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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during a news conference at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Iowa governor sues the Des Moines Register to stop request of emails she claims are protected

Iowa’s governor is suing the Des Moines Register over the newspaper’s open records request. Gov. Kim Reynolds is asking the court to validate her office’s withholding of certain emails she claims are protected.
April 25
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin arrives at Manhattan federal court, Monday, April 14, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Jury selected for Sarah Palin’s libel suit against The New York Times

April 14

The US Bank executive killed in a plane crash died of blunt-force injuries

April 1
Chris LaCivita arrives with Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at Augusta Regional Airport to visit areas impacted by Hurricane Helene, Oct. 4, 2024, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump campaign manager sues the Daily Beast over stories on how much he earned

March 25
Drake head coach Ben McCollum has words with the referee during the first half against Texas Tech in the second round of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Wichita, Kan. (AP Photo/Travis Heying)

Iowa hires McCollum, who swept Missouri Valley titles and won NCAA game in his one season at Drake

March 24

Protesters fill Iowa’s Capitol as lawmakers consider bill removing gender identity protection

Protesters gathered at Iowa’s Capitol as lawmakers considered a bill that would strip the state civil rights code of protections based on gender identity, a move opponents say could expose transgender people to discrimination in numerous areas of life. (AP video: Nicholas Ingram)
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Baby Japanese Macaque sees -- and tastes -- first snow in Iowa

A move to limit fowl in Iowa’s capital eggs residents on to protest with a chicken parade

Powerful storm devastates small town in Iowa

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Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Sacha Kljestan (16) directs teammates during the first half of an MLS soccer match Saturday, July 16, 2022, in Commerce City, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Former MLS stars lace up the boots for an amateur Iowa team in US Open Cup

March 18
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at a town hall event at Roosevelt High School, Friday, March 14, 2025, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Matthew Putney)

Emerging from 2024 loss, Tim Walz holds a town hall in an Iowa Republican’s district

March 14
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., questions former Governor Doug Burgum, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the the Interior Department as Secretary of the Interior during the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump should rethink revoking former officials’ security details, Tom Cotton says

January 26

Bridgestone announces a tire plant closure in Tennessee with 700 layoffs and other reductions

January 24
Part of the land artwork Greenwood Pond: Double Site, stands at Greenwood Pond in Des Moines, Iowa, April 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Scott McFetridge, File)

Celebrated artwork will be removed from an Iowa park as its creator ends fight to preserve the work

January 14

After months of outcry, low-income tenants sue Omaha Housing Authority over bed bug infestation

January 7
President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, file)

Trump sues Des Moines Register, pollster for ‘election interference’ after pre-election poll

December 17, 2024
This photo provided by The Des Moines Police Department shows an abandoned dog at the City Of Des Moines Animal Services facility on Dec. 12, 2024 in Des Moines, Iowa. (The Des Moines Police Department via AP)

Police search for whoever discarded an emaciated bulldog inside a trash bag in Iowa

December 14, 2024

AP Race Call: Republican Zach Nunn wins reelection to U.S. House in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District

November 6, 2024
A Frankenstein mask is seen on display at The Theatrical Shop, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, in West Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

In a first since 1938, Des Moines, Iowa, kids will trick-or-treat on Halloween

October 29, 2024
FILE - An escaped water buffalo on the lam from police looks on Aug. 24, 2024, in the Des Moines suburb of Pleasant Hill, Iowa. (Madison Pottebaum via AP, File)

Former owner of water buffalo that roamed Iowa suburb for days pleads guilty

October 5, 2024
An escaped water buffalo on the lam from police looks on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024, in the Des Moines suburb of Pleasant Hill, Iowa. (Madison Pottebaum via AP)

An injured and angry water buffalo is on the loose in Iowa

August 27, 2024

A suspect was killed and an Iowa officer seriously injured in a Des Moines shootout

July 30, 2024
Scott McLaughlin, left, leads during an IndyCar auto race, Sunday, July 14, 2024, at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Sting Ray Robb injured in last-lap, 4-car crash in IndyCar Series race

July 15, 2024

Phone and internet outages plague central and eastern Iowa

May 30, 2024

Staff member dies after assault by juvenile at Iowa youth facility

May 15, 2024
FILE - Iowa Dept. of Public Safety Commissioner Stephan Bayens speaks during a news conference about the Iowa National Guard and Iowa Department of Public Safety deployment to the southern border, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. Attorneys for more than two dozen Iowa and Iowa State athletes who were ensnared in a state gambling sting filed a civil lawsuit Friday, April 26, 2024, seeking unspecified monetary damages from the state and its public safety and criminal investigation agencies for violating the athletes' constitutional rights and smearing their reputations. Among the defendants are Department of Public Safety commissioner Stephan Bayens, DCI director Paul Feddersen, DCI assistant director David Jobes, DCI special agent for sports wagering Troy Nelson, and special agent Brian Sanger. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Athletes tied to Iowa gambling sting seek damages in civil lawsuit against state and investigators

