DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines Police say a 16-year-old who died from a gunshot wound Saturday was accidentally shot while two teens were handling a handgun.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A 16-year-old boy died of a gunshot wound early Saturday in Des Moines and police said they are investigating the death as a homicide.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two Des Moines men were arrested Wednesday in the shooting death of a Clive man last week.

Columbus Plum Lewis, 51, of Des Moines, was charged with first-degree...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A decision by the superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district to stick with remote learning in the midst of a pandemic could end up costing him his job.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Former Iowa basketball player Dr. P. Sue Beckwith has given $7 million to endow the Hawkeyes' head coaching position, the athletic department announced Tuesday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police have charged five people with attempted murder in a brazen Des Moines shooting that critically injured a 2-year-old child.

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police in Des Moines have identified a man fatally shot last week in the city’s first homicide of the year.

Darrell Merriwether, 52, of Clive, died early Saturday...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are investigating a shooting in Des Moines that fatally wounded a 52-year-old man.

The Des Moines Police Department and Des Moines Fire Department...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have identified 20-year-old Lily Macke of Grimes, Iowa, as the woman who died in a fatal collision between a car and a semi truck.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Iowa man was sentenced on Tuesday for his role in the death of a Nebraska man who was stabbed 20 times.

Raymond T. Davis, 31, of Des Moines, was sentenced for...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A man charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder and other counts in a 2019 Des Moines shooting that killed one man and injured another has taken a plea deal, Iowa...

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

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Ames 46, Des Moines, Roosevelt 18

Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 61, Millard West, Neb. 57

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa state senator faces an ordinance violation charge for allegedly having an undeclared handgun during a screening at Des Moines International Airport.

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A mother and son from Iowa were arrested Friday on charges stemming from their alleged participation in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines man who police say intentionally ran over and killed a local college instructor has been convicted of second-degree murder in the case.

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines police officer has been placed on leave after being charged with a misdemeanor in which he’s accused of trying to interfere in a criminal investigation...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police in Des Moines have identified a man whose body was been found inside a portable toilet outside the city’s Forest Avenue Library earlier this month.

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WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. (AEL) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $8.7 million.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Prosecutors have upgraded charges against an Iowa man who led a crowd of insurgents in taunting a police officer up several flights of stairs inside the U.S. Capitol during...

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

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Drake (19-1, 10-1) vs. Northern Iowa (6-13, 4-9)

McLeod Center, Cedar Falls, Iowa; Sunday, 1 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Drake goes for the season sweep over Northern Iowa after winning the...

WINTERSET, Iowa (AP) — A Madison County jury has convicted a Creston man of first-degree murder in the shooting death last year of another man at a rural intersection southwest of Winterset....

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police have announced the arrest of a man for the shooting death last April of a Des Moines woman.

Antonio Markez Hodges has been charged with first-degree murder...

PERRY, Iowa (AP) — A western Iowa man faces several charges after investigators say he caused a crash earlier this month that killed a Minburn woman and seriously injured her 7-year-old son....

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal court approval of an agreement between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and a Quincy, Illinois, company to clean up a contaminated industrial site in Des...

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The body of a man was found inside a portable toilet outside Des Moines's Forest Avenue Library early Monday, police said.

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WELLSBURG, Iowa (AP) — A hazardous materials team was called to a fatal pileup on Highway 20 in north-central Iowa that involved a semitrailer hauling sulfuric acid, authorities said.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A second Iowa woman has pleaded guilty in a leak of documents related to a federal drug trafficking investigation that outed the identities of two confidential informants...

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Central Lyon, Rock Rapids 74, Trinity Christian High School 42

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ FBL Financial Group Inc. (FFG) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $27.8 million.

On a per-share basis, the West Des Moines, Iowa-based company said...