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Two House Democrats facing tough re-election bids are defending their party's expansion of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that was included in the Sen. Joe Manchin-backed Inflation Reduction Act, which does little to immediately address inflation. The two vulnerable Democratic congresswomen, Rep. Katie Porter of California and Rep. Cindy Axne...

A driver fatally hit a man crossing the street in Albia, according to the Iowa State Patrol. The pedestrian, 56-year-old Timothy Allen Olson of Polk City, was taken to the hospital and later died. A 33-year-old Albia man driving a Chevy Traverse SUV hit Olson as he was crossing the...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A Des Moines council member is countersuing two police officers who sued several people who participated in a 2020 protest following a Minneapolis officer's killing of George Floyd. Councilwoman Indira Sheumaker's countersuit says that Officers Peter Wilson and Jeffrey George used excessive force and violated...

Altoona police are investigating a shooting in a residence that left one man dead last week. Officers responded to a 911 call reporting a shooting in the 2200 block of Third Avenue SW in Altoona around 7:40 p.m. on Aug. 10. Officers discovered John Killen, 41, of Altoona dead with...

The Des Moines Symphony is dusting off their brooms and diving back into the wizarding world with the return of the Harry Potter Film Concert Series early next year at the Des Moines Civic Center. The symphony will perform Patrick Doyle’s score of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,"...

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There's nothing like rain on a concert day — especially when that concert stars 1990s alt-rock icon Alanis Morissette. Showers over Des Moines didn't dampen the enthusiasm for the 48-year-old Canadian singer and seven-time Grammy winner, who took the State Fair Grandstand Monday night. More than 12,000 fans swamped the amphitheater sporting a rainbow of rain ponchos.

The first time I ever went to the Iowa State Fair back in 2016, my friends insisted that we take a ride on Ye Old Mill. I didn't really understand why at the time, because it was kind of boring, but now I'm glad that I did! At the time, I had no idea that I was riding on an attraction that was nearly 100-years-old.