Category — Des Moines, Iowa

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Authorities say they have charged the live-in boyfriend of a woman with first-degree murder in her death.

GARNAVILLO, Iowa (AP) - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a major manure spill in eastern Clayton County.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The House has overwhelmingly approved a measure that would ban people convicted of domestic abuse from possessing guns, sending the issue back to the Senate where a similar version has been approved.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A Polk County judge has sentenced a Des Moines man to life in prison for the 2004 murder of 54-year-old Lance Morningstar.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Iowa communities of Ames, Des Moines and West Des Moines are competing to be a test site for what is billed as the world’s fastest Internet connection.

OSAGE, Iowa (AP) - A Mennonite boy has been found guilty of violating an ordinance in Mitchell County that bans steel wheels on county roads.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A man convicted of killing another man in Wapello County has lost another appeal. Kenny Hemm was accused of killing Larry Pippenger, of Eldon, in 2000 and setting fires to destroy the evidence. Pippenger, a paraplegic, was found in a burning car near Eldon.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) - Survivors of a man killed in a June fire have sued the city of Council Bluff for the alleged failure of emergency personnel to respond adequately.

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (AP) - An overturned semitrailer truck has closed a highway in Buchanan County. The Buchanan County sheriff’s department says Highway 150 from Independence to county road D-47 will be closed for several hours Wednesday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey has filed petitions and paperwork to seek reelection to a post he has held since 2007.

WINDSOR HEIGHTS, Iowa (AP) - Former Republican Sen. Rick Santorum says he was once a “pro-life fraud” who only gave lip service to the abortion issue. Now he’s calling himself a national anti-abortion leader.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Gov. Chet Culver has signed into law a restructuring of state government projected to trim $127 million from next year’s budget and help close a projected shortfall.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is forecasting a major die-off of fish as the ice covering the state’s lakes, ponds and streams melt.

AMES, Iowa (AP) - Second-degree burglary charges have been filed against an Ames man who broke into a church where he allegedly used the institution’s electronic equipment to watch pornography.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Saying it needs funds for its Whispering Willow wind farm and for transmission upgrades, Alliant Energy is asking Iowa regulators for a 14 percent rate hike.

Department of Inspections and Appeals wants old cooker changed; no one else agrees. You wanna rally the people? Threaten one of their icons.

2010 Census forms will soon hit your mailbox. The federal government is spending millions to make sure you fill it out and send it in. In addition to the form itself, you’ll also get two reminders in the mail. The massive outreach campaign has some people questioning how much this all costs.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) - Fertilizer company Terra Industries says it will pursue a bid to be acquired by CF Industries instead of a previous agreement with Norway’s Yara.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - The Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids is looking into a possible fuel contamination. Airport spokeswoman Pam Hinman says tests on Tuesday showed a possible contamination in the tanks at the airport and they “erred on the side of caution.”

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Rivers are rising across Iowa as snow melts and rains are forecast in the state. National Weather Service flood warnings were in effect Wednesday for portions of Iowa. On Tuesday, 17 river gauges statewide showed record-high stream flow for the calendar date.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - More than $155 million in state and federal dollars are to be spent on water quality projects in Iowa.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - The faculty council at the University of Iowa has endorsed a proposal that would increase the minimum age to enter bars in Iowa City from 19 years-old to 21 years-old.

A unique mentoring program in the metro requires only one lunch hour a week. Rebecca Christian has been part of it for six years.

Ames High School’s Harrison Barnes has picked up another accolade. The senior basketball star has been named the McDonald’s All American Player of the Year.

Rough roads across the state of Iowa are getting a funding boost to fill cracks and holes. The Iowa Transportation Commission has authorized $12 million in additional funding for statewide road maintenance.

Gov. Chet Culver has signed into law a restructuring of state government projected to trim $127 million from next year’s budget and help close a projected shortfall.

There are new questions being raised about the eligibility of a state tournament basketball team and it all hinges on the alleged action of a Southeast Polk player.

A metro family says they just moved into their dream home, and it just so happens to be easy on the environment. The home is the first to be certified green in the metro by the National Association of Home Builders.

Authorities say they have charged the live-in boyfriend of a woman with first-degree murder in her death.

Saying it needs funds for its Whispering Willow wind farm and for transmission upgrades, Alliant Energy is asking Iowa regulators for a 14 percent rate hike.