Iowa News Headlines

WINDSOR HEIGHTS, Iowa — Down syndrome is the most commonly diagnosed chromosomal disorder and in recent years has become...

Reigning national champion Villanova will be in action along with Michigan, the runner-up from a year ago, while Belmont...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Democrats won more votes, regained control of the U.S. House and flipped hundreds of seats in...

ANKENY, IA — At least four people were hospitalized after an early morning fire broke out at a three-story apartment...

BOONE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a 70-year-old man whose body was found inside the charred remains...

Republicans in the Senate have approved a bill that would no longer require Iowa schools collect proof that students have...

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – Recent floods in Des Moines Metro is not affecting residential areas or businesses in West Des...

Plans for a new agri-business facility have been announced in north-central Iowa. Cindy Litwiller is the Wright County...

The Iowa Senate has passed a bill that would prohibit the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation from borrowing money from a...

Beto O’Rourke, the former Texas congressman, has joined a crowded presidential field. We followed him as he tested his...

Wednesday night, the Oklahoma City Thunder retired a jersey for the first time, Nick Collison’s #4. Collison averaged just...

AMES, Iowa — The big stage and the bright lights are nothing new for Iowa State wrestler Willie Miklus. His championship...

Looking for in-depth coverage of the Hawkeyes and Cyclones in the NCAA Tournament? That’s coming Thursday. For now, enjoy...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As some communities along the Missouri River start to shift their focus to flood recovery after a...

DES MOINES, Iowa– The University of Nevada at Reno Wolf Packs traveled more than 1,000 miles to Des Moines. Beating the...

The Iowa House has voted to remove a requirement that children between the ages of 12 and 15 complete a hunter safety...

HUMBOLDT, Iowa –Residents In Humboldt on the west fork of the Des Moines river are cautiously watching the water. On...

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Wednesday was an important day for the defense as they tried to show the jury their opinion that...

Hamburg residents held back the Missouri River in 2011, then had to take down the makeshift levee that saved them. Much of...

The National Weather Service has decreased its forecast crest for the Big Sioux River near Hawarden to 33.8 feet which is...

GLENWOOD, Iowa- The Missouri River floodwaters rose to take out the water treatment plant for the community of Glenwood....

Former Texas Congressman and latest 2020 presidential contender Beto O'Rourke spent his first days on the campaign trail...

DES MOINES, Iowa – The floodwaters of the Raccoon River are receding in Des Moines and that has crews with the city working...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A Carlisle woman will not serve prison time for stealing more than $40,000 from a metro soccer league....

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific says its crews are working around the clock so rail traffic can return to normal in...

THEODORE, Ala. – An Alabama woman witnessed a “one in a million” yellow cardinal enjoying her backyard. Karem Maldonado...

DES MOINES, Iowa – The floodwaters of the Raccoon River are receding in Des Moines and that has crews with the city working...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Four Des Moines police officers are being hailed for catching children dropped by their mother from...

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa group is hoping to build a sculpture commemorating women's voting rights in honor of the...

The final supermoon of the year is coming this week and it’s happening just a short time after the official start of...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An April sentencing has been scheduled for a former Des Moines school district art teacher accused...

A West Des Moines firefighter suffered minor injuries Wednesday morning after fire crews were called out to a house fire...

DES MOINES, Iowa – The Des Moines Police Department is reminding people about human trafficking as festival season and...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Farmer Jeff Jorgenson looks out over 750 acres of cropland submerged beneath the swollen Missouri...

BLACK HAWK COUNTY, Iowa — Democrat Eric Giddens beat out Republican Walt Rogers in the Iowa Senate District 30 special...

BROOKLYN, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa highway patrolman who was recently elected to the Legislature wrote almost no tickets to his...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A Des Moines man will spend the next decade behind bars for a federal weapons charge. A jury found...

When the NCAA Wrestling Championships get underway in Pittsburgh on Thursday, two dozen wrestlers from Iowa schools will...

DES MOINES — Iowa cities pushed back Tuesday on a legislative proposal calling for the state to scoop up 60 percent of the...

Representative Steve King of Iowa, already under fire for racism, fumbles his answer when asked at a town-hall-style...

As the country prepares to celebrate the c entennial of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which set the stage...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A farm aid nonprofit is launching an effort to deliver donated hay to ranchers in flood-stricken...

Officials in Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Iowa have declared emergencies or disasters as floodwaters have forced...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Attorney General's Office is suing to shut down what it describes as a national...

MAQUOKETA, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a man suspected of attempting to steal items from a dentist's office in eastern Iowa...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hundreds of homes flooded in several Midwestern states after rivers breached at least a dozen...

Mary Neubauer and her husband tried to find their way through Iowa's mental health system for years, seeking help and...

NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (AP) — After weeks of hype, former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke swung through Iowa for the first time and...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal of the felony convictions of three top...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Sioux City has issued $77,500 in fines to a Nebraska plant for exceeding its daily limits on solids...