Fire Damages Dakota Access Pipeline Equipment, Arson Suspected
Authorities suspect arson in the latest burning of heavy equipment being used in the construction of the four-state Dakota Access pipeline in central Iowa.
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Authorities suspect arson in the latest burning of heavy equipment being used in the construction of the four-state Dakota Access pipeline in central Iowa.
The Music Man Square in the hometown of "The Music Man" creator Meredith Willson is floundering financially.
A University of Iowa residence hall was evacuated after a false report of an active shooter.
Gov. Terry Branstad has issued disaster proclamations for two northeast Iowa counties that endured heavy flooding. The governor's office said Monday that he issued the proclamations late Friday for Clayton and Winneshiek counties, allowing state resources to be used to aid in recovery efforts from flooding that began Sept. 21.
With early voting poised to play a bigger role in this year's election, Hillary Clinton was urging voters in Iowa to start casting ballots on Thursday, more than five weeks before Election Day.
Authorities say the Cedar River in Iowa is slowly receding from its crest in Cedar Rapids, and a new forecast says the water level will drop below flood stage sooner than expected.
Residents of Iowa's second-largest city hope that a temporary floodwall protecting thousands of homes and downtown buildings will hold Tuesday as the rain-swollen Cedar River crests.
The Cedar Rapids Animal Care and Control shelter is providing a safe haven for pets as flooding looms. The Des Moines Register reports that officials hope the offer of shelter will help persuade people to leave their flood-prone homes.
Flood forecasts for the Cedar River have been lowered. The river is expected to crest Tuesday, 11 feet above flood stage.
Residents are leaving low-lying areas of Cedar Rapids, adhering to a request by the authorities to clear out by 8 p.m. Sunday due to the risk of flooding from the rising Cedar River.
The body of a college student from Eden Prairie was recovered from a river in Decorah, Iowa over the weekend.
State authorities are helping local officers investigate the death of a baby girl in northwest Iowa's Sac City. The Sac City Police Department says officers and medics were dispatched to the home Friday morning to check a report that a 1½-month-old infant was not breathing.
The St. Jude Sweet Corn Festival has ended for the year as scheduled after closing early one night because of several fights between about 70 juveniles. The fights that broke out Saturday night caused the festival in Cedar Rapids to be closed down more than an hour early.
Police say a freight train car that derailed in northern Iowa rolled into and damaged a trackside tavern called DeRailed.
Donald Trump faced an all-too-clear sign of GOP divisions Friday in two Midwestern battlegrounds, embraced by party leaders in one state but ignored in another as he strained to overcome deepening concerns about his presidential candidacy.
An Iowa man accused of punching and robbing his mother has pleaded guilty in a deal with prosecutors.
Police have released body camera footage showing a University of Iowa football player being questioned by police who were searching for a robbery suspect.
Amid lingering angst over the primary process, Bernie Sanders has a chance to encourage his supporters to embrace party unity.
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller says his office has reached an agreement with a northwest Iowa couple that requires them to pay a $15,000 fine for allowing hog manure to end up in a creek killing thousands of fish.
A disaster emergency proclamation has been issued for three Iowa counties pummeled in weekend storms. The proclamation issued by Gov. Terry Branstad lets state resources be used in storm recovery.
Des Moines airport officials will have to spend up to $100,000 to build a room for service dogs to relieve themselves inside the terminal.
Authorities say a Roman Catholic priest was charged with solicitation after a prostitution sting in southwest Iowa. Fremont County authorities say the Rev. Dominic Yamoah was arrested early Saturday in Hamburg.
A federal appeals court upheld jail sentences Wednesday for two egg industry executives whose Iowa-based company caused a nationwide salmonella outbreak in 2010.
Republican Donald Trump has narrowed down his vice presidential shortlist to a handful of contenders. While the presumptive GOP nominee is known for throwing curveballs, here's a look at some of the men and women he is said to be considering and has met with recently.
A 1990 theft of historically significant Native American remains by a national monument superintendent entrusted with protecting them was larger and more harmful than previously acknowledged, internal National Park Service documents show.
