DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Freezing rain was expected Friday for parts of the Midwest — especially Iowa, where forecasters warned about a weekend ice storm in one section of the state. The National Weather Service said ice — combined with strong wind in places like Waterloo and Cedar Rapids ...
By HANNAH FINGERHUT and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Jim Leach, who served 30 years as a politician from eastern Iowa and later headed the National Endowment for the Humanities, died Wednesday. He was 82. Leach, whose death was confirmed by ...
By TARA COPP Associated Press SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Republican Sen. Joni Ernst made her most expansive comments yet on Pete Hegseth, telling a largely GOP audience at a California security conference Saturday that she needs to hear more from President-elect Donald Trump's embattled ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials on Tuesday sued the Biden administration for access to information on the citizenship status of more than 2,000 registered voters they had questioned in the weeks leading up to the 2024 election. The complaint details a back and forth with the federal ...
By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks won her reelection bid Wednesday after a recount confirmed her lead, helping her party pad its thin majority in the U.S. House and retain control of all four of Iowa's congressional ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Democrat looking to unseat an incumbent Republican in a close Iowa congressional race, one of a handful yet to be called after Republicans won control of the U.S. House, has asked for a recount. Democrat Christina Bohannan's campaign on Thursday requested the ...
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Incumbent Republican Zach Nunn fought off a strong challenge from Democrat Lanon Baccam Tuesday as Iowa Republicans sought to hold onto all four of the state's congressional seats. Nunn narrowly defeated Baccam in Iowa's 3rd ...
By JOHN HANNA, SCOTT McFETRIDGE and MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge ruled Sunday that Iowa can continue challenging the validity of hundreds of ballots from potential noncitizens even though critics said the effort threatens the voting rights of ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Four voters and a Hispanic civil rights group sued Iowa's top election official, alleging he infringed upon their rights when he directed election workers to challenge some voters' ballots in an attempt to keep ineligible noncitizens from illegally voting. The ...
By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Some Iowa voters were improperly removed from registration rolls by county election officials after challenges to their registration status were filed too close to the election, Iowa's top election official confirmed ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Some Iowa voters were improperly removed from registration rolls by county election officials after challenges to their registration status were filed too close to the election, Iowa's top election official confirmed Wednesday. County auditors may have processed ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Several dozen people who identified themselves as noncitizens voted in a past election or registered to vote despite being ineligible to do so, Iowa's top election official said with just two weeks to go until 2024 ballots will be tallied. Elections officials compared ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Several dozen people who identified themselves as noncitizens voted in a past election or registered to vote despite being ineligible to do so, Iowa's top election official said with just two weeks to go until 2024 ballots will be tallied. Elections officials compared ...
By HANNAH FINGERHUT and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The teenage shooter in a deadly attack at a small-town Iowa high school in January sought to gain fame with the shooting, tried to livestream his actions and had planned for weeks, according to ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The teenage shooter in a deadly attack at a small-town Iowa high school in January sought to gain fame with the shooting, tried to livestream his actions and had planned for weeks, according to investigators. The town of Perry, located about 30 miles (48 kilometers) ...
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press Dozens of farmers in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin are scrambling to feed their flocks after a struggling organic broiler chicken producer abruptly closed a year after getting a $39 million federal loan. Pure Prairie Poultry shuttered its Charles City, ...
ARMSTRONG, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa mayor who was among several town officials charged in an embezzlement case was sentenced to probation Tuesday. Greg Buum served multiple stints as mayor of Armstrong, a community of 845 residents in the northern part of the state. Buum pleaded guilty last month ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Construction work on a high-voltage transmission linking Iowa and Wisconsin has been completed and the line is fully operational, a group of utilities announced Friday. American Transmission Company, Dairyland Power Cooperative and ITC Midwest began work on the 102-mile ...