Walter Lauridsen II co-founded a Indianola nonprofit helping people rebuild their lives. He was struck after stepping into a highway lane.

Kane Farlow, 28, crashed a stolen car into a tree before his arrest, authorities say, following two separate domestic violence cases in Union County.

A Waterloo teen was charged after a shooting struck a house.

A shooting near West Third and Baltimore streets marks Waterloo's fourth homicide of 2026, just blocks from where a 17-year-old was found dead 12 days earlier.

Hundreds gathered in Van Meter as Final Salute marked its 100th burial with a first-ever helicopter escort.

Zondai Muyengwa, 77, was found inside his truck after it sank in Ames. Police say the cause remains under investigation.

A 1,100-acre AI campus near Clinton has residents weighing noise and water fears against a tax windfall even bigger than Cedar Rapids saw.

Federal monitors are stepping back after Cedar Rapids schools cut restraint use by more than 85% since 2020.

A neighbor recognized Gerardo Garcia-Michel from an old America's Most Wanted rerun, prompting an arrest in the decades-old case involving Leslie Ruby.

The Iowa Republican insists he isn't planning to die in office, but wants voters to keep a Democrat out of the governor's mansion just in case.