A coalition of organizations advocating gay rights has planned a rally in Cedar Falls on the day the U.S. Supreme Court issues rulings in two closely watched cases. The groups Americans for Democratic Action, One Iowa, UNI...More >>
The World Food Prize Foundation says former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will attend events in conjunction with the prize's award ceremony to be held in Des Moines in October.More >>
The World Food Prize Foundation says former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will attend events in conjunction with the prize's award ceremony to be held in Des Moines in October.More >>
A coalition of organizations advocating gay rights has planned a rally in Cedar Falls on the day the U.S. Supreme Court issues rulings in two closely watched cases.More >>
A coalition of organizations advocating gay rights has planned a rally in Cedar Falls on the day the U.S. Supreme Court issues rulings in two closely watched cases.More >>
Gov. Terry Branstad says storms that brought flooding to Iowa since May 19 caused an estimated $22 million in damage that is eligible for federal public assistance. As a result he has signed a letter to President...More >>
Gov. Terry Branstad says storms that brought flooding to Iowa since May 19 caused an estimated $22 million in damage that is eligible for federal public assistance. As a result he has signed a letter to President Barack...More >>
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former Cerro Gordo County employee who claimed she was wrongly prosecuted on false allegations that she tampered with timecards to boost her pay.More >>
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former Cerro Gordo County employee who claimed she was wrongly prosecuted on false allegations that she tampered with timecards to boost her pay.More >>
This year's World Food Prize is going to a Belgian scientist and two researchers in the United States for their innovations that brought the world genetically modified crops.More >>
This year's World Food Prize is going to a Belgian scientist and two researchers in the United States for their innovations that brought the world genetically modified crops.More >>
Iowa's business development agency is hiring a nonprofit group to look for ways to turn around the state's last-in-the-nation ranking for women-owned businesses.More >>
Iowa's business development agency is hiring a nonprofit group to look for ways to turn around the state's last-in-the-nation ranking for women-owned businesses.More >>
Sen. Tom Harkin says the Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded nearly $24 million for renovations at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown.More >>
Sen. Tom Harkin says the Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded nearly $24 million for renovations at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown.More >>
Months after customers blasted the company for skyrocketing rates, Iowa's dominant health insurer says it will limit premium increases in 2014 to less than six percent for individual and small business...More >>
Months after customers blasted the company for skyrocketing rates, Iowa's dominant health insurer says it will limit premium increases in 2014 to less than six percent for individual and small business policyholders.More >>
The World Food Prize foundation will announce the winners of its annual award on Wednesday at a ceremony in Washington featuring Secretary of State John Kerry as the keynote speaker.More >>
The World Food Prize foundation will announce the winners of its annual award on Wednesday at a ceremony in Washington featuring Secretary of State John Kerry as the keynote speaker.More >>
Attorneys for a Des Moines doctor are asking a judge to dismiss involuntary manslaughter charges in the overdose deaths of 10 patients who he had prescribed painkillers.More >>
Attorneys for a Des Moines doctor are asking a judge to dismiss involuntary manslaughter charges in the overdose deaths of 10 patients who he had prescribed painkillers.More >>
A judge has sentenced a former math teacher at a rural Iowa high school to up to five years in prison for having sexual contact with at least three students.More >>
A judge has sentenced a former math teacher at a rural Iowa high school to up to five years in prison for having sexual contact with at least three students.More >>
The University of Northern Iowa's new president is praising a national professors group for declining to censure the university for its handling of academic cuts.More >>
The University of Northern Iowa's new president is praising a national professors group for declining to censure the university for its handling of academic cuts.More >>
Iowa City has reopened North Dubuque Street after flooding forced it to close, but officials are asking motorists to use caution along the heavily traveled road.More >>
Iowa City has reopened North Dubuque Street after flooding forced it to close, but officials are asking motorists to use caution along the heavily traveled road.More >>
Chickasaw County authorities say they believe someone stole three dogs from a house in rural Fredericksburg, following allegations that the animals were neglected.More >>
Chickasaw County authorities say they believe someone stole three dogs from a house in rural Fredericksburg, following allegations that the animals were neglected.More >>
Efforts to limit payday lenders in Iowa have repeatedly failed in the Legislature, but more cities are approving zoning changes that make it harder to open the businesses.More >>
Efforts to limit payday lenders in Iowa have repeatedly failed in the Legislature, but more cities are approving zoning changes that make it harder to open the businesses.More >>
