DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa's Democratic auditor accused the state's Republican governor Thursday of violating a 2018 state law that prohibits statewide elected officials from using public funds for self promotion, arguing she broke the law by making ads promoting coronavirus public safety ...
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A boy who vanished from a rural Iowa trailer park days before his 11th birthday is still missing a week later, as state and federal investigators continued Thursday to look into what happened to him. Detectives are considering several possibilities in the disappearance ...
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Sioux City man admitted that he was one of three people who shot into a house where people were attending a New Year's Eve party, killing one person and injuring three others. Anthony Bauer, 18, pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder and three counts of ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Democratic leader in the Iowa House said Wednesday he would leave the position after three legislative sessions. Rep. Todd Prichard said he decided to step aside after conversations with his family. "I know my caucus will continue to hold Governor Reynolds and ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa's state auditor has flagged concerns following an audit of the state's sex offender civil commitment unit in Cherokee that showed a worker there made more than $50,000 in illicit payments to her husband over the course of 18 months. An administrative assistant ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The former CEO of Make-A-Wish Iowa has pleaded guilty to charges of embezzling tens of thousands of dollars from the charity that supports sick children and their families. Jennifer Woodley admitted in a written guilty plea last week that she made unauthorized charges ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A teen has died after authorities said he he leapt from a moving vehicle while fleeing police and was run over. The incident began just before 9 p.m. Monday when a deputy spotted a vehicle on Interstate 380 that had been reported stolen out of Cedar Rapids and ...
LUTON, Iowa (AP) — A man died and a woman was injured in a Memorial Day shooting outside a home in Luton in northwestern Iowa, and a 20-year-old man was arrested in the case, police said. Deputies responded around 1:30 p.m. Monday to reports of a shooting and found the man and woman in the ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A nonprofit group is working to buy a motel located just south of Interstate 35 in northwest Des Moines and turn it into affordable housing. The Des Moines City County recently approved funds to go toward Anawim Housing's project, television station WHO 13 reported. ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — South Dakota-based ethanol company POET said Tuesday it has purchased the biofuels assets of Flint Hills Resources, including five ethanol plants in Iowa and one in Nebraska. The deal also includes ethanol distribution terminals in Texas and Georgia. The purchase will ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A jury has found that the longtime top lawyer for the Iowa Department of Corrections did not suffer discrimination due to his age or Hispanic ethnicity under his former boss. A Polk County jury ruled Friday that Michael Savala did not prove that his treatment by the ...
Two teenagers were killed and two more were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after their pickup truck was hit by a freight train in rural south-central Iowa, officials said. The crash happened around 4:30 p.m. Thursday in Clarke County, when the eastbound pickup collided with a ...
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man who left a threatening voicemail telling Gov. Kim Reynolds she should be hung or shot "for treason" for imposing COVID-19 restrictions has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor harassment charge. Harvey Hunter Jr., 48, pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree ...
CRESTON, Iowa (AP) — Three people were injured Friday morning in an explosion and resulting fire at a Creston apartment building, fire officials in the southwestern Iowa city said. The explosion was reported about 9 a.m., television station KCCI reported. The Creston Fire Department said two ...
MONTEZUMA, Iowa (AP) — State and local police are searching for a 10-year-old boy missing from his east-central Iowa home for more than a day. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and Poweshiek County Sheriff's Office have put out pleas for the public's help in finding 10-year-old ...
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A farm laborer was found guilty Friday in the abduction and killing of an Iowa college student who vanished while out for a run in 2018 and will face life behind bars for a crime that shocked the nation. A 12-member jury unanimously found Cristhian Bahena Rivera guilty ...
ALTOONA, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa State Patrol is investigating the death of a woman who was hit and killed early Thursday as she walked on Interstate 80 in central Iowa. The crash happened around 4:15 a.m. Thursday on the interstate near Altoona, the patrol said. Investigators said a man was ...
PRIMGHAR, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa woman accused of helping the parents of a slain infant invent a story to cover up the baby's injuries has pleaded not guilty to being an accessory. Stacie Hurlburt, 49, of Sheldon, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to two counts of accessory after the fact, the ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declined a request by the pork industry to increase the speed at which pigs can be processed into meat, delivering a victory to slaughterhouse workers who had raised safety concerns about the plan. The USDA announced Wednesday ...
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A Glendale man has been arrested for allegedly taking a 15-year-old girl out of state without her parents' knowledge, police said Thursday. Police said 21-year-old Kadin Alexander Daniel is accused of buying plane tickets to Iowa for himself and the girl. They said ...