The semiquincentennial arrives amid political divisions and anxiety over whether the country's representative government can be sustained.

The two animals chosen as the mascots of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are stoats, a weasel-like animal that’s at risk because of climate change.

A Mason City man accused of misappropriating more than $10,000 in MC Mohawk Trap Team funds has been charged with first-degree theft.

Saint Ansgar's Trace Huisman claps with joy after pinning Lake Mills's Royce Peterson in the finals of the Class 1A district meet in Lake Mills.

A man accused of trafficking in stolen weapons in connection with a Mason City gun store burglary received a deferred judgment Monday after pleading guilty to a lesser charge in Cerro Gordo County ...

"It's crazy that we even have to have this conversation, but a lot of members feel that we should,” Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley said.

Iowa State forward Milan Momcilovic (22) looks for a basket under the hoop as Kansas guard Tre White (3) defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday ...

Isaac McCleish won a district title and three of his Mason City teammates also earned state tournament bids Saturday in Cedar Falls.

Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Departments of Education and Health and Human Services announced Friday the opening of applications for a new Health Care Professional Incentive Program aimed at ...

A bill requiring Iowa public, charter and innovation schools to adopt a uniform statewide dress code advanced Wednesday out of the House Education Committee.

He will start 39th in the 41-car field in NASCAR's season opener but isn't concerned about being in the back of the pack.

Two Republican-backed bills touching on transgender civil rights and parental authority this week cleared the Iowa House Judiciary Committee.