Records show more than $1.1 billion of the $4.7 billion in flood recovery money awarded to state and local governments remains unused five years after one of the largest natural disasters in Iowa history.More >>
Records show more than $1.1 billion of the $4.7 billion in flood recovery money awarded to state and local governments remains unused five years after one of the largest natural disasters in Iowa history.More >>
Rain and thunderstorms could sweep much of Iowa again on Saturday, leading residents to brace for possibly more flooding in low-lying areas and other damage.More >>
Rain and thunderstorms could sweep much of Iowa again on Saturday, leading residents to brace for possibly more flooding in low-lying areas and other damage.More >>
An appeals court has ordered trial to determine whether the firing of the rendering superintendent at a Marshalltown pork processing plant was unlawful age discrimination.More >>
An appeals court has ordered trial to determine whether the firing of the rendering superintendent at a Marshalltown pork processing plant was unlawful age discrimination.More >>
Residents in low-lying Johnson County neighborhoods are being allowed to return to their homes after they were ordered to evacuate during flooding.More >>
Residents in low-lying Johnson County neighborhoods are being allowed to return to their homes after they were ordered to evacuate during flooding.More >>
Users of the Julien Dubuque Bridge prefer getting repairs to the span completed as quickly as possible, even if it means closing the bridge for more than a week.More >>
Users of the Julien Dubuque Bridge prefer getting repairs to the span completed as quickly as possible, even if it means closing the bridge for more than a week.More >>
A former Muscatine city employee has received a suspended prison term after paying back $8,500 of the money she stole from low-income tenants at her sentencing.More >>
A former Muscatine city employee has received a suspended prison term after paying back $8,500 of the money she stole from low-income tenants at her sentencing.More >>
Northern Iowa cities are bracing for another possible round of flooding over the weekend as a storm system is expected to dump additional rain on already full rivers and streams.More >>
Northern Iowa cities are bracing for another possible round of flooding over the weekend as a storm system is expected to dump additional rain on already full rivers and streams.More >>
The Department of Natural Resources says sewage is being sent into the Upper Iowa River as crews work to repair a broken sewer man in the small northern Iowa city of Chester.More >>
The Department of Natural Resources says sewage is being sent into the Upper Iowa River as crews work to repair a broken sewer man in the small northern Iowa city of Chester.More >>
An Iowa Supreme Court decision in a dispute over the value of shares in a farm business two cousins inherited from their fathers gives additional clout to minority shareholders in closely held family businesses and...More >>
An Iowa Supreme Court decision in a dispute over the value of shares in a farm business two cousins inherited from their fathers gives additional clout to minority shareholders in closely held family businesses and could...More >>
The Iowa Supreme Court has suspended two lawyers for charging excessive fees to a mentally ill Vietnam veteran whose affairs they helped manage for three decades.More >>
The Iowa Supreme Court has suspended two lawyers for charging excessive fees to a mentally ill Vietnam veteran whose affairs they helped manage for three decades.More >>
A suspect has been taken to a hospital with what authorities say are minor injuries after a police chase that started in Iowa and ended in South Dakota.More >>
A suspect has been taken to a hospital with what authorities say are minor injuries after a police chase that started in Iowa and ended in South Dakota.More >>
Two additional deaths in North Carolina are being blamed on the massive storm system that started in the Upper Midwest and brought soaking rains and heavy winds to the Mid-Atlantic.More >>
Two additional deaths in North Carolina are being blamed on the massive storm system that started in the Upper Midwest and brought soaking rains and heavy winds to the Mid-Atlantic.More >>
Iowa's top campaign regulator says she's pleased an appeals court upheld much of an Iowa law requiring outside groups to disclose their spending on political campaigns.More >>
Iowa's top campaign regulator says she's pleased an appeals court upheld much of an Iowa law requiring outside groups to disclose their spending on political campaigns.More >>
MidAmerican Energy Company is announcing the names of four peregrine falcon chicks that hatched recently in utility nesting boxes in Davenport and Muscatine.More >>
MidAmerican Energy Company is announcing the names of four peregrine falcon chicks that hatched recently in utility nesting boxes in Davenport and Muscatine.More >>
Emergency response crews have been credited for rescuing a girl and two women from an SUV in northern Iowa that was submerged in rushing floodwater.More >>
Emergency response crews have been credited for rescuing a girl and two women from an SUV in northern Iowa that was submerged in rushing floodwater.More >>
Gov. Terry Branstad says Iowa is establishing a sister-state relationship with Kosovo and that he will visit the nation during a trip to Europe in July.More >>
Gov. Terry Branstad says Iowa is establishing a sister-state relationship with Kosovo and that he will visit the nation during a trip to Europe in July.More >>
