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A temporary floodwall was breached in Burlington early Saturday afternoon, sending Mississippi River water into downtown Burlington. Six blocks of Burlington were flooded when HESCO barriers filled with sand bags failed. City officials say the […]

A woman living in Iowa illegally is sentenced to two months in federal prison for illegally obtaining welfare. Forty-six-year-old Cleotilde Gomez was living in Clarion pleaded guilty to theft of U.S. government funds. She admitted […]

A Cedar County man who fired several shots at his neighbor’s house has reached a plea deal in federal court. Sixty-two-year-old Randolph High of Stanwood pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of ammunition. […]

The state is proposing a change in rules to require that all new school buses must have seatbelts. The Des Moines School System has been purchasing new buses with the lap/shoulder belts for a couple […]

The ACLU of Iowa has filed a lawsuit to block implementation of a new Iowa law that bans Medicaid from paying for transgender surgery. ACLU attorney Rita Bettis-Austen made the announcement today. “We have filed […]

One of the University of Iowa’s most accomplished space scientists is retiring. Professor Don Gurnett is retiring after spending more than six decades at the Iowa City institution, first as a rocket-building student, then as […]

Republican Senator Joni Ernst warns the escalating tariffs President Trump is threatening to impose on Mexican imports would derail the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement. “Tariffs cannot be the answer to everything,” Ernst said this afternoon […]

City and state road crews are working to re-open an Interstate 29 exit into downtown Sioux City that’s been closed by Missouri River flooding. “They plugged a couple more drains,” Mark Aesoph, the fire marshal […]

Ten members of Sioux City’s Urban Search and Rescue team were deployed to southwest Iowa early this morning. The crew took its rescue equipment and an amphibious vehicle. Captain Ryan Collins of Sioux City Fire […]