DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey says growers are hopeful for a bountiful crop of spring produce that could begin showing up at farmers markets soon.
Northey says a cool spring delayed the crop a bit, but the weather has improved and timely spring rain and the lack of a killing frost could produce a big harvest.
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In an early test of who Iowa registered voters are interested in as their next president, Democrat Hillary Clinton tops Republicans Marco Rubio and Rand Paul, a new poll shows.
But Democrat Joe Biden fares worse in hypothetical match-ups with the two Republicans, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today
Two local lawmakers are working on a last-minute compromise to keep plans for an Iowa City-Chicago passenger train alive.
Iowa Reps. Bobby Kaufmann, R-Wilton, and Dave Jacoby, D-Coralville, said Tuesday they’re working on a deal to earn support for two measures that have failed to pass at the Statehouse: $5.5 million in rail funding, a Democrat priority; and new eminent domain restrictions, a Republican priority.
DAYTON, IA. — Law enforcement planned to search all night and into this morning for a teenage girl who went missing after she and another girl were abducted Monday outside a school in broad daylight, police said.
Authorities suspect their abductor was Michael J. Klunder, 42, a registered sex offender from the neighboring town of Stratford.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa lawmakers are expected back in the state Capitol on Wednesday and legislative leaders say they are close to concluding the 2013 session.
There was no floor action in the state House or State Senate on Monday or Tuesday. But legislative leaders say they have been working privately to resolve differences on key issues, like education policy, property tax cuts and low-income health care. Votes could come on those issues soon.
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — When a small anti-abortion group in Iowa sought nonprofit status, the IRS asked its board to promise not to organize protests outside Planned Parenthood and demanded to know how its prayer meetings and protest signs were educational.
Although the Coalition for Life of Iowa's application was ultimately approved in 2009, the tax collection agency's treatment of that and other anti-abortion groups has gotten new attention in the wake of an ongoing scandal over the alleged targeting of conservative groups.
CHARLES CITY — Faced with dark and muddy conditions, firefighters used a roof ladder to rescue three railroad workers from a train derailment near Charles City early Tuesday.
Firefighters used the ladder to reach the top of the train, according to Mitch Nordmeyer, interim emergency management director for Floyd County.
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DES MOINES, Iowa — A 15-year-old central Iowa girl who was abducted after getting off her school bus was still missing Tuesday, and authorities said a massive search was underway. Meanwhile, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation said the man who is suspected of taking her and another girl committed suicide.
CHICAGO (AP) — An Iowa letter carrier has been sentenced to 37 years in prison for sending dud pipe bombs with threatening letters signed "The Bishop."
U.S. District Judge Robert Dow issued the sentence Tuesday afternoon, saying John Tomkins "engaged in a reign of terror."
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LISBON (KWWL) - Three minutes.
It's the amount of time staff and students at the Lisbon Community School District are expected to execute their tornado drill.
"Nothing can prepare you for the horrible situation that the folks in Oklahoma were experiencing, but the more you practice, the more ready you are," said superintendent Brad Laures.
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