Iowa firefighter arrested and charged in 13-arson spree

A 60-year-old Iowa firefighter, Kendall Eugene Rhoads, has been arrested and faces 13 counts of arson along with a charge of reckless use of fire or explosives, according to the Grundy County Sheriff's Office.

Funeral home workers startled when 'dead' woman starts breathing

The 66-year-old Iowa woman had been pronounced dead at hospice but “gasped for air” when funeral home staff opened the body bag, state officials say.

Iowa woman faked cancer diagnosis to rake in thousands in donations: police

Court documents said some photos of the 19-year-old's supposed treatment appear to have been taken at her apartment instead of a medical office.

Iowa official's wife charged with 52 counts of voter fraud

Kim Phuong Taylor filled out and cast absentee ballots in her husband’s unsuccessful race for a Republican nomination to run for Congress in 2020, federal prosecutors said.

Iowa couple allegedly drowned their newborn in bathtub, police say

Authorities say a northern Iowa couple drowned their newborn in a bathtub shortly after she was born, fearing her cries would draw the attention of police.

Teen human trafficking victim, who pleaded guilty to killing rapist, escapes custody in Iowa

Iowa authorities say an 18-year-old sex trafficking victim, who pleaded guilty to killing a man she said raped her, escaped from a women's center where she was serving her probation sentence.

Iowa judge orders teenage human trafficking victim to pay $150K in restitution to family of rapist she killed

An Iowa teenage sex trafficking victim who stabbed her rapist to death was sentenced by a judge on Tuesday to five years of closely supervised probation and must pay $150,000 restitution to her abuser's family.

Iowa football team postpones AR-15 giveaway after backlash from sponsors

The team’s owner initially refused calls for the rifle giveaway to be canceled, but he changed his mind later the same day after one of their sponsors threatened to sever ties.

Iowa teens killed Spanish teacher, 66, with baseball bat, newly released court docs allege

Someone who knew one of the teens shared Snapchat messages that showed the boys "were involved in the planning, execution, and disposal of evidence" in the teacher's murder, new court documents allege.

6 teens charged after deadly shooting at Des Moines, Iowa high school

Des Moines police say they have arrested six teenagers in a shooting outside a school that killed a 15-year-old boy and seriously injured two teenage girls.

Shooting at Des Moines, Iowa high school leaves 1 teen dead, 2 injured

One person is dead and another two injured after a shooting outside of East High School located in Des Moines, Iowa on Monday, according to police.

Iowa tornadoes: 4 of 7 killed were in same family, authorities say

Authorities say four of the seven people killed in devastating storms that tore through central Iowa were members of the same family.

Officials: 7 dead after tornadoes tore through central Iowa

Seven people were killed, including two children, when several tornadoes swept through central Iowa, damaging buildings and knocking down trees and power lines, authorities said.