OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Officials say two people have been arrested after leading troopers in Iowa, then Nebraska, on a high speed chase and ramming two Iowa patrol cruisers in the process. The Nebraska State Patrol arrested the 27-year-old man with an Oklahoma driver’s license Thursday morning ...
DES MOINES (AP) — A Des Moines teen has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for beating his grandmother to death in the home they shared. Noah LaPrei, 19, was sentenced Thursday afternoon to 50 years with no minimum. LaPrei entered an Alford plea in April to second-degree murder in the ...
ALTOONA (AP) — Lowering expectations, Iowa’s two Republican senators say the long-promised repeal of the Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare,” is unlikely, and any final agreement with the Republican-controlled House is uncertain. The comments Tuesday by Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni ...
MCINTIRE (AP) — Organizers have raised about half the $10,000 needed for a veterans memorial in a tiny northern Iowa town. Vietnam veteran Marvin King is among those supporting efforts to erect a memorial in the Mitchell County community of McIntire, which has about 120 residents. King says: ...
COUNCIL BLUFFS (AP) — Authorities say witnesses to a crash off Interstate 80 in Council Bluffs kept a car driver from drowning in a ditch. The accident was reported around 9:45 p.m. Saturday near the South 24th Street exit. The Council Bluffs Police Department says the driver lost control of ...
CEDAR RAPIDS (AP) — Court records say a northeast Iowa businessman already convicted of failing to pay employment taxes intends to plead guilty to new federal charges. The records say a plea hearing in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids is scheduled June 5 for Darrell Smith. The charges: ...
JEFFERSON (AP) — A well-known Iowa bell tower will soon be ringing for the first time in more than 30 years. KCCI-TV reported that a $440,000 renovation project on the Mahanay Bell Tower in Jefferson is expected to finish next week, just in time for the city’s 37th annual Bell Tower ...
GRAFTON (AP) — A northern Iowa woman says she is grateful something positive could come from her daughter’s death, an event that led to legislation banning people from receiving insurance benefits if they’ve been convicted of crimes against the deceased individual. The bill was signed ...
KINGSLEY (AP) — Officials say 2,400 hogs have died in a massive fire near Kingsley in northwestern Iowa. Sioux City television KTIV reports that the Plymouth County fire was reported Friday morning. Firefighters arriving on the scene found the large confinement building completely engulfed ...
DES MOINES (AP) — Seeking to avoid a legal fight over her power, Gov. Kim Reynolds named Republican attorney Adam Gregg as her administration’s No. 2 leader Thursday but stopped just short of making him the official lieutenant governor. Democratic Attorney General Tom Miller advised ...
DES MOINES (AP) — Now that Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has been confirmed as the next U.S. ambassador to China, a quick transition is expected for Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds to step into the top post. Branstad, 70, will resign as governor today in his formal office at the Capitol, according to ...
DES MOINES (AP) — The Iowa Department of Education plans to end its contract with a testing software vendor after a technical audit found the $14 million system was “unfit.” The 91-page audit found that the TIER testing platform, which is designed to give reading tests to students, was a ...
ALGONA (AP) — An Algona man has been given three years of probation for asbestos violations. Gary Christianson, 57, was sentenced last week. He’d pleaded guilty to one count of failing to notify state and federal authorities about building renovations that involved asbestos. Prosecutors ...
DES MOINES (AP) — A father and son whose Iowa-based egg production company caused a massive 2010 salmonella outbreak cannot further appeal their sentences for misdemeanor food safety violations, according to the U.S. Supreme Court. The highest U.S. court declined to hear the appeals of ...
DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa residents should be able to start downloading their driver’s licenses onto their smartphones by late next year, according to state officials. The Iowa Department of Transportation conducted a pilot program with about 100 state employees who used state-issued iPhones ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to be U.S. ambassador to China, sending Terry Branstad from the governor’s office in Iowa to the American Embassy in Beijing. Senators voted 82-13 Monday to approve the nomination of Branstad, who is ...
SIOUX CITY (AP) — A former U.S. Postal Service worker in northwestern Iowa has been sentenced to probation for stealing items from the mail he was supposed to deliver. Federal prosecutors say 42-year-old Kirk Baird, of Sergeant Bluff, was sentenced in a Sioux City federal court Friday. He ...
DES MOINES (AP) — As expected, the Iowa Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a man sentenced last year to up to 10 years for sexually abusing a teenage boy. Friday’s decision by the Iowa Supreme Court came after state prosecutors last month took the rare step of asking it to reverse ...
STORM LAKE (AP) — Iowa school districts are struggling to meet the need for more English language teachers amid growing demand from students and stagnant state funding. Enrollment in English Language Learner programs, or ELL, has grown to more than 27,200 students in 2016. In Storm Lake, for ...
GUTHRIE CENTER (AP) — Two people were killed and another person critically injured in an early morning house fire in the central Iowa city of Guthrie Center. The Iowa Department of Public Safety says firefighters were dispatched at 12:27 a.m. Monday to the fire. Two people died in the fire ...