DES MOINES — Iowa schools are not allowed to require students or staff to wear face masks, after a federal appeals court on Monday lifted a temporary injunction on a new state law that prohibits schools from employing the pandemic mitigation strategy.
The operator of the world’s largest sportsbook in Las Vegas is expanding into northern Nevada this year as part of a collaboration with what will be the first new casino built in Reno-Sparks in more than a quarter century. Circa Sports secured a deal with Legends Bay Casino owner Olympia Gam…
Prosecutors say a man accused of killing an Iowa state patrol trooper had plenty of opportunity to surrender before the fatal shooting. Assistant Iowa Attorney General Douglas Hammerand made the remarks Tuesday during opening statements in the first-degree murder trial of 42-year-old Michael…
DES MOINES — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds does not expect any abortion-related legislation to be passed during the current legislative session, which is nearly at its end.
National Democratic Party leaders are in the process of reorganizing Democrats’ presidential nominating schedule for the 2024 elections. No longer is Iowa Democrats’ prized first-in-the-nation status a given.
The possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn Roe v. Wade, thus sending abortion laws and regulations back to the individual states, raises questions about those laws in Iowa. Here are answers.
Democrats warned that the legislation will not address the shortage in a meaningful way because most centers will choose to not take advantage of the loosened regulations.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — The youngest in a family of 12 children and the only sibling born in the United States, Crystal Luna knew she had to make the most out of every opportunity presented to her.
A Cedar Rapids man has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to a lesser charge for the shooting death of another teen during a botched robbery. Court records show that 20-year-old Kyler Carson pleaded guilty Tuesday to assault and other counts and was sentenced to three years' p…
A 17-year-old Iowa boy accused of helping a classmate kill their high school Spanish teacher last year will be tried as an adult after a judge denied his request to move his case to juvenile court. District Judge Shawn Showers ruled Wednesday that Jeremy Goodale will face a first-degree murd…
The police chief of the central Iowa city of Perry was shot in the leg while trying to apprehend a man with a gun. Police Chief Eric Vaughn was shot in the upper leg after he and officers from several agencies responded to a call of shots fired and then found a man with a handgun. Police say…
Prosecutors say a man accused of killing an Iowa state patrol trooper had plenty of opportunity to surrender before the fatal shooting. Assistant Iowa Attorney General Douglas Hammerand made the remarks Tuesday during opening statements in the first-degree murder trial of 42-year-old Michael…
Details are emerging about a Wisconsin congressional candidate who was found with a loaded gun in his carry-on bag at an Iowa airport last year. Republican Derrick Van Orden, who is seeking the seat being vacated by Democratic U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, Van Orden was cited in August for having a lo…
Quad-City Times. May 5, 2022.
Three Iowa teenagers were shot and injured after some uninvited guests showed up to an after-prom party. Des Moines Police Sgt. Paul Parizek said about 200 people were at the party before the shooting was reported around 12:30 a.m. Sunday. Two 18-year-old men and a 17-year-old girl were woun…
GRUNDY CENTER, Iowa (AP) — About 8 miles west of here is a white Quonset hut that hums with the sound of industrial fans.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — For the past 17 years, Tolerance Week has engaged area eighth-grade students with the horrors of the Holocaust.
DURANGO, Iowa (AP) — As a child, Tracy Merfeld frequently could be found at the Dubuque farmers market on Saturdays.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A dispute is unfolding in Polk County district court over who owns the sofas in Gov. Kim Reynolds’ house.
DES MOINES — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds does not expect any abortion-related legislation to be passed during the current legislative session, which is nearly at its end.
National Democratic Party leaders are in the process of reorganizing Democrats’ presidential nominating schedule for the 2024 elections. No longer is Iowa Democrats’ prized first-in-the-nation status a given.
Minnesota could become a destination for abortion services for women from other states if the U.S. Supreme Court throws out the landmark Roe v. Wade decision. The state’s abortion providers say they're already preparing for a surge. Abortion would remain legal, at least for now, under a 1995…
The possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn Roe v. Wade, thus sending abortion laws and regulations back to the individual states, raises questions about those laws in Iowa. Here are answers.
DES MOINES — The possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn Roe v. Wade, thus sending abortion laws and regulations back to the individual states, raises questions about those laws in Iowa. Here are answers to some of those questions.
An Iowa state board has approved an $8 million payment to an Illinois man who was left permanently disabled when he was hit in 2019 by a state Transportation Department snow plow. The Des Moines Register reports that on Monday, the three-member Iowa State Appeal Board approved the settlement…
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