Iowa

Iowa tornado kills 'multiple' people in small town reduced to rubble

Images from the town of Greenfield show a path of utter destruction, with homes reduced to splinters, debris strewn everywhere, and several large wind turbines toppled.

 A tornado spins at Payne's Valley Golf Course in Branson, Missouri, United States, May 13, 2024.
 Law enforcement officers work at the scene of a shooting at Perry High School in Perry, Iowa, US, January 4, 2024

Iowa principal dies from injuries sustained in school shooting

 Law enforcement officers work at the scene of a shooting at Perry High School in Perry, Iowa, US, January 4, 2024

US: Sixth-grade student killed in Iowa school shooting, shooter dead

 Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at the 2023 NHGOP Amos Tuck Dinner in Manchester, New Hampshire, US, April 14, 2023.

Ron DeSantis courts Iowa Christian group, evangelical support in US election


‘Maus’ evades a ban in Iowa after school district cites ‘ambiguity’ in new state law

Following national outrage, an Iowa school district reversed their ban on Art Spiegalmen's Maus, a famous graphic novel about the Holocaust.

Cover of the first volume of Maus.

With Trump way ahead in 2024 Republican polls, Iowa becomes do-or-die for DeSantis

They acknowledged they might never fully close the national polling gap before Iowa's caucuses on Jan. 15.

 Former US President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speak at midterm election rallies, in Dayton, Ohio, US November 7, 2022 and Tampa, Florida, US, November 8, 2022

Teenager arrested for attempting to hire hitman to kill 7-year-old

A 17-year-old girl in Iowa has been arrested and charged with a felony for attempting to hire an online hitman to kill a 7-year-old child.

 Woman in handcuffs, illustrative.

Two students and adult fatally shot at Iowa school program

Three suspects, who have not been identified, fled the scene in a car and were taken into custody at a traffic stop within 20 minutes of the incident.

A makeshift memorial was placed by a light pole a block away from a shooting incident where one person was killed at the Congregation Chabad synagogue in Poway, north of San Diego, California.

Iranian-Americans protest against Iran at Iowa wrestling world cup

A group of Iranian Americans chanted "down with the dictator" and wore shirts calling for a regime change in Iran.

 Iranian protesters, November 19, 2020

Shooting at Iowa state park leaves three dead, plus gunman

The department identified the shooter as Anthony Orlando Sherwin, 23. It did not identify the victims.

 Police tape is pictured at a crime scene after a deadly mass shooting on South Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, June 5, 2022.

Israeli Midwest envoy attends Iowa’s anti-BDS bill signing: 'Shows true friendship'

The law has now expanded to prevent state pension funds from investing in any company, business entity, and subsidiary that participates in BDS activity. 

 Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds is seen signing an anti-BDS bill.

Iowa governor signs antisemitism, Israel boycott bills

One of the two bills signed by Republican Kim Reynolds on Wednesday calls for the state to adopt the IHRAs definition of antisemitism.

The University of Iowa.

Iowa girl’s pen pal was Anne Frank, tiny museum remembers their connection

Anne’s letter, dated April 29, 1940, is the kind a young pen-pal might write, describing life at home and school.

 Anne Frank's passport photo.

Jews, Christians to read Isaiah's prophecies together this week

Participants will each read a chapter from the Book of Isaiah, the main character who prophesied the destruction of Babylon and the return of the Jewish people to Israel.

Then-Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper (right) looks at a Bible with Western Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, 2014

The debate over Judaism, Zionism that roiled the University of Iowa

Student leaders have worked through thorny questions about how to define antisemitism.

A view of the University of Iowa campus.