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Today's ForecastActive weather is expected through the week with several chances of storms.
A mosquito surveillance program is underway in Johnson County to track the potential spread of diseases like Zika and West Nile Virus.
One suspect is dead and 20 other people are hurt, including four critically, after a shooting at an all-night arts festival in Trenton, New Jersey.
All of this week, Iowa communities have looked back ten years after the 2008 floods hit city by city. On June 15, ten years ago, the flood struck Johnson County, putting Coralville and Iowa City underwater.
This is a story that focuses on what Iowa nice is all about.
A new program is turning a run down house into an updated home for a veteran and their family.
According to WHO, our NBC affiliate in Des Moines, the automated speed camera on I-235 in Des Moines will be turned back on next Monday.
The service will cost $4.99 for deliveries made in one or two days.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Authorities say a woman was found intoxicated in her Des Moines home after her 8-year-old son wandered to a neighborhood gathering.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A surge of construction in the Midwest drove U.S. housing starts up 5 percent in May from the prior month.
Authorities say rapper-singer XXXtentacion was fatally shot in Florida.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to decide soon whether to give its first approval to a prescription drug made from the marijuana plant.
Nearly a tenth of a northeast Iowa high school's small graduating class are Eagle Scouts.
Rolling into the summer with a new-found freedom, some local kids got to experience the feel of the open road for the first time on Monday.
44-year-old Sherry Schumacher died in April from metastatic breast cancer. Her family established a Relay for Life team in her memory.
The town of Lone Tree is made up of only 1,400 people but $3.4 million went into the town's new Wellness Center.
FDA.govDel Monte is voluntarily recalling 6-ounce and 12-ounce vegetable trays containing broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and dill dip that were sold by Kwik Trip/Kwik Star in Iowa and four other Midwestern states.
Firework displays are exciting to watch during the summer months, but it is important to enjoy them safely.
Linn County Area Fire PhotographyThe Linn County Sheriff's Office says a man and his dog were hurt when the motorcycle they were riding was hit while they were stopped for a red light in Marion on Monday.
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen says officials will not apologize for enforcing immigration laws that result in the separation of children from their parents. More>>
Counselors at Camp Courageous of Iowa are scrubbing all surfaces after several campers and staff got sick from some kind of virus.
The week is off to a hot start especially for those who work outside.
KWWL's Abby Turpin will be featured in their July 19 concert.
Vowing to reclaim U.S. leadership in space, President Donald Trump announced Monday he is directing the Pentagon to create a new "Space Force" as an independent service branch aimed at ensuring American supremacy in space.
51-year-old Scott VanGorder was pronounced dead at the scene of a crash along Highway 20 on Saturday.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration says it's "deeply concerned" by a growing number of political and religious prisoners held by Russia.
William Shatner is coming to the Paramount Theatre in Cedar Rapids on Friday, September 28th.
A sewer line collapse in Mason City is causing untreated wastewater to flow into the Winnebago River in northern Iowa.
The administrative office confirms the closure is out of precautionary measures.
The World Health Organization says that compulsively playing video games now qualifies as a new mental health condition, in a move that some critics warn may risk stigmatizing its young players.
Several local humane societies may be offering special deals this month.
A new survey shows some parents did not talk to their kids about what to do if they got separated from them at an amusement park.
A Vigil in downtown Waterloo Sunday night to show support for the thousands of children without their family on Father's Day at the US Mexico border.
The smell of natural gas led to the evacuation of six people from their residence on Dubuque's New York St. today.
Authorities say a 24-hour arts and music festival in New Jersey was on the verge of being shut down because of numerous fights when gunfire erupted.
Linn County Sheriff's Deputies were called to a motorcycle accident in the 4500 block of Boy Scouts Rd around 2 p.m. today.
The Johnson County Sheriff's Office says the scene of a bomb squad investigation is safe in Swisher, following several detonations.
The Disney and Pixar film premiered to an estimated $180 million at the domestic box office this weekend.
According to the National Retail Federation, shoppers are expected to spend up to $15.3 billion on gifts for dad this year.
On Friday, a home in the 5600 block of Independence Avenue reported a garage and enclosed trailers were broken into.
Cities, counties and the state of Iowa are less liable for injuries caused by road maintenance issues after a recent Iowa Supreme Court ruling that upheld a longstanding but controversial legal doctrine.
A seven-time "Jeopardy!" winner who taught history at a small Michigan college faces up to five years in prison for sneaking into the email accounts of other professors, administrators and students.
Gov. Kim Reynolds has issued a disaster proclamation in two Iowa counties suffering recent severe weather and flooding.
Authorities say a Minnesota man has drowned trying to save his 7-year-old niece at Lake Red Rock at the Des Moines River in central Iowa.
