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Scott Hazelbaker told Des Moines station KCCI on Tuesday that he would never intentionally shoot his daughter.

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad is on the road this week talking to Iowans about taxes, education, and an issue that's been the center of debate recently, healthcare.

One of the less glamorous, but expensive, actions taken by the Iowa Legislature prior to adjournment has to do with public pension funding.

State officials announced a pair of new mobile apps aimed at giving residents more information about Iowa's outdoor activities.

Signs warning people of the possibility of the presence of harmful blue-green algae hang on the fence at the entrance to the swimming beach at Lake Macbride State Park.

A reception for artist Sara Bacino Peiffer Sorensen of Cedar Rapids will be from 4-6 p.m. Thursday at Iowa Wesleyan College.

Bob Wessel and Jerry Bridgeman, who are both retired, asked at the Iowa Utilities Board hearing on Monday in Des Moines whether the rate hike is justified.

Last week's intermittent rainfall did not provide enough drying of saturated farmland, forcing many Iowa farmers to plant corn and soybeans in less-than-ideal field conditions as they struggled to get this year's crop in the ground.

Iowa's law requiring the start of school to occur in the week that includes Sept.

Branstad spokesman Tim Albrecht says Monday the governor will sign the bill Thursday in Mason City.

One of the men involved in an alleged Iowa City drug ring involved in a deadly police sting has pleaded guilty to federal charges.

Two men in northern Iowa have been sentenced to 75 years in prison for their roles in a bank robbery that injured two police officers.

Nicole Kelly's decision to compete in the Miss Iowa pageant began when she realized she's always lived with a means to advocate for others, like her, who are different.

A September trial has been scheduled for a former trucker who's been ruled mentally competent for a murder trial in Des Moines.

Iowans think that children in the state today are in more danger of being abducted than in decades past, a new Des Moines Register Iowa Poll shows.

This Spring's cool weather and severe storms is leading to a rough start for those who enjoy the pools.

Grandfather Jerry Jackson has been a guiding force for the family, showing them how not to worry and how to live without sight.

Peace activists are marching across eastern Iowa to protest a plan to fly unmanned aircraft from an air base in Des Moines.

The city of Des Moines has again closed George Flagg Parkway from Park Avenue to Southwest 30th Street because of Raccoon River flooding.

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