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Mom Clobbers Man In Iowa Following Toaster Pastry Incident
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A woman has assaulted a Des Moines man who tossed a toaster pastry and wrapper onto the woman’s 2-year-old child in her car. The Des Moines Register reports the incident...
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar To Address Iowa Democrats
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar will give the keynote address at the Iowa Democratic Party’s annual Jefferson Jackson Dinner, the state party organization announced Tuesday. The...
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Iowa Man Fired After Filming Speeding School Van
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man who says he caught a Dubuque school van speeding while transporting students has been fired by a lawn care company. Jay Shipley says that TruGreen Lawn Care fired him...
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Being Uninsured In America Will Cost You More
WASHINGTON (AP) — Being uninsured in America will cost you more in 2015. It’s the first year all taxpayers have to report to the Internal Revenue Service whether they had health insurance for the...
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Water, Air Quality Concerns Heighten Conflict With Pig Farms
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — From Washington state to North Carolina, federal lawsuits are challenging the efficient, profitable livestock industry to change its ways. The arguments found in the suits are...
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Police: Iowa Man’s Stolen Bag Of Dog Poop Was Worth $1
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP/WCCO) — Police say someone who attempted to steal a truck parked outside a Des Moines home instead took a bag of dog poop. The Des Moines Police Department responded to a report of...
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Bird Flu Confirmed At Iowa Farm With 5.3 Million Chickens
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Up to 5.3 million hens at an Iowa farm must be destroyed after the highly infectious and deadly bird flu virus was confirmed, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday. The...
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Iowa Governor Declares State Of Emergency In Response To Bird Flu
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A state of emergency was declared Friday by Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad with nearly 17 million chickens and turkeys dead, dying or scheduled to be euthanized due to a widening bird...
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$1M Powerball Prize Claimed In Iowa With Taped-Back-Together Ticket
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines man has claimed his $1 million Powerball prize with a taped-back-together ticket. Iowa Lottery officials say Pete Kemp showed up Monday to claim his prize. Five...
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Iowa Reports New Bird Flu Turkey Case In Pocahontas County
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa agriculture officials say an additional turkey farm in Pocahontas County has tested positive for bird flu. If confirmed, the case will be the third in that county. The case...
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Hillary Clinton Looks To Build Organizational Edge In Iowa
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Seeking an army of volunteers, Hillary Rodham Clinton is trying to build an organizational edge in Iowa as some of her lesser-known Democratic rivals clamor for attention in the...
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Officials: Iowa Woman Survives 40-Foot Fall From Cliff
MADRID, Iowa (AP) — Officials say a woman is alive after falling about 40 feet from a cliff at a state park in central Iowa. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says 19-year-old Shannon Novak fell...
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Poultry Industry, Government Meet In Iowa On Bird Flu
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) —A bird flu that resulted in the deaths of 48 million chickens and turkeys has finally waned, but industry officials and government researchers will gather this week in Des Moines...
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US Expects To Pay Farmers $191 Million For Birds Lost To Flu
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. government expects to spend $191 million to pay chicken and turkey farmers for birds lost to avian flu, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Tuesday as he called for...
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Immigrants, Poor Fish For Their Dinner, Unaware Of Mercury
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It’s midday and the white bucket balanced on the rocky shore at Mountha Uppasay’s feet holds five or six white bass, moving sluggishly in the water she scooped from the Des...
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1st Restocked Iowa Turkey Farmer Talks Lessons From Bird Flu
MANSON, Iowa (AP) — Thousands of young turkeys are running around barns on a farm that was the first in Iowa to restock after a bird flu outbreak devastated Midwest flocks. Brad Moline farms with his...
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Walker To Focus On Iowa Following Quiet Debate
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Scott Walker is focusing his dimming presidential campaign on the first-to-vote Iowa caucuses, a downshift in strategy for a candidate once seen as an early front-runner. After a...
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Ron Paul To Testify At Iowa Trial Of 2012 Campaign Aides
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Three top officials with Ron Paul’s 2012 presidential campaign claim political motivations are behind charges alleging they violated federal financial disclosure laws by...
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Iowa Community College Offers Transgender Student Housing
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Western Community College is offering a pilot housing program that aims to help transgender students feel more comfortable. The Des Moines Register reports students were...
