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DNA entered from an Iowa convicted offender led Kansas City police to arrest a Des Moines man in connection with a 2002 rape in northeast Kansas City.

Gov. Chet Culver's office took a close interest in the state's film promotion efforts long before questions about spending and bookkeeping prompted the governor to freeze the program, e-mails obtained by the Associated Press indicate.

Four of the five groups expected to seek an Iowa casino license have now handed over their proposals to state regulators.

The Iowa Department of Public Health is reporting two more H1N1 flu-related deaths.

FUELED BY FEDERAL STIMULUS DOLLARS, THIS IS RECORD CALENDAR YEAR FOR HIGHWAY PROJECTS IN IOWA.

Gov. Chet Culver and legislative budget architects will face a $543 million gap in funding for K12 public schools when they begin assembling a fiscal 2011 spending plan next session.

This contest is for you, local food and restaurant lovers. You know who you are: You debate who serves the best pork tenderloin.

A crystal meth operation is busted in northwest Iowa with arrests in Storm Lake, Spencer and Dow City.

A new trial has been ordered for a teenager convicted of first-degree murder in the 2006 shooting death of a Davenport woman.

November 5, 2009 Crews are working to get a University of Iowa building back open after an early morning fire.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty addresses Iowa Republicans at the Leadership for Iowa event, Saturday, Nov.

NEAR IDA GROVE, Iowa - As folks, in Maine, vote publicly on same-sex marriage, four men running for Iowa governor want voters in the "hawkeye state" to have the same chance.

THREE OF THEM HAD MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT INCREASED THE RISK OF COMPLICATIONS. THAT BRINGS THE STATE'S TOTAL THIS YEAR TO TEN ADULTS AND ONE CHILD.

An aide said Friday lawyer Roxanne Conlin intends to seek the Democratic nomination for Senate in 2010 and the right to oppose Republican Sen.

Authorities said Tuesday that an electrical malfunction caused the blaze that killed 65-year-old Karen Beecher early Sunday.

It is harvest season in Iowa. For Republicans who want to challenge President Barack Obama in 2012, though, it is time to start planting seeds.

The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved two candidates to become Iowa's top federal prosecutors.

Senate Minority Leader Paul McKinley has dropped out of the race for governor, saying he'll focus on electing Republicans to the Legislature.

Posted on Nov 06, 2009 by James Q. Lynch . A garage roof rests against a home on C Street SW on June 16, 2008, after floodwaters began receding across the city.

The Defense Department has announced that 300 soldiers of a U.S. Army Reserve unit based in Des Moines have been alerted for duty in Iraq next spring.