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Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, will continue a series of town hall meetings he began last month to seek constituents' input on healthcare reform legislation pending in Congress.

DES MOINES, Iowa - Nick Reding, author of a well-received book about methamphetamine's grip on a small town, believes the drug is "only a symptom of a larger economic and ultimately political problem." "That problem is essentially that people can't make money anymore to do the jobs that have kept places in the middle of the country going for a ...

Authorities have begun rounding up suspects named in connection with a million-dollar methamphetamine ring that operated in Iowa and Arizona.

The Iowa Court of Appeals has ruled against a man who fathered a child with a woman who later married another man.

Nick Reding is theA author of "Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town." The book has earned strong reviews and is bringing more attention to meth use in the heartland.

Bruce Bearinger has been named the ISU Extension Region 11 Director in charge of Dubuque, Delaware and Jackson Counties.

A crop duster crashed south of Dunkerton Tuesday afternoon. Black Hawk County Sheriff's Deputies say they responded at 1:52 p.m. to the crash 5 1/2 miles south of the Black Hawk County community in a cornfield.

The Dairy Financial Situation: Taking Charge in Challenging Times This is a turbulent, trying time for the US dairy industry.

A crop duster crashed south of Dunkerton Tuesday afternoon. Black Hawk County Sheriff's Deputies say they responded at 1:52 p.m. to the crash 5 1/2 miles south of the Black Hawk County community in a cornfield.

Despite declines in its revenues and operating profits for pork, Tyson Foods reported an increase in net income from $9 million in last year's third quarter to $134 million in the latest quarter ended June 27.