Bulldogs head to Tampa for Outback Bowl
Bowl games typically bring together teams that often don’t face each other.
The Outback Bowl matchup between the Mississippi State and Iowa football teams is no different.
Iowa slaying focuses attention on immigrants in agriculture
The arrest of a Mexican farmworker in the death of an Iowa college student renewed calls to change immigration laws, but it also focused attention on the immigrant workers whose labor is essential to the state’s agricultural industry.
Suspect in officer deaths has history of racial provocations
A white man with a history of racial provocations and confrontations with police ambushed and fatally shot two white officers Wednesday in separate attacks as they sat in their patrol cars, authorities said.
Police: 2 Iowa officers killed in 2 ambush-style attacks
Authorities apprehended a man Wednesday suspected in the early morning killings of two Des Moines area police officers who were shot to death while sitting in their patrol cars in what authorities described as separate ambush-style attacks.
Trump calls for Iowa election do-over
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is accusing rival Ted Cruz of stealing the Iowa caucuses and is demanding a do-over.
Clinton wins Iowa, campaigns turn to New Hampshire
Hillary Clinton tried to turn a skin-of-her-teeth victory in Iowa into a bit of momentum for her battered Democratic campaign, and Ted Cruz sought to lock in his spot at the top of the Republican field as the presidential candidates packed up Tuesday and sped to New Hampshire.
Trump boosts turnout, but not all newcomers vote for him
Donald Trump’s presence is drawing unprecedented attention to the Republican presidential contest. But after careful consideration, many new Iowa voters turned to his rivals instead.
Cruz tops Trump in Iowa; Clinton, Sanders too close to call
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, a fiery conservative loathed by his own party’s leaders, swept to victory in Iowa’s Republican caucuses Monday, overcoming billionaire Donald Trump and a stronger-than-expected showing by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.
Democratic, GOP races tight as Iowa kicks off 2016 voting
In a high-stakes test of enthusiasm versus organization, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders hope to ride voter energy into victories in today’s Iowa caucuses, as Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton bank on sophisticated get-out-the vote operations months in the making.
Iowans worry about ethanol’s lost political clout
ALTOONA, Iowa — For decades, presidential candidates’ chances in Iowa were wounded if not doomed unless they backed federal support for ethanol, a boon to
Veterans pass barriers at closed WWII Memorial
WASHINGTON — Dozens of veterans barricaded outside the closed World War II Memorial because of the government shutdown were escorted past the barriers Tuesday by
Disabled Iowa plant workers awarded $240M
For decades, the lives of 32 mentally disabled Iowa turkey processing plant workers were controlled by their Texas-based employer, which profited handsomely by hiring them out.
Iowa governor pardons pig before bacon festival
A young pig has won a reprieve from the frying pan just as Iowa’s popular bacon festival is about to begin.
At Iowa prison, a lonely battle against sex movies
Administrators let offenders at one of Iowa’s most dangerous prison units watch violent and sexually explicit movies and TV shows for years, despite repeated complaints from a female officer who said it encouraged inmates to sexually harass her.