GOP Hopefuls Look To Debate For Last-Minute Boost
Seven Republican presidential contenders will try to use Thursday's debate in the leadoff caucus state of Iowa to cast themselves as the strongest alternative to one rival: front-runner Mitt Romney.
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Seven Republican presidential contenders will try to use Thursday's debate in the leadoff caucus state of Iowa to cast themselves as the strongest alternative to one rival: front-runner Mitt Romney.
Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann says she's not a politician but a real person.
Life-size butter sculptures of everything from cows to space heroes and Hollywood stars are among the most beloved traditions of state fairs, drawing thousands of admirers each year from Iowa to Ohio and as far south as Texas.
A professional fundraising group from Minnesota has agreed to stop making calls to Iowa numbers.
Three important markers in the coming days could fundamentally alter the 2012 Republican presidential campaign, including whether Texas Gov. Rick Perry enters the race.
Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty plans to fade from Iowa's paid airwaves just days from the critical GOP straw poll.
Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty plans to fade from Iowa's paid airwaves just days from the critical GOP straw poll.
A Minnesota man escaped serious injury when his helicopter clipped a power line and crashed.
Authorities have released the name of a 60-year-old Minnesota man who was killed when his bicycle was hit by an SUV near Britt in northern Iowa.
A Minnesota man has died after his bicycle was struck by an SUV on an Iowa highway.
Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty has been reading his own political obituary for weeks. But he's still alive as he campaigns across Iowa.
Authorities say a Des Moines woman has been assaulted with a bratwurst at her home.
Call it the Minnesota feud -- Iowa style.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he's not running for president, but he's still leaving an imprint on the 2012 Republican campaign as a potential kingmaker -- and distraction.
The sprint is under way for Iowa's Republican presidential straw poll, a defining moment for some 2012 GOP prospects that now is less than a month away.
Police in Iowa have arrested one man and are seeking another suspected of being involved in a weekend home invasion at U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell's farm outside Lamoni.
Police say a fire started by "MacGyver bombs" atop Southbridge Mall in Mason City quickly burned itself out.
Trailing in polls and low on cash, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is betting the future of his presidential campaign on Iowa, where a late summer test vote could make or break him.
Iowa authorities have joined in the search for a missing Minnesota woman.
The Iowa State Patrol says a Minnesota man has been killed in a hit-and-run near Shelby.
Republican Michele Bachmann will spend her third consecutive weekend in Iowa during a three-day swing that includes the opening of her presidential campaign headquarters there.
A Twin Cities teenager who's admitted to killing two women in Iowa has been sentenced to life in prison and pleaded guilty to a second murder.
Republican Michele Bachmann is playing up her Iowa past in the debut television ad of her presidential campaign.
Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty told Iowa residents Wednesday that the prestige of the state caucuses is riding on the experience of the winner chosen during the leadoff nominating contest next February.
Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty says a top campaign adviser was wrong to suggest GOP rival Michele Bachmann's popularity was due partly to her "sex appeal."
