A new poll finds 61 percent of people think evaluating teachers annually would make a major difference in improving the education Iowa children receive. And 56 percent think holding back third graders until they pass a...More >>
A petition drive is under way by some citizens in Dunkerton to oust the mayor, who's charged with misdemeanors for actions at a disputed traffic stop in December.More >>
Decades after the alleged abuse, a man who says he was molested by a prominent scoutmaster in Davenport has filed a lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America.More >>
An Ottumwa teenager accused of plotting to shoot other students at her school has been released to the custody of her father at home and is on probation.More >>
A 43-year-old Clinton man has been sentenced to two months behind bars and ordered to pay nearly $143,000 in restitution for Social Security fraud.More >>
University of Northern Iowa leaders plan to announce their recommendations for the future of the K-12 laboratory school operated by its College of Education.More >>
An Iowa prisoner who escaped from a Coralville residential correctional facility for several months last summer has been captured after another escape.More >>
Scientists from 28 Iowa colleges and universities have called on political candidates and Iowa legislators to address the changes wrought by climate change.More >>
Federal regulators will get another update on a Nebraska utility's plan to repair and restart a nuclear power plant that has been shut down since last spring.More >>
When the leaders of a small Iowa city became desperate to land a new department store, they didn't have to look far: They lured one from the community next door, along with up to 100 jobs.More >>
A Polk County jury has convicted a North Carolina man of hitting and seriously injuring a Des Moines police officer outside the Iowa State Fair last summer.More >>
Some Dyersville residents want the City Council to forgo support of the proposed baseball and softball project that would be built at the "Field of Dreams" movie site.More >>
The children of a 95-year-old Iowa woman killed with three friends while celebrating her birthday are suing a truck driver blamed for causing the accident.More >>
Iowa State University's new president will get the chance to name his own no. 2 administrator after the school's provost announced plans to step down.More >>
A jury trial is now set for the director of an Iowa City neighborhood center charged with failing to report allegations of child sexual abuse by a teacher she oversaw - a charge rarely if ever used.More >>
A 29-year-old Waterloo woman who had been working as a waitress has been sentenced for stealing credit card information from her customers to make new cards.More >>
Gov. Terry Branstad concedes his proposal to overhaul the state's property tax system isn't moving smoothly through the Legislature, but he expresses optimism his effort will prevail.More >>
A judge has ordered the operators of a popular pornographic website to pay $4 million to an Iowa-based adult film company for copyright infringement.More >>
If Mitt Romney wins the Republican nomination for president, he'll face the urgent task of inspiring the party's conservative core and rallying them to beat President Barack Obama.More >>
Some Republicans in the Iowa House say they are frustrated with efforts to change the direction of the Board of Regents and want the organization to be more focused on reducing higher education spending.More >>
Despite the goodwill expressed with Champagne toasts and speeches on cooperation during Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping's visit to the farm belt this week, the world's two largest economies still have thorny...More >>
An Iowa woman who embezzled more than $518,000 from her company has been sentenced to 20 months in prison on federal mail and tax fraud charges.More >>
The Iowa Supreme Court has suspended an attorney who refused to refund a $500 overpayment he received from clients by claiming that he couldn't afford it.More >>
A judge will soon decide whether to grant black employees and job applicants monetary damages for hiring practices used by every agency of Iowa state government that they say has disadvantaged them for years.More >>
A monthly survey of bankers in 10 Midwest and Great Plains states shows the rural economy slowing down, but reflects strong gains in hiring and farmland prices.More >>
Lee County in southeast Iowa is being considered for a $1.3 billion fertilizer plant, a project that could bring 165 jobs to an economically distressed area.More >>
Police say two teenagers were arrested after a fight at Clinton High School where a school resource officer had to use a stun gun to subdue one of the teens.More >>
An Iowa Senate panel approved a measure raising Iowa's minimum wage to $10 an hour, but supporters acknowledge the proposal has no chance of becoming law.More >>
The United State and China have agreed to sign a five-year agreement that will guide discussions on food security, food safety and sustainable agriculture.More >>
