A Democrat has won today’s special election for a seat the Iowa Senate. Unofficial results show West Des Moines City ...

While poinsettias have an undeserved reputation for being poisonous, as you’d have to eat a few hundred poinsettia leaves to ...

House Speaker Pat Grassley says Republicans in the Iowa House will seek longer prison sentences for people who’ve previously been convicted of violent crimes. “As we’ve seen lawlessness take over some ...

A public hearing is scheduled next month as state officials review plans to switch a power plant in Cedar Rapids that’s been fueled with coal to natural gas. Alliant Energy’s Prairie Creek Generating ...

An eastern Iowa man was at the Iowa Lottery’s main office in central Iowa today to claim a $1 million prize. Iowa Lottery officials announced this afternoon that William Zak of Dysart bought at ...

If you had hand-held video games, watches or any other electronics under your tree, those shiny, button-sized batteries were likely in the box, too, and those batteries can be a critical problem if a ...

A nonprofit dedicated to literacy and health education is placing 30,000 books in pediatric clinics statewide for free distribution to Iowa children. Laura Holms, the Midwest regional director for ...

The Powerball jackpot for Christmas Eve is now $2.7 billion after Monday night’s drawing passed without a winner. Lottery officials say a total of $2.26 million in Powerball tickets were sold in Iowa ...

As we approach New Year’s Eve, a common resolution is to get in better shape, and an Iowa State University psychology professor is studying ways to help make exercise a habit we enjoy. Dr. Alison ...

A Ventura firefighter was struck and injured by a vehicle that was traveling through a crash scene just west of the intersection of US Highway 18 and North Main Street in Ventura last night. The Clear ...

The Iowa Department of Education reports school enrollment dropped slightly this year. The Department says the number of K-12 students dropped by around 5,000 or 1% from last year to 515, 221. The ...

The plane carrying the remains of two Iowa National Guard soldiers killed in Syria on December 13 landed early this afternoon at the Des Moines Airport. Iowa National Guard leaders and Governor Kim ...