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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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Not only did the "SWATting" call waste time for police, it terrified the family inside the home where it all happened. More>>
You can vote for Marissa to win at the Doodle 4 Google page. More>>
A central Iowa man has been given prison time for cutting down more than two dozen black walnut trees. More>>
A judge has upheld the paid suspension of a veteran Department of Transportation employee who sent inappropriate emails to colleagues, including one that depicted a woman's genitalia. More>>
Crews repairing a train derailment in central Iowa have reopened one of two affected tracks. More>>
The wet start to the corn planting season may reduce the amount each acre produces this year, but farmers are planting so much corn they're still likely to bring in a record crop. More>>
More than 250 residents of two Des Moines apartment buildings may move forward with a class-action lawsuit over a bedbug infestation. More>>
Union Pacific workers are still cleaning up the mess from a massive train derailment that happened early Thursday morning. More>>
Seventeen-year-old Abbie Kliegl is a Valley High School student and a Special Olympics athlete. More>>
Iowa is close to breaking a state record for the longest stretch without a reported tornado. More>>
The Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office says 18-year-old Devin Trumbley, of Dunkerton, was arrested Wednesday. He faces a misdemeanor charge of fourth-degree criminal mischief. More>>
A Union Pacific Railroad coal train has collided with another train carrying cargo containers in central Iowa derailing 20 cars and shutting down a section of the company's mainline track. More>>
Sentencing has been scheduled next month for a former Iowa county conservation director who pleaded guilty to stealing from the county. More>>
An Iowa man who illegally made and sold fireworks and explosive devices has been sentenced to 46 months in prison. More>>
An attorney says a man arrested in Texas in connection with the shooting of an Iowa police officer won't fight extradition back to Iowa. More>>
A Des Moines police officer who noticed a house fire pounded on the front door until occupants responded and escaped. More>>
After more than a seven hour standoff in Boone, one man is now in police custody. More>>
Police say the warmer weather may be the cause of this string of robberies in the Metro. They say that's because more people are outside. More>>
$1.9 Billion will be spread across the Iowa countryside. More>>
He has been charged with a gun violation and child endangerment, a class "C" felony. More>>
Gov. Terry Branstad and MidAmerican Energy are announcing plans to spend $1.9 billion to install 656 wind turbines in Iowa by the end of 2015. More>>
Voters chose not to support a casino in Warren County by 60 percent. More>>
The rain on Wednesday morning didn't stop a group of Army National Guard soldiers from Black Hawk training. More>>
The owner of a restaurant in southern Iowa has pleaded guilty to employing cooks and dishwashers that he knew were in the country illegally. More>>
An Ogden man has been convicted of first-degree murder for the strangulation death of his wife last October. More>>
A Bremer County jury has convicted a 20-year-old man of two counts of vehicular homicide. More>>
The latest plan from Davenport leaders to build a casino and hotel along Interstate 80 calls for the development to be owned privately, not by the city. More>>
Des Moines Police responded to two separate attempted armed robbery calls within a half hour of each other Wednesday morning. More>>
A July sentencing has been scheduled for a 19-year-old Knoxville man who was accused of helping film his sexual encounter with a 15-year-old girl. More>>
Some traditional July Fourth picnics may be missing a favorite menu item this year: sweet corn. More>>
A jury is scheduled to begin deliberations in the murder trial of an Osage teenager accused of shooting his mother to death. More>>
Warren County voters decided Tuesday they do not want to take a gamble on a new casino. More>>
It was two and half hours into the school day when teachers received shocking news. More>>
When the sun starts to set, families know it's time to leave Evelyn Davis Park.
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Authorities say a school bus carrying more than a dozen students has been involved in a crash in northwest Iowa. More>>
The Des Moines Police Department fired 13-year veteran Collin Boone after he kicked a suspect in the head.
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Colo–NESCO is the first school district in the state to participate in an active shooter drill. More>>
Officials in three Des Moines suburbs are considering withdrawing from a joint security agreement and operations group. More>>
A frantic 911 call has led police to a house near downtown Cleveland, where three women who went missing a decade ago have been found. More>>
Thousands of dollars in supplies and personal belongings are missing after a Des Moines Public Works supply facility was broken into over the weekend. More>>
The price tag for all this is $11 million dollars. Right now they have more than $10 million of that in place from private donors. More>>
An ultra-light plane has crashed near a John Deere facility in Waterloo and the pilot has survived with non-life threatening injuries. More>>
Little action was evident in the Iowa Legislature on the first day after daily payments ended for lawmakers. More>>
A new report shows a slight drop in the number of Iowa children abused or neglected last year. More>>
Des Moines police are investigating a robbery at a public works building that involved use of the department's own tractors to haul away supplies. More>>
To any parent it's a very important piece of paper: your child's birth certificate. But imagine if you couldn't be listed on it, couldn't be known as a legal parent? More>>
Caren Henry was walking her little 9-year-old beagle named Candy down a country road near Madrid when a vicious dog attacked her. More>>
Friday marked the last official day that Iowa lawmakers are paid, but there are still several issues that need to be resolved. More>>
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