Des Moines Register

Viewers of a reality crime show focusing on a 1983 double homicide will have a rare opportunity to witness investigators questioning a person suspected of murder.

An environmental advocacy group on Thursday criticized legislation advancing in the Iowa House that would make water-quality data collected in connection with a statewide clean water effort confidential.

Officers arrested a man Wednesday afternoon after he was accused of walking outside his neighbor's house with a loaded gun, according to Des Moines police.

Officials in the southeast Iowa town of Montrose are considering closing a half-mile section of road that borders the Mississippi River because of deteriorating conditions.

Randy Wallace does housekeeping in the Iowa Senate.

Des Moines police said they recovered a woman's purse not far from her home after she reported it was stolen while she was in the shower Wednesday evening.

Des Moines firefighters battled two house fires that resulted in about $25,000 in damage each Thursday, authorities said.

Iowa Senate Democrats accused Gov. Terry Branstad Thursday of injecting partisan influence in state government agencies by getting rid of merit employees and replacing them with political appointees.

State Sen. Janet Petersen, D-Des Moines, who chairs the Iowa Senate Government Oversight Committee, said Thursday she has expanded the panel's inquiry into secret settlements provided by Gov. Terry Branstad's administration to former state employees.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the United States is looking to purchase hemp seed to help Ukraine's ailing economy, which has been hurt by a corrupt government and recently an invasion by Russia into its Crimea region.