An appeals court is upholding an Iowa rule requiring outside groups to promptly disclose information about their spending to support or oppose candidates for office.More >>
An appeals court is upholding an Iowa rule requiring outside groups to promptly disclose information about their spending to support or oppose candidates for office.More >>
The attorney for an Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation supervisor who has been on leave since May 1 says he believes his client will be vindicated and allowed to return to work.More >>
The attorney for an Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation supervisor who has been on leave since May 1 says he believes his client will be vindicated and allowed to return to work.More >>
ABC News says it intends to ask a circuit court to dismiss a South Dakota beef processing company's defamation lawsuit now that it has been moved from federal court.More >>
ABC News says it intends to ask a circuit court to dismiss a South Dakota beef processing company's defamation lawsuit now that it has been moved from federal court.More >>
They're years away from completion, but the University of Iowa is celebrating the start of construction for three art and music buildings that will replace facilities damaged by the 2008 flood.More >>
They're years away from completion, but the University of Iowa is celebrating the start of construction for three art and music buildings that will replace facilities damaged by the 2008 flood.More >>
A memorial service has been scheduled for a 15-year-old Iowa girl who was kidnapped and remained missing for more than two weeks before her body was discovered in a river.More >>
A memorial service has been scheduled for a 15-year-old Iowa girl who was kidnapped and remained missing for more than two weeks before her body was discovered in a river.More >>
A massive storm system originally forecast to affect one in five Americans from Iowa to Maryland is surging toward the Mid-Atlantic after largely failing to live up to its billing in ferocity through the Upper...More >>
A massive storm system originally forecast to affect one in five Americans from Iowa to Maryland is surging toward the Mid-Atlantic after largely failing to live up to its billing in ferocity through the Upper Midwest.More >>
Authorities in southern Iowa continue to investigate a collision between a vehicle and tractor that caused two teenagers to be airlifted to area hospitals.More >>
Authorities in southern Iowa continue to investigate a collision between a vehicle and tractor that caused two teenagers to be airlifted to area hospitals.More >>
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says a program designed to plant new trees in Iowa this spring distributed nearly 2,000 trees to homeowners.More >>
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says a program designed to plant new trees in Iowa this spring distributed nearly 2,000 trees to homeowners.More >>
A judge has entered final judgment of $3.4 million against a Texas company found to have mistreated 32 mentally disabled workers at an Iowa labor camp.More >>
A judge has entered final judgment of $3.4 million against a Texas company found to have mistreated 32 mentally disabled workers at an Iowa labor camp.More >>
The U.S. Department of Labor has sued a Kentucky businessman claiming he and others unlawfully took $4.9 million from the pension plans of a Fairfield foundry and a related Michigan company.More >>
The U.S. Department of Labor has sued a Kentucky businessman claiming he and others unlawfully took $4.9 million from the pension plans of a Fairfield foundry and a related Michigan company.More >>
A state audit of the Lyon County Engineer's office shows the county missed out on collecting more than $400,000 for road work and septic system inspections and employees kept more than $9,000 from the sale of...More >>
A state audit of the Lyon County Engineer's office shows the county missed out on collecting more than $400,000 for road work and septic system inspections and employees kept more than $9,000 from the sale of scrap...More >>
An Iowa City pharmacist is disputing allegations that he improperly received $1.6 million in insurance claims for expensive drugs to treat hemophilia.More >>
An Iowa City pharmacist is disputing allegations that he improperly received $1.6 million in insurance claims for expensive drugs to treat hemophilia.More >>
The Department of Natural Resources says damage to an electrical system is causing sewage to flow into the Mississippi River north of Davenport.More >>
The Department of Natural Resources says damage to an electrical system is causing sewage to flow into the Mississippi River north of Davenport.More >>
For the second time in three days, a judge is dismissing a lawsuit filed by environmentalists seeking to block construction of a Cedar Rapids highway through a nature preserve.More >>
For the second time in three days, a judge is dismissing a lawsuit filed by environmentalists seeking to block construction of a Cedar Rapids highway through a nature preserve.More >>
A prominent Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation supervisor has been suspended with pay for more than a month as a result of a personnel matter.More >>
A prominent Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation supervisor has been suspended with pay for more than a month as a result of a personnel matter.More >>
About 100 students, their families and school administrators hope to find out why no one showed up to administer the ACT test at a high school south of Atlanta over the weekend.More >>
About 100 students, their families and school administrators hope to find out why no one showed up to administer the ACT test at a high school south of Atlanta over the weekend.More >>