The Iowa House has overwhelmingly backed a plan costing $1 million that encourages privately held businesses to let workers buy an ownership stake.More >>
A Waterloo pilot is expected to make his initial court appearance on charges that he lied to the Federal Aviation Administration about his flying experience.More >>
An eastern Iowa hospital has agreed to pay more than $406,000 to settle federal allegations that it employed a nurse who was on a federal list of barred people.More >>
The family of a University of Iowa law professor who died of colon cancer is suing the university, claiming its hospital failed to diagnose and treat his illness until it was too late.More >>
Republican Mitt Romney is faltering with white working-class voters crucial to his party's drive to capture the White House, even as he tries to fend off a rising GOP challenger, Rick Santorum, who wields strong...More >>
The Regional Utility Service Systems, which provides wastewater treatment systems and water systems in 10 counties in southeast Iowa, has denied a request from Wapello County to withdrawn from the group.More >>
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (shee jeen ping) has arrived in Muscatine to meet with a small group of residents who hosted him during a 1985 visit to the southeast Iowa city.More >>
The former dean of students at the University of Iowa whose lawsuit against the school was dismissed by a judge is appealing to the Iowa Supreme Court.More >>
The vice president of China is spending a good deal of his U.S. trip in Iowa, a state better known for hosting American presidential candidates than major heads of state. So why is this rural place playing such a major role...More >>
The Iowa House has approved a measure that would spend an extra $6.5 million this year on the Corrections Department to avoid widespread layoffs of prison guards.More >>
A 31-year-old woman has been arrested, accused of recklessly using her cigarette lighter and causing a fire that destroyed an old tractor in Marion.More >>
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder plans to go to Iowa for a welcome reception and dinner for China's vice president and a delegation of Chinese officials and business leaders.More >>
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping's (shee jeen-ping) visit to Washington's power centers is boosting his international profile but offering little insight into the man destined to rule the world's most populous...More >>
Dubuque officials say a blocked line caused a sanitary sewer to overflow, sending untreated wastewater onto the ground near a manhole in an undeveloped area on the city's south side.More >>
The last time China's soon-to-be leader visited Iowa, he slept in a bedroom with green shag carpeting and Star Trek character cutouts on the walls.More >>
A driver suspected of fatally hitting a Shelby firefighter on Interstate 80 in western Iowa has been ticketed for driving without proper registration.More >>
A judge has approved the seizure of more than $90,000 from an Iowa gun show company's bank accounts that investigators say was deposited in a way to avoid scrutiny.More >>
The first-degree murder trial of a man charged with killing another man in the parking lot of a convenience store in Mason City has been delayed.More >>
Des Moines police say a collision involving a school bus that sent five people on the bus to the hospital is a case of hit-and-run and authorities are looking for the driver.More >>
A 32-year-old lawyer from Independence wants another chance to unseat U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley for the right to represent Iowa's 1st Congressional District.More >>
State regulators have scheduled a series of public meetings to gather input on MidAmerican Energy's plans to increase electric rates by 3 to 4 percent this year to cover rising costs.More >>
The Iowa House has approved a school spending plan that continues a freeze on spending for this school year and leaves in place a 2 percent increase for next school year that's already been approved.More >>
An April trial is scheduled for a central Iowa woman accused of killing her newborn twin daughters and hiding their bodies in the trunk of her car.More >>
Authorities say a driver escaped serious injury when his pickup truck rolled down a steep embankment and plunged into a frozen quarry pond near La Porte City in eastern Iowa.More >>
Cedar Rapids fire officials say the source of a mysterious odor that sickened two dozen students and staff in the cafeteria at a middle school is still a mystery.More >>
McDonald's Corp. says it will require its U.S. pork suppliers to provide plans by May to phase out the use of stalls that confine pregnant sows.More >>
Gov. Terry Branstad says this week's visit by a top Chinese leader to Iowa will encourage reforms of China's political system as images of the trip are beamed back home.More >>
An Iowa man who prosecutors say distributed more than 1,200 pounds of marijuana and nearly 300 pounds of cocaine will spend nearly 7 years in federal prison.More >>
A former Las Vegas body guard arrested on Interstate 29 in Iowa has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and fraudulent use of bank cards.More >>
