open through the end of September. More>>
How much you pay for your tap water will be going up, but it's to keep you safe. More>>
Ames Police and the Story County Sheriff's Office paid close attention to the intersection of I-35 and Highway 30 Friday night
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