Republican candidate for governor Terry Branstad plans four public campaign stops next week.

Reports are taken directly from the daily logs of area law enforcement agencies.

Hundreds of members of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement protested inside and took over the downtown offices of Wells Fargo and Bank of America yesterday to demand they give back their bonuses to fill gaping state budget shortfalls hurting everyday Iowans, chanting "Bust up big banks!" and "Put the people first!" This protest was part of ...

Nearly three days after an ice storm struck much of central and western Iowa, many Sac County residents are still finding themselves in the dark.

Parties gear up for March conventions. The Hawk Eye While not as exciting as two years ago, Democrat and Republican caucuses are set for Saturday.

In Carroll County farmers are facing the longest wait for power. Many have been relying on generators for several days now to keep their operations running.

Carroll, Ia. -- Gov. Chet Culver is in town right now to assure residents that state help is on the way after a massive ice storm crippled most of the area in the last couple days.

Thousands of Iowans are still without power from this week's ice storm and in some areas, it could be days before power is restored.

Residents of Carroll County are finally getting out of their homes and assessing the damage from this week's ice storm, but they know it won't be a quick fix and will take a lot of work.

Culver headed to Carroll to assess ice storm damage Blog post by Tom Beaumont a tbeaumont@dmreg.com a January 22, 2010 Iowa Gov.

Carroll, Ia. - Power for some residents in this western Iowa town isn't expected to be restored for a week.

Carroll County is one of the hardest hit areas from Wednesday's ice storm. Fifty-three hundred homes are without power and crews say it looks like it could take a couple of days to get the lights back on.

The Central Iowa chapter of the Red Cross announced it has set up shelters in western Iowa following an ice storm on Wednesday.

Fifty years to the day after making an unexpected arrival here, Harold Gifford again took command of the situation.

Co-pilot Harold Gifford pulled his frosted head back into the cockpit. His ears stung and his eyes needed a break from straining out the window into the wind-whipped snow, trying to make out the dark Carroll County landscape.

The mystery started the day farmer Russ Kremer got between a jealous boar and a sow in heat.

The latest weather reports for the Des Moines metro call for a mix of snow and sleet any time after 3 p.m. Heavy snowfall is expected to start between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. A total of eight inches is expected to fall over the next two days, with the bulk coming Christmas morning, said Miles Schumacher, Des Moines-based National Weather Service ...

'Twas three days till Christmas I'm still in my plow More snow is coming I think, "please not now"Residents tell us how to do our jobsWe work on no sleep while they're sawing logsSo while you have Christmas with all of your kinOur families will be at home, waiting to begin.

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Boom Boxes on Wheels By Roland Sweet Curses, Foiled Again Two men lacking masks when they broke into an apartment in Carroll, Iowa, used a Sharpie marker to draw on masks.