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Different paths, same finish line for Urbandale graduates

Thu, 24 May 2012 22:59:00 CDT

Each of the 291 Urbandale High School graduates had a unique journey through school that led them to Thursday night's commencement. 'It's a day in the making for 13 years,' Superintendent Doug Stilwell told the graduates, friends and families at the Knapp

Obama lashes out at Romney during Des Moines campaign stop

Thu, 24 May 2012 22:28:00 CDT

Mitt Romney gave Iowans a �cow pie of distortion� when he said he knows how to douse the nation's �prairie fire of debt,� President Barack Obama said in his first campaign event in Iowa of this election cycle.

Building owner claims fire started in apartment of tenant up for eviction

Thu, 24 May 2012 21:26:00 CDT

A building owner says a fire at his building started in the apartment of a woman he was evicting, according to a police report.

GOP speaker in Des Moines: Please drop your lack of enthusiasm for Romney

Thu, 24 May 2012 21:18:00 CDT

Some Republicans and independents must shake their lack of enthusiasm for presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, the keynote speaker at a party fundraiser said in Des Moines Thursday night.

Auto accidents claim 7 lives in fewer than 24 hours

Thu, 24 May 2012 19:30:00 CDT

Three car accidents in Iowa claimed seven lives in less than a day, according to the Iowa State Patrol.

USS Iowa to depart to Southern California on Saturday

Thu, 24 May 2012 19:14:00 CDT

RICHMOND, Calif. - With sea conditions improving along the California coast, the USS Iowa is now scheduled to begin its final voyage on Saturday.

U.S. Senate panel votes to block Air Guard cuts in Des Moines

Thu, 24 May 2012 16:22:00 CDT

The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee approved an amendment today that would prevent the Air Force from carrying out plans to eliminate F-16 aircraft from the Iowa Air National Guard's 132nd Fighter Wing.

River body identified as that of Cedar Rapids man

Thu, 24 May 2012 12:35:00 CDT

Officials have released the name of a man whose body was recovered from the Cedar River.

Iowa collision kills 3 from Chicago, 1 from Iowa

Thu, 24 May 2012 12:25:00 CDT

Three Chicago residents and an Iowa man have died in a head-on collision in southern Iowa.

Pleasant Hill police report possible abduction attempt

Thu, 24 May 2012 11:37:00 CDT

A man and a woman in a back SUV tried to lure a child into the vehicle Wednesday evening in a Pleasant Hill park, police said.

Witness: Boy, 4, lived alone with dead father for days, thought he was asleep

Thu, 24 May 2012 11:28:00 CDT

Even after the witness entered and found the child's 40-year-old father dead in his bedroom, the boy continued to insist his father was asleep and ask that no one wake him.

Urbandale kids on wrong bus dropped off on side of the road

Thu, 24 May 2012 11:12:00 CDT

Eight Webster Elementary students were dropped off at a random bus stop Tuesday morning after being mistakenly picked up by a substitute bus driver.

Parents allege consumer fraud against Stivers

Thu, 24 May 2012 10:50:00 CDT

A West Des Moines couple filed a consumer fraud lawsuit this week against one of the largest car dealerships in the state.

Today Show talks Lolo Jones, Olympics, star's virginity

Thu, 24 May 2012 10:35:00 CDT

HBO 'Real Sports' contributor Mary Carillo visits The Today Show to talk about her much-discussed interview with Iowa-native and Olympic track star Lolo Jones. (VIDEO)

Nationwide sex trafficking ring uncovered in Iowa; used Backpage.com ads

Thu, 24 May 2012 09:42:00 CDT

A 50-page indictment alleges a New Jersey man used coercion and violence to force women between 17 and 21 to act as his sex workers between November 2009 and June 2011, when investigators broke up the ring during a sting operation at a hotel in Omaha.

Iowa firefighters help man escape house fire

Thu, 24 May 2012 08:52:00 CDT

Officials say 26-year-old Justin Lovan had climbed through a window onto a section of the house roof, and then firefighters helped him reach the ground.

Man gets life for role in Waterloo heroin ring

Thu, 24 May 2012 08:52:00 CDT

Federal prosecutors say 38-year-old Lawrence Johnson was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids

'Sexually violent' Iowa predator loses court bid

Thu, 24 May 2012 08:50:00 CDT

A 55-year-old man has lost his appeal for release from the Iowa civil commitment facility for dangerous sex offenders.

3 killed in head-on Union County crash, troopers say

Thu, 24 May 2012 07:28:00 CDT

Three people were killed and a fourth was injured Wednesday afternoon in a two-vehicle head-on collision in southwestern Iowa, authorities said.

Twitter: Obama visits Iowa (#obamaia)

Thu, 24 May 2012 06:35:00 CDT

Follow The Register's political news team and join the Twitter discussion as President Barack Obama visits Iowa.