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CLINTON, Iowa (AP) - A city in eastern Iowa is considering an ordinance that would help track and stop nuisance buildings.
Officials in the city of Clinton want building owners to register their properties...
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CORALVILLE, Iowa - The Iowa Innovation Corporation has chosen a Coralville technology company as the recipient of its first Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer Outreach program.
NanoMedTrix...
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JOHNSON COUNTY, Iowa - A heavy law enforcement presence is on scene at a rural area in Johnson County.
Our crew on scene says there are several Iowa State troopers and Johnson County Sheriff's deputies...
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Three people were shot on Cedar Rapids southeast side Thursday afternoon.
Police responded to the 1233 3rd Ave SE, at about 12:30 p.m. Police Chief Wayne Jerman said suspects shot...
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa lawmakers have adjourned the 2013 session after reaching deals to cut property taxes, revise education policy and provide health care for low-income residents.
The Senate...
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DAYTON, Iowa — The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation will hold a news conference at 4 p.m. Thursday in Dayton, Iowa, to provide additional information about the case of a missing Dayton teen.
"The...
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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - The Cedar River swelled out of its banks Thursday as waters rose to five and half feet above flood stage. The National Weather Service predicts the waters will hold at that level until...
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DES MOINES, Iowa -- Nearly half of Iowa voters give Gov. Terry Branstad a positive job approval rating, but a poll released Thursday morning suggests they think he has been in office long enough.
Branstad,...
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TABOR, Iowa (AP) — Two southwestern Iowa residents have been arrested, accused of shooting four dogs to death.
The Fremont County Sheriff's Office tells the Daily Nonpariel of Council Bluffs that 65-year-old...
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - An eastern Iowa startup that tries to help businesses find cheaper Internet service has been awarded $100,000 in state assistance to help develop the company.
The Iowa City Area...
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NORA SPRINGS, Iowa (AP) — A severe storm that brought high winds earlier this week is being blamed for a barn collapse at Nora Springs that killed five head of cattle.
The Mason City Globe Gazette reports...
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DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - A Davenport couple has been accused of having way too many white bass.
The state Department of Natural Resources says Jeremy Nguyen and Chi Hue Tran were charged Wednesday with...
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - West Des Moines Water Works has promoted its engineering project manager to general manager.
Diana Wilson is the first woman to lead the agency that delivers water to 60,000 water...
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Five years ago today, no one here in Iowa could imagine that some of the worst flooding in state history was just a few weeks away. The rising waters affected many communities... displacing...
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - On Wednesday, KCRG-TV9 partnered with WMT Radio and the American Red Cross for a two-hour telethon to help the victims of Monday's tornado in Moore, Oklahoma.
We're proud to say that...
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DAYTON, Iowa - Hundreds gathered for a candlelight vigil in Dayton tonight praying for the safe return of Kathlynn Shepard.
Investigators and K9s found backpacks and a purse Tuesday in connection with...
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DES MOINES, Iowa – State lawmakers are working to finalize bipartisan agreements on tax relief, school reform, more health-care coverage for needy Iowans, and an increased state budget plan before adjourning...
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - A few firefighters were caught off guard late Tuesday night.
At around 10 p.m., they were leaving a medical call at an apartment near Kirkwood Community College. Suddenly, they heard...
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - More than 10 weeks after winning a casino referendum in Linn County, supporters of a Cedar Rapids casino are eyeing a critical summer.
"We will know a lot more on June 6," said Steve...
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IOWA CITY – Iowa City is proposing cutting Sunday service and discounted fares from a public transit service for the elderly and people with disabilities.
The proposal is the latest in a months-long dispute...
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DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad and legislative negotiators have hammered out a bipartisan agreement to use federal money to expand health-care coverage to needy Iowans by financing insurance premiums...
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INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) — A former attorney for the city of Indianola has been arrested on charges of filing nearly $91,000 in overbillings during a six-year period.
John Hoyman was booked Wednesday and...
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DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in Dubuque are investigating the death of a 3-year-old boy hit by a vehicle.
Dubuque police say Edgar Joel ran into the street Monday night and was struck by a car driven...
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Senate has approved a compromise plan to cut commercial property taxes in the state.
The plan was approved in a 43-6 vote Wednesday. It now moves to the state House for...
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — House lawmakers have approved more money for the state to spend on tax credits to entice new businesses to Iowa and help others expand.
The Iowa House approved the $50 million...
