Month: September 2024

The Des Moines Fire Department is launching a program designed to cut the number of non-emergency calls while connecting frequent 911 users with long-term services. People can now get medical care at a downtown homeless […]

Libertarian candidates for three Iowa congressional seats who’ve been removed from the ballot vow to run write-in campaigns if the state’s highest court rules against them. In late August, a state panel ruled the Libertarian […]

Authorities are investigating a home explosion that injured two people in northwest Iowa. The explosion was reported just after 9 a.m. Monday at an address 2 miles northeast of Ottosen, in southwestern Kossuth County. Upon […]

A former southeast Iowa middle school teacher is being sentenced after sending improper messages to a student six years ago. Forty-two-year-old Zachary Barr of Ottumwa will serve a pair of five-year concurrent prison sentences after […]

The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission recently released a report that says the Iowa horse racing industry needs to make some changes to keep the system viable. Iowa Thoroughbred Association president Jon Moss says he […]

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley is renewing his criticism of the FBI after a new government report finds the agency failed to make promised changes following the nation’s largest-ever sports sex abuse scandal. Former U.S. Olympic […]

A federal grand jury has approved charges against 18 people in a massive nationwide scheme involving stolen checks. The charges involved using the stolen checks received from co-conspirators that haven’t been charged. They would create […]