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Small Town Iowa Students Get Clinton To Visit Their School
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Using a savvy social media campaign, in-person pleas and pithy T-shirts, three Iowa high school students have successfully lobbied Hillary Clinton to visit their small town....
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Driver, Passenger Escape Unharmed From Municipal Bus Fire In Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say the driver and the only passenger on board escaped unharmed after a municipal bus caught fire in Des Moines. The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority says...
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‘Takedown’ Talk Fades As Support For Trump, Cruz Remains High In Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Three weeks before Iowa kicks off the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are generating overwhelming enthusiasm among Republican voters in the state, along...
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GOP Establishment Wondering If Trump Has Fans Or Voters In Iowa
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It’s the No. 1 question headed into the primary season: Does Donald Trump merely have fans, or does the national front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination...
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Twin Cities Students To Attend Iowa Caucuses
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Some Minnesota students are heading to Iowa to get a first-hand look at the political process. Fifty-four students from the Blake School in Minneapolis jumped on the bus early...
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Election 2016 Gets Underway With Iowa’s Kick Off Caucuses
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — After a long year of campaigning, Republican and Democratic presidential candidates face voters for the first time, battling in Iowa Monday for a boost toward the White House —...
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Clinton, Sanders Have Tight Race In Iowa; O’Malley Out
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were locked in a tight battle in Iowa’s leadoff presidential caucuses Monday as the two rivals offered Americans a stark choice between...
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Iowa Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting 2-Month-Old
ALBIA, Iowa (AP) — A man in southern Iowa has been charged with sexually assaulting a 2-month-old girl. KCCI-TV reports the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday that deputies had charged the...
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First Case Of Zika Virus Reported In Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Health officials are reporting Iowa’s first case of the Zika virus. The Department of Public Health announced Friday that the female victim, who wasn’t named, tested positive...
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Iowa High School Opens 2 Gender-Neutral Bathrooms For Students, Staff
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines public high school has opened two gender-neutral bathrooms for students and staffers. Theodore Roosevelt High School principal Kevin Biggs said Tuesday that two...
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Report: Des Moines Gay Bar Vandalized
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A gay bar has been vandalized again in Des Moines’ East Village district. The Blazing Saddle co-owner Chris Bullen says a security recording shows a man tossing rocks and...
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1 Dead, 1 Injured In Car Crash In Des Moines
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say an Iowa man was killed and another was injured in an early morning car crash. Des Moines police say they were called to the single vehicle crash around 2:40 a.m....
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Des Moines Airport To Spend $100K On Potty Room For Service Dogs
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines airport officials will have to spend up to $100,000 to build a room for service dogs to relieve themselves inside the terminal. The “service animal relief area” will...
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Iowa Boy, 14, Shot In The Head
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police are investigating the shooting of a 14-year-old boy in Des Moines. Officers were sent to Iowa Methodist Medical Center around 6:15 p.m. Monday to check a report that a...
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Iowa Man Praised Police Before Fatally Shooting 2
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Days before he allegedly killed two Iowa police officers, Scott Michael Greene sent a note to one of their departments apologizing for prior run-ins, saying his “dark days” were...
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Iowa Mom Charged After Baby Dies On Changing Table
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have charged the mother of an infant who died on a changing table in Des Moines. Court records say 26-year-old Laci Taylor is charged with child endangerment...
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Man Accused Of Killing Girlfriend In Iowa Arrested Near Canadian Border
JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say customs officials near the Canadian border have taken into custody a man suspected of fatally shooting his girlfriend in a suburb of Des Moines. The man was picked...
View ArticleHomicides In Des Moines At Highest Rate Since 1978
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police data shows that Des Moines saw the highest number of homicides in nearly 40 years in 2017. The 25 homicides last year in Iowa’s largest city is the greatest amount since...
View ArticleHeavy Rains Cause Flash Flooding In Des Moines Area
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Heavy rains caused flash flooding in the Des Moines area Saturday night, and the forecast calls for more rain Sunday. The National Weather Service says 2.5 inches of rain fell...
View ArticleIowa Includes Chronic Pain As Condition For Legal Marijuana
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A state board has approved a measure that expands the number of medical conditions that can legally be treated by medical marijuana in Iowa, but rejected several other...
View ArticleDes Moines Police: Found Human Remains Result Of Homicide
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police have confirmed that human remains found at a homeless camp near downtown Des Moines was the result of a homicide. Station KCCI reports that police confirmed the homicide...
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