May 24, 2018 Iowa mom pulled 8-year-old son in front of train in an apparent murder-suicide: police A mother in Iowa allegedly pulled her 8-year-old son in front of an oncoming train, which killed them both, authorities said.
May 10, 2018 Iowa man says his own dog shot him while they were playing together Iowa man says his dog shot him while they were roughhousing.
May 6, 2018 Newborn suffers skull fractures after getting hit with softball at ballfield An Iowa family is praying for a 7-week-old newborn who was critically injured when a softball accidentally struck her in the head at a game.
May 4, 2018 Iowa's fetal 'heartbeat bill' passed by lawmakers, sent to governor Lawmakers in Iowa this week passed the so-called “heartbeat bill” which would ban abortion as soon as a fetal heartbeat is detected, or roughly around the sixth week of pregnancy.
April 27, 2018 Drake University professor accused of spanking female student allowed to resign An associate professor at Iowa's Drake University accused of making a female student sit on his lap and threatening to spank her will be allowed to resign after a report concluded he sexually "intimidated female students."
April 26, 2018 'Monster' walleye fish caught in Iowa lake A “monster” walleye fish was caught in Lake Rathbun in Iowa, the state’s Department of Natural Resources announced on Tuesday.
April 20, 2018 Mom, 31, who left 4 kids at home for 'solo vacation' to Germany avoids jail time, gets probation The Iowa mother who was accused of leaving her four children home alone while she took a trip to Germany last year was sentenced to probation Thursday on child endangerment charges.
April 20, 2018 Mom who toured Europe, leaving 4 kids home alone, gets probation An Iowa mother who left her four children at home while she went on a trip to Europe in September was sentenced to two years’ probation Thursday.
April 20, 2018 Infant died of neglect after daycare operator drank 10 beers, authorities say An Iowa daycare operator was arrested Wednesday, about six months after allegedly neglecting a 7-month-old infant in her care after the worker drank at least 10 beers, authorities said.
April 12, 2018 State official takes heat for comparing Medicaid complaints to gripes about lost luggage The director of Iowa's Department of Human Services brought Democrats and Republicans together this week -- but in a bad way.