Iowa Republicans have picked a state agriculture secretary nominee, but it didn't come easy.
A witness report says a boat is sinking in Nashua in the Cedar River.
27-year-old Ethan Davis was acquitted of first-degree burglary Friday, but found guilty of misdemeanor counts of assault causing bodily injury and child endangerment.
A second sheriff’s deputy died early Saturday from injuries suffered when an inmate who was being transported in Kansas City overpowered two officers and shot them.
The proclamation covers Hamilton County in central Iowa and O'Brien County in northwestern Iowa.
Venezuela's government says 17 people were killed Saturday after an incident at the nightclub "Los Cotorros."
Asbury Community Fire Department crews responded to 14011 Sagewood Drive for a report of a fire around 1:20 a.m.
Iowa's unemployment rate dropped slightly to 2.7 percent in May.
Health insurance company Medica says it will offer insurance plans statewide in Iowa again next year through the Affordable Care Act exchange.
A Michigan man accused of ordering drugs online and having them shipped to a friend in Dubuque - who then died of an overdose - has pleaded guilty.
A Yorkie stayed with a Missouri toddler all night after she wandered from her home and into a nearby cornfield.
Democratic Governor candidate Fred Hubbell announces State Senator Rita Hart as his running mate in the upcoming election.
The celebration of the century is now underway for an eastern Iowa community known for its tractors.
To offer some relief during this weekend's hot and humid weather, the City of Dubuque has established public cooling centers.
This week is pride week, which means Iowa City Pride is kicking off its 48th annual Iowa City Pride Festival with events all weekend.
A company run by former officials at the scandal-scarred consulting firm Cambridge Analytica is working for President Donald Trump's 2020 re-election effort.
NASA's record-breaking astronaut, Peggy Whitson, is retiring.
Clarksville students stepped up to help the town of Rockford with cleanup, after their baseball and softball diamonds were damaged from last weekend's storms.
Instead of "Back in Black", The Iowa Wave is back in gold to celebrate its first anniversary with a big goal in mind.
A nationwide bus tour to register young people to vote kicks off today in Chicago.
A salmonella outbreak that affected 73 people in 31 states has been linked to Kellogg's Honey Smacks cereal, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
President Donald Trump has vowed to clamp down on what he calls China's unfair trade practices.
The son and boss of an Iowa woman charged in a 1992 homicide say they're stunned by her arrest and confident that she's not the killer.
A Cedar Rapids man has been imprisoned for forcibly trying to steal an internet domain name from another man.
Much of the city of Cedar Rapids was underwater ten years ago today as the city once again deals with flooding but this time very minor.
Senator Chuck Grassley voted against the latest version of the farm bill because it lacked an amendment he proposed.
Before the overflowing Cedar River soaked Cedar Rapids, it forced hundreds of people out of their homes and cut off communities up river, in Black Hawk County. In just hours, people in North Cedar were forced out of their homes, as floodwaters washed over decades of memories.
The project means detours and road closures start Thursday.
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi says a Trump administration policy that separates children from their parents at the southern border is "barbaric" and has to stop. More>>
Photo courtesy of gofundme.com.The Cedar Rapids Police Department plans to add surveillance cameras to a park at the center of a homicide investigation.
The investigation into the death of a 6-year-old has been closed.
According to the park's website, they plan to be reopened again tomorrow, just in time for hot and humid weather over the weekend.
Western Iowa congressman Steve King has taken to Twitter to retweet an anti-immigration post from a British political activist, who has praised Adolf Hitler in the past.
Broomsticks will be flocking to November as muggles compete in games of Quidditch.
A Waterloo man is facing charges, accused of putting a 72-year-old man in the hospital.
The pieces for the 2008 floods actually began coming together in 2007 with heavy rain falling that summer.
Rep. Tom Sands, a Republican lawmaker in the Iowa House, says he won't seek re-election in November. Sands, who represents Wapello in eastern Iowa, announced Thursday he will withdraw his name from the general...
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Severe weather season is here, and it is time to be prepared.
More >>Severe weather season is here, and it is time to be prepared.
More >>Newsmakers, politicians and community leaders sit down with Ron Steele for The Steele Report, every Sunday at 10 a.m. on KWWL. Find previous episodes here.
More >>Newsmakers, politicians and community leaders sit down with Ron Steele for The Steele Report, every Sunday at 10 a.m. on KWWL. Find previous episodes here.
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More >>A community mourns two Evansdale cousins. All related stories can be found here.
More >>A community mourns two Evansdale cousins. All related stories can be found here.
More >>Iowa's mental health crisis is a crisis which evolves around mental health treatment, availability of treatment and beds, doctors and health insurance.
More >>Iowa's mental health crisis is a crisis which evolves around mental health treatment, availability of treatment and beds, doctors and health insurance.
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