Iowa News

The top administrator at a state-run institution for disabled Iowans in Glenwood is stepping down.

Back in December, when Michelle Obama was campaigning in Iowa, persuading caucus-goers to choose her husband, the Obama campaign had a name for her: The Closer -- as in, the person who comes in at the last ...

The new farm bill puts more money into conserving soil and water on working lands, rather than taking cropland out of production.

The Iowa football program has secured another recruit from inside state borders.

Today, Obama for America announces Senator Joe Biden will hold an event in Des Moines on Monday, September 8th, 2008, to discuss strengthening the American economy.

In the 1989 movie "Field of Dreams," Kevin Costner played a Dyersville, Iowa, farmer who turned his cornfield into a baseball field.

A supervisor arrested after a massive immigration raid at the Agriprocessors Inc.

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is coming to Iowa to tour areas damaged by the summer's severe weather.

Federal officials have responded too slowly to Iowa's flood crisis, Gov. Chet Culver said today.

Iowa Republicans acknowledge that cutting into the Democrats lead in the Senate is a long shot this fall, and say they're already looking ahead to 2010.

The University of Iowa has hired a consultant to lead an effort to protect the school from a repeat of the flooding this summer than did more than a quarter-billion-dollars worth of damage to campus.

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, said Thursday that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's upbringing was devoid of patriotism or the principles that make the United States a great ...

Two men have been seriously injured in seperate accidents when they were thrown from their horses during chuckwagon races at the Big 4 Fair in Nashua.

More Iowa National Guard members are heading to the Gulf Coast to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav.

DES MOINES n Some of Iowa's largest employers expect to make more hires in the next six months along with a slight drop in sales, according to an Iowa Business Council survey.

Gov. Chet Culver said today he expects to decide within the next 10 days whether a special session of the Legislature is needed to address Iowa's flood recovery and rebuilding needs.

Falcons draw national attention This Friday will be the first home football game for A-P after the May 25th tornado.

Deere & Co. announced Wednesday it plans to establish a European Technology & Innovation Center in Kaiserslautern, Germany.

A Texas company is hoping to strike oil in Iowa. According to state records with the Iowa Geological Survey, an oil exploration well was drilled in May near Red Oak in southwest Iowa.

Berkley Bedell, who served western Iowa in the U. S. House of Representatives for 12 years, will serve as General Chairman of the Hubler for Congress Committee, it was announced today by the Hubler campaign.