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AMES, Iowa – Filling a need. It’s been a cliché term when head coaches talk about their recruiting classes on National Signing Day, but that’s exactly what Iowa State head football coach
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley will participate in 13 meetings in Iowa during the week of Feb. 17 as part of his annual 99-county tour. Grassley has visited each of Iowa’s 99
CLARION – A woman from Wright county has been arrested on a number of charges, including felony second degree sexual abuse and indecent contact with a child. According to records, 49-year-old Diana
DES MOINES – The Drake University football team has received commitments from 16 student-athletes to join the Bulldogs for the 2014 season, first-year head coach Rick Fox announced Wednesday to open the
DES MOINES – A Polk County Judge says the Iowa Juvenile Home must be reopened. In today’s ruling, Polk County District Court Judge Scott D. Rosenberg said Iowa Governor Terry Branstad went
WASHINGTON – A report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicts fewer people will be working and up to $1 trillion in new deficits due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The CBO
HAMPTON – Iowa Senate candidate Shawn Dietz announced a meet and greet event for his campaign, this is set for early net week. Dietz, who is running for the District 27 Iowa
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who, along with his brother, stole scientific calculators from Wal-Mart stores in multiple states – including Iowa – and shipped the calculators to New York City, was
CLEAR LAKE – On Saturday, February 1, 2014 Clear Lake Police received a call from Mara Mitchell at approximately 4:00 pm in the afternoon. She was at apartment #25 located at 708
WASHINGTON – Smoking is as bad for you as ever, and the FDA wants teens to know it. As Food and Drug Administration’s first campaign to prevent youth tobacco use, “The Real
SIOUX CITY – Two men who conspired to distribute methamphetamine were sentenced on November 14, 2013, and January 31, 2014, each to one year in federal prison. Robert Skarin, 54, and William
IOWA CITY – The basket seemed to shrink for the Iowa Hawkeyes Tuesday night in their game against Ohio State, as they shot themselves out of the game and lost to the
NEW YORK – The United Nations Committee monitoring compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, briefed reporters in Geneva today, highlighting the achievements and challenges in regards to child
NEW YORK – The United Nations agency assisting Palestinian refugees said today it has begun a large-scale polio vaccination campaign targeting thousands of children in the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus. The
NEW YORK – The number of people displaced by the civil war inside Syria is expected to nearly double from some 3.5 million today to 6.5 million by the end of the
DES MOINES – DHS Director Chuck Palmer and DOC Director John Baldwin are pleased to announce the appointment of Kris Weitzell as Superintendent of the Clarinda Treatment Complex. The appointment is effective