Iowa Mom Accused Of Drowning 15-Month-Old Son
A 25-year-old western Iowa woman has been charged with murdering her 15-month-old son by drowning him.
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A 25-year-old western Iowa woman has been charged with murdering her 15-month-old son by drowning him.
The death of a 14-year-old northwest Iowa student has prompted discussion by relatives, school officials and others about the bullying that is being blamed for his suicide. The family of Kenneth Weishuhn, of Primgahr, says he was harassed at school after he told people that he was gay.
A jury has ordered an Iowa warehouse operator to pay Hormel Foods Corp. $4 million for failing to protect its products from floodwaters in 2008.
An Iowa state senator and her husband were injured during the weekend as they worked to clean up from storms that rumbled through the state.
Tornadoes were spotted across the Midwest and Plains Saturday as an outbreak of unusually strong weather seized the region, and forecasters sternly warned that "life-threatening" weather could intensify overnight.
A storm system moving through the Midwest has caused power outage across Iowa and toppled semis on Interstate 29.
A federal judge has upheld a 50-year prison term for an Iowa City man convicted of having unprotected sex with women while knowing he carried the virus that causes AIDS.
Authorities say three teenage girls have been charged with sending nude pictures of themselves to an Iowa man who's been charged for possessing the photos.
In Mount Sterling's last city election, nobody ran for mayor or the City Council.
Authorities have recovered $500,000 worth of equipment stolen in a break-in at a tower site for KIMT-TV in Mason City in Minnesota.
They were learning to become truck drivers but wound up in a nightmare. In detailed accounts to a federal agency, dozens of female employees of one of the nation's largest trucking companies told of being propositioned, groped and even assaulted by male drivers during cross-country training rides.
A 12-year-old Davenport boy wasn't injured but faces several charges after stealing a neighbor's SUV, driving it into a utility pole, and down a one-way street the wrong way.
Police say a young Iowa mother was upset about custody arrangements a day before killing her 2-year-old son and herself.
A prosecutor says a 44-year-old doctor followed his ex-girlfriend to the home of her new boyfriend in a small Iowa town before killing her and committing suicide.
Iowa State sophomore forward Royce White says he's leaving school and declaring for the NBA Draft.
A naked 41-year-old Iowa City man told deputies that he'd been forced by four men to handle a nuclear bomb at his home in Iowa City.
The West Des Moines school district says it won't rehire a substitute teacher who showed third-graders a personal video that included brief scenes of nude adults.
The Dunkerton superintendent says the pending resignation of the junior-senior high school principal has nothing to do with a ministry group's presentation that riled students and their parents.
The debate over Iowa State's decision to hire Fred Hoiberg two years ago included at least one point everyone could agree on. Even if Hoiberg could make the transition from NBA executive to Big 12 coach, it was going to take time.
A southwest Iowa man accused of being drunk when he crashed a go-cart and injured his 2-year-old son will spend 90 days in jail.
An eastern Iowa school district superintendent has apologized after an event included potentially offensive messages about homosexual and transgender people, according to a report from an Waterloo TV station.
House Democrats have left the Statehouse, stalling debate on two measures dealing with gun rights.
Rice Lake Police say a mother and a 59-year-old man have been arrested for taking a 3-year-old child in violation of a recent court order.
Vandals have struck a northwest Cedar Rapids neighborhood, marring vehicles, mailboxes and garage doors with the letters KKK.
Michigan State has surged to the top of the Big Ten standings, winning five straight, including a game at Ohio State, to snatch sole possession of first place.