April 26, 2024
FILE - Greenwood Pond and part of the celebrated land artwork Greenwood Pond: Double Site is shown, April 3, 2024, in in Des Moines, Iowa, A federal judge has temporarily blocked plans to remove a nationally known outdoor artwork that borders a pond in a Des Moines city park. The judge found in his Monday ruling that New York artist Mary Miss is likely to succeed in her argument that destroying the work would violate her agreement with a local art center. (AP Photo/Scott McFetridge, file)

A judge blocks the demolition of a groundbreaking Iowa art installation

April 9, 2024
Eric Johnson, director of spiritual care at UnityPoint Health's Des Moines, Iowa-area hospitals, sits for a portrait on March 11, 2024. He has served as a chaplain in hospitals for 15 years. Chaplains, traditionally a clergyperson ministering outside of a congregation, have long served in the U.S., but some conservatives are hoping to introduce the role in public schools. (AP Photo/Hannah Fingerhut)

Some state lawmakers want school chaplains as part of a ‘rescue mission’ for public education

March 30, 2024
Iowa State center Audi Crooks, right, celebrates with forward Nyamer Diew after scoring against Maryland during the second half of a first-round college basketball game in the women's NCAA Tournament in Stanford, Calif., Friday, March 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Iowa State freshman sensation Audi Crooks has Stanford’s attention after 40-point NCAA debut

March 23, 2024
David and Stephanie Joiner pose by part of an artwork, called Greenwood Pond: Double Site, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, in Des Moines, Iowa. The Des Moines Arts Center plans to rip out the roughly 30-year-old artwork that lines a pond in a historic city park. The Joiners, who live about a mile from the pond, have been helping to organize local opposition to the artwork’s removal, including launching a website and simply engaging with people at the site to explain why parts are roped off. (AP Photo/Scott McFetridge)

Artists outraged by removal of groundbreaking work along Des Moines pond

March 1, 2024
FILE - Preston Walls appears in court at the Polk County Courthouse, Aug. 31, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. A judge sentenced Walls to 65 years in prison Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, for killing two students at a Des Moines alternative school and injuring the program's founder. (Lily Smith/Des Moines Register via AP, File)

Man gets 65 years in prison for Des Moines school shooting that killed 2 students

January 19, 2024
Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis listens as Bob Vander Plaats speaks to media following a Fox News Town Hall in Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, Jan 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

DeSantis says nominating Trump would make 2024 a referendum on the ex-president rather than Biden

January 10, 2024
Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks during a Fox News Town Hall, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Haley accuses Biden of giving ‘offensive’ speech at the church where racist mass shooting occurred

January 9, 2024
Local residents pray during a candlelight vigil following a shooting at Perry High School, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, in Perry, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

The Perry school shooting creates new questions for Republicans in Iowa’s presidential caucuses

January 5, 2024

Family of Iowa teen killed by police files a lawsuit saying officers should have been better trained

December 27, 2023
Republican presidential candidate former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a town hall campaign event, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Haley slams DeSantis for stumping in Iowa with Massie, who’s opposed votes condemning antisemitism

December 18, 2023
A damaged Satanic display is shown at the Iowa state Capitol on Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. The display, which has prompted outrage by some people who say it’s inappropriate at any time but especially during the Christmas holidays, was damaged Thursday. (AP Photo/Scott McFetridge)

Former Mississippi House candidate charged after Satanic Temple display is destroyed at Iowa Capitol

December 15, 2023
Jeremy Goodale (left) talks with his defense co-counsel Nicole Jensen during his sentence hearing at the Jefferson County Courthouse in Fairfield, Iowa, on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. Goodale, along with Willard Miller, pleaded guilty to murdering Spanish teacher Nohema Graber and concealing her body under a tarp and wheelbarrow in a wooded area of a park. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette/Pool Photo via AP)

Iowa teen convicted of killing Spanish teacher gets life with possibility of parole after 25 years

November 15, 2023
Republican presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C. answers questions during an Associated Press 2024 GOP Presidential Candidates Conversations on National Security and Foreign Policy event, held in partnership with Georgetown University's Institute of Politics and Public Service, at Georgetown University in Washington, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Republican Tim Scott shifts presidential campaign staff from New Hampshire to go ‘all in on Iowa’

October 24, 2023
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