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa lawmakers have reached a tentative deal to accept federal funding to provide health care coverage to low-income residents.
Democratic Senate President Pam Jochum, of Dubuque,...
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The state legislature has approved an education policy deal that would provide additional school funding.
Lawmakers in the state House and Senate approved the plan Wednesday....
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WAVERLY, Iowa – Residents in Waverly will apparently escape the high water on the Cedar River with just minor damage.
The river crested just before 5:00 o'clock Wednesday morning at 13.13 feet. That's...
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WEBSTER COUNTY, Iowa - Investigators and K9s found backpacks and a purse Tuesday in connection with the abduction of Kathlynn Shepard in Dayton, according to an Iowa Department of Safety news release.
Investigators...
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IOWA CITY, Iowa - An Iowa City attorney says a recent court ruling is evidence that landlords across Iowa City are breaking the law on a “grand scale.” Last week a judge ruled in favor of two tenants,...
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ANAMOSA, Iowa- More than 100 schools in Oklahoma have FEMA approved safe rooms, but not the two elementary schools that Monday's Oklahoma tornado destroyed. And some people are asking why.
It's...
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CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - Brucemore is opening every door to visitors for a rare glimpse at every nook and cranny of the mansion. Climb into the attic to see the hidden treasures that aren't on display, check...
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DES MOINES, Iowa -- A key legislative leader on education reform is “very optimistic” a conference committee working out differences between lawmakers and the governor will reach consensus today.
“We’re...
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GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America will convene a two-day meeting of 1,400 local leaders to consider changing its long-standing ban on openly gay boys in the scouting movement.
Officials...
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa lawmakers are expected back in the state Capitol on Wednesday and legislative leaders say they are close to concluding the 2013 session.
There was no floor action in the...
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - The University of Iowa's vice president for research is expected to urge Congress to support funding to help develop the next generation of ultrafast supercomputers.
Daniel Reed...
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) - A Sioux City man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in a fatal crash near Sioux City.
Sioux City television station KTIV reports that 19-year-old Oscar Ramirez...
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DECORAH, Iowa (AP) - A retired president and professor of a St. Paul, Minn., seminary has been chosen as interim president of Luther College in Decorah.
The Luther College board says David Tiede (TEE-dee)...
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MOORE, Okla. (AP) - Officials in Moore, Okla., have been focused on the search for survivors and victims of yesterday's tornado and have not fully tallied the scope of the damage.
The official death...
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WAVERLY, Iowa - Waverly city officials are telling residents to expect minor flooding in the southeast part of town as the Cedar River bulges.
The blame is on recent rains further north that dropped...
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PARKERSBURG, Iowa - The town has come a long way since the 2008 tornado ripped through the city, but some reminders of the storm still remain.
This week marks the fifth anniversary of the EF5 tornado....
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IOWA CITY – The Iowa City school district will not go after a federal grant that would help pay for police officers in schools, but the debate over the underlying issue is not necessarily over.
The school...
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CHICAGO (AP) — An Iowa letter carrier has been sentenced to 37 years in prison for sending dud pipe bombs with threatening letters signed "The Bishop."
U.S. District Judge Robert Dow issued the sentence...
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DAYTON, Iowa - Law enforcement agencies are probing whether a central Iowa kidnapping may be linked to the murder of two girls abducted last July from Evansdale.
About 200 officers and volunteers searched...
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MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Mason City man has been convicted of first-degree murder for the July strangulation death of his girlfriend.
The Mason City Globe Gazette reports that it took less than three...
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HIAWATHA, Iowa- More than ten years ago, Iowa made it a law to move over or slow down when approaching emergency vehicles at the side of the road. But emergency responders who gathered for a Move Over,...
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa- Another bit of “Depression-era” art hidden away for decades will soon go on display again inside the council chambers at Cedar Rapids’ city hall.
The Law and Culture mural on display...
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa legislative leaders say they're getting close to wrapping up the 2013 session.
Republican House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, of Hiawatha, says Tuesday that lawmakers are working...
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — The owner of the Argosy Sioux City riverboat casino is now asking an Iowa judge to reverse a decision allowing a rival to build a nearby land-based casino.
The Sioux City Journal...
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CHICAGO (AP) — A small-town Iowa letter carrier will soon learn his sentence for sending dud pipe bombs with threatening letters signed "The Bishop."
A federal judge in Chicago put off announcing a sentence...
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