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Harkin campaign aide gave Iowa State a donor list
U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin's campaign fundraiser gave Iowa State University a list of possible donors to his namesake research institute, records show, ...
Victims jockey to maximize refunds in PFGBest case
The judge overseeing the bankruptcy of an Iowa brokerage is facing an unusual decision about how to distribute its remaining assets: Should customers ...
Iowa officials warned of inmate before release
An Iowa man charged with killing his mother and kidnapping another woman hours after being released from prison made disturbing drawings while behind ...
Records: Iowa murder suspect fantasized about rape
A 21-year-old Iowa man accused of killing his mother and abducting a woman after being released from prison last week underwent treatment as a ...
At Iowa prison, a lonely battle against sex movies
Administrators let offenders at one of Iowa's most dangerous prison units watch violent and sexually explicit movies and TV shows for years, despite ...
Iowa: Convicted exec owes $14.1M in taxes, fines
Russ Wasendorf Sr. duped customers, regulators and his colleagues as he pulled off a 20-year, $100 million fraud at his Iowa-based brokerage.
APNewsBreak: $1 coin backers give to Harkin center
A South Korean businessman and his Iowa metals company gave $500,000 to a university institute honoring U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, who is pushing for a ...
U. Iowa adds optional LGBT question to application
The University of Iowa has become the nation's first public university to include optional questions about sexual orientation and gender identity on ...
Watchdog: US should explain probe of halal company
A national civil rights organization called on U.S. authorities Wednesday to explain their investigation into a leading maker of food for observant ...
No. 17 Nebraska beats Iowa 13-7
Winning five straight games mostly without him, didn't mean Nebraska doesn't need Rex Burkhead. On a cold and blustery afternoon with a spot in the ...
Police: 2 Iowa wrestlers hunted rabbits for hats
Two University of Iowa wrestlers were suspended from the team Wednesday after they admitted to illegally hunting rabbits on campus in hopes of making ...
U. of Iowa leader issues apology in athletics case
University of Iowa President Sally Mason apologized but offered few answers Friday for the school's failure to protect athletes and employees in its ...
Trial in 1977 killing asks: Were suspects framed?
Two black men wrongly convicted in the 1977 murder of a white Iowa police officer hope to prove something they couldn't during trials that sent them ...
A public law school faces trial over liberal bias
Praised by colleagues as smart, friendly and passionate about the law, Teresa Wagner was a leading candidate when two jobs came open to teach writing ...
Vote on Iowa justice seen as test for gay marriage
Iowa Supreme Court Justice David Wiggins isn't well known outside the legal community of his state, and even inside that group, isn't particularly ...
Campaigns pick Iowa poll sites for favored voters
In the weeks before Election Day, University of Iowa students will have a dozen places on campus to vote for President Barack Obama or challenger Mitt ...
Central Michigan stuns Iowa 32-31 on late FG
Central Michigan's David Harman drilled a 47-yard field goal with 3 seconds left and the Chippewas scored nine points in the final 45 seconds and ...
Central Michigan stuns Iowa 32-31
Central Michigan's David Harman drilled a 47-yard field goal with three seconds left, and the Chippewas scored nine points in the final 45 seconds and ...
Judge: Texas firm must pay disabled workers $1.4M
A Texas company that profited for decades by supplying mentally disabled workers to an Iowa turkey plant at wages of 41 cents per hour must pay the ...
Judge: Peregrine CEO should be released from jail
A disgraced Iowa businessman should be released from jail while he awaits sentencing for a "reprehensible" 20-year fraud scheme that bilked customers ...
Judge: Mom convicted in Iowa slaying must see kids
A mother serving life in prison for murder must be allowed to see her children, who were in the rural Iowa home during the execution-style killing of ...
APNewsBreak: FDA warns Iowa egg firm over bacteria
A company that promised to clean up Iowa's egg industry after a nationwide salmonella outbreak in 2010 said Friday that a recent government safety ...
Obama rally to add to Iowa rivalry weekend chaos
The hotels were completely booked, people from all over the state would be pouring into town and University of Iowa students and the city's police ...
Feds: Iowa woman's 'loans' cost friends $730,000
Investigators say a $730,000 swindle started with a sweet pitch: an Iowa woman sent friends hand-written notes asking for loans so she could surprise ...
U. of Iowa rejected Colorado shooting suspect
The University of Iowa rejected the suspect in the Colorado movie theater shooting rampage from a graduate neuroscience program last year after he ...