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The University of Iowa's vice president for research and economic development will urge congressional lawmakers to support exascale computing, the next-generation of supercomputers designed to tackle complex societal questions, from climate change to the human mind.

Volunteers await an assignment at the Dayton Fire Department early Tuesday morning before heading out to search for missing 15-year-old Kathlynn Shepard.

For years, we've been featuring companies that are making products right here at home, keeping the local economy going.

A pair of Eastern Iowa lawmakers are hoping to help the Legislature toward adjournment by offering a bipartisan compromise on two key issues that have generated interest in recent years.

Amy Machuta and Jay Harnish starred as Mary Hatch and George Bailey in Master Arts Theatre's 2005 production of "It's a Wonderful Life." The company will revive the popular Christmas story during its 2013-14 season.

May 21 - Gov. Scott Walker continues to travel the country in pursuit of his national political ambitions, instead of focusing on his job in Wisconsin.

Officials say the man that allegedly abducted two girls from Dayton Monday is dead, but one of the girls is still missing.

The state of Iowa had gone 359 days without a tornado before what the National Weather Service said were likely several tornadoes that hit the state and caused damage on Sunday .

Main Street Washington was honored Friday evening as the economic development program won a business development success story recognition for its work with JP's 207.

Whatever views you may about immigration legislation, you probably agree with most Americans that something should be done.

Last night's performance of The Music Man , at Maplewood's Burgdorff Center for the Performing Arts, shone with all the brass and glitter of a school band coronet.

The Iowa Juvenile Home in Toledo plans to once again raise their Avenue of Flags on campus ground for the Memorial Day weekend.

When he returned, he found his roof was ripped off, but he said the most severe damage is inside his home.

Key legislators and Gov. Terry Branstad expressed optimism Monday that progress was being made to forge a "hybrid" health care compromise that would merge elements of the governor's "Healthy Iowa" plan with Senate Democrats' desire to expand Medicaid to cover low-income, uninsured Iowans.

One likely topic for Gov. Terry Branstad's weekly news conference underway now likely will be the firing of an Iowa Senate Republican communications staffer who claimed she was the target of sexual harassment.

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey commented on the Iowa Crops and Weather report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service.

President Bill Clinton walks to the White House Rose Garden to deliver a statement on the impeachment inquiry on Dec.

Gov. Scott Walker embarks on a speaking frenzy this week. He's set to keynote huge Republican gatherings in Connecticut and New York City, then head back to the Midwest to be the star of a GOP gathering in Iowa.

Severe storms rolled through the Plains and Midwest on Sunday, spawning tornadoes that damaged buildings and roofs near Oklahoma City.

The only 100-meter dash champion in the history of the small western Iowa conference successfully defended his Class 1-A title before claiming the crown in the 200 as well.