Iowa News

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has the chance this weekend to begin chipping away at Iowa Republicans unfamiliar with their neighbor governor to the north - someone seriously considering a 2012 campaign for president.

Iowa Army National Guard soldiers from the Spencer unit took a moment to pose in front of their vehicles at Camp Ripley, Minn., in June, before taking part in an early morning training exercise.

Read more: Local , State , Crime , Kenneth Ray Owens , Conviction for Receipt of Child Pornography , Department of Justice United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt Southern District of Iowa DES MOINES, IOWA -- Press Release from Department of Justice United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt Southern District of Iowa On July 30, 2010, ...

The month of August signals the start of football season throughout the area. A tradition of the month of August will continue starting this Monday, August 2, with the annual Northwest Iowa Football Camp.

Tough talk from the campaign trail may make for great headlines, and might even appeal to certain pockets of voters, but it rarely translates into sustainable and thoughtful public policy, according some Iowa immigration advocates.

Immigrants and their supporters welcomed the news that the courts blocked the enactment of Arizona's controversial new law.

Gov. Chet Culver says President Barack Obama has authorized a presidential disaster declaration for 32 Iowa counties affected by flooding and storms since June 1. The declaration provides federal funding to rebuild roads and bridges and other public facilities and help cover the cost of debris removal or emergency work during the storms.

Gubernatorial candidate Terry Branstad's campaign illegally purchased two vehicles, violating a law he signed when he was governor in 1991.

Republican Tim Pawlenty lacks Sarah Palin's pizzazz, Mitt Romney's bucks, Newt Gingrich's connections and Mike Huckabee's religious pedigree.

A Texas man has been convicted of transporting illegal aliens to Iowa, resulting in the death of 1 of them.

A bicyclist is in critical condition after an accident during the RAGBRAI bike tour south of Charles City.

State officials filed charges Wednesday against four inmates currently serving time at the Clarinda Correctional Facility in southwestern Iowa for their role in the assault of another inmate who was found dead June 14.

Posted on Jul 28, 2010 by Admin . A decision by the Culver administration last year not to seek a change in the state's unemployment law has resulted in 13 fewer weeks of benefits being available to out-of-work Iowans, according to data from the U.S. Department of Labor.

A historic shift in education is going largely unnoticed in Iowa. Iowa today is expected to become the 30th state to adopt national standards for what students should master in math and English.

Democratic governor candidate Scott Heidepriem says South Dakota needs to tackle what he sees as the drain of state dollars into an Iowa casino being built just a few miles from Sioux Falls.

A new study shows the I-JOBS economic stimulus plan pushed by Gov. Chet Culver has created more than 7,000 jobs.

Sean Herdrich, of Manchester, Iowa, checks out his friend's downtown store for damage after the Maquoketa River flooded downtown Manchester, Iowa, on Saturday, July 24, 2010, due to heavy rainfall spanning the past 48 hours.

Construction of wind farms has fallen 71% nationwide this year and has ground to a halt in Iowa.

As soon as President Barack Obama places his signature on the Supplemental Appropriations Act passed by the U.S. House Tuesday night, Iowa can finally begin receiving millions in disaster aide.

The trial of an eastern Iowa man accused of killing his wife has been delayed. A A A Seventy-year-old James Blum, of Washington, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 67-year-old Patricia Blum in January.