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Iowa Democrats were forced to toss the caucus. They'll quietly pick a 2024 nominee by mail instead

Mar. 03, 2024 01:12 AM EST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — There's a lot less fanfare for Democrats in Iowa picking their presidential nominee this year, and it's not only because Democratic incumbent Joe Biden is in the White House. Instead of congregating for caucuses, a one-night spectacle where community...

Artists outraged by removal of groundbreaking work along Des Moines pond

Mar. 01, 2024 09:15 AM EST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines arts organization is preparing to rip out a groundbreaking artwork that lines a pond in a historic city park, surprising the New York artist who created the work decades ago and leading to an outpouring of opposition by other artists and local residents. ...

A US company is accused of illegally hiring children to clean meat processing plants

Feb. 22, 2024 13:10 PM EST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. authorities have accused another sanitation company of illegally hiring at least two dozen children to clean dangerous meat processing facilities, the latest example of illegal child labor that officials say is increasingly common. The Labor Department...

Principal Financial: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Feb. 12, 2024 17:35 PM EST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Principal Financial Group Inc. (PFG) on Monday reported a loss of $871.7 million in its fourth quarter. On a per-share basis, the Des Moines, Iowa-based company said it had a loss of $3.66. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring...

Man gets 65 years in prison for Des Moines school shooting that killed 2 students

Jan. 18, 2024 19:16 PM EST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A judge sentenced an Iowa man to 65 years in prison Thursday for killing two students at a Des Moines alternative school and injuring the program's founder. Polk County District Judge Larry McLellan sentenced Preston Walls, 19, to consecutive terms for his...

Trump wins Iowa's leadoff caucuses, while DeSantis takes second ahead of Haley. Follow live updates

Jan. 16, 2024 05:27 AM EST

Former President Donald Trump has won Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis coming in second. Trump's victory on Monday night gives him a strong start in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination as the contest moves to New Hampshire....

Fox town hall with Trump draws more TV viewers than debate between Haley and DeSantis

Jan. 11, 2024 15:54 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Television viewers were more interested in watching a Donald Trump town hall than the first head-to-head debate between Republican challengers Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis. The live town hall, which aired on Fox News Channel in prime time on Wednesday, was watched...

Iowa community recalls 11-year-old boy with 'vibrant soul' killed in school shooting

Jan. 11, 2024 13:17 PM EST

Hundreds of people said goodbye Thursday to a vibrant 11-year-old boy known as “Smiley,” a week after he was shot to death at his Iowa school by an older student who also wounded seven other children and staff members before killing himself. Residents of the small community of...

Ron DeSantis heads into the Iowa caucuses displaying public confidence and a sense of humor

Jan. 10, 2024 11:07 AM EST

JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — Laughter rolled through a suburban Des Moines sports bar after someone told Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that he and his family had just returned from Orlando, having watched the Iowa Hawkeyes get routed 35-0 in the Citrus Bowl. “Oh, sorry about that,”...

DeSantis says nominating Trump would make 2024 a referendum on the ex-president rather than Biden

Jan. 10, 2024 02:37 AM EST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Nominating Donald Trump would make the 2024 election about his legal troubles rather than the nation's ills under President Joe Biden, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday, hours after Trump appeared in court to argue he's immune from prosecution. ...