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Investors, farmers guessing as shutdown delays crop reports

DES MOINES, Iowa – The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday that it must delay the release of key crop reports because of the partial government shutdown, leaving investors and fa...

Teachers acquire a new skill: How to stop the bleeding

PLEASANT HILL, Iowa – As she learned the basics of applying direct pressure, packing a wound with gauze and tying a tourniquet, sixth-grade math and social studies teacher Kari Stafford shoo...

Tiny houses are trendy – unless they go up next door

Pueblo-based company sending homes to several cities in Colorado

Businesses get pushed out as industrial districts rebuild

DES MOINES, Iowa – Leaning over the map, Brian Vincent turned to a city official and asked, “Why does it show a park instead of my business?” The planner paused and then explained...

Police: 2 Iowa officers killed in 2 ambush-style attacks

DES MOINES, Iowa – Authorities apprehended a man Wednesday suspected in the early morning killings of two Des Moines area police officers who were shot to death while sitting in their patrol...

Tiny Nebraska town says no to 1,100 jobs

Residents say chicken plant would change the town’s character

ATV riders challenge longtime bans on use of public roads

DES MOINES, Iowa – When she crashed on an all-terrain vehicle, Megan Cratsley was hurt so badly that doctors had to amputate much of her right arm, a life-altering surgery that launched the ...

Flights fall to Earth at smaller airports

Airfields close as private pilots take off

Parking garages take turn for better

Many cities replacing structures with hotels, offices