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  • Sports track

    Assumption Girls Win Track & Field State Championship

    Assumption girls won the Class 3A Track & Field State Championship on Saturday.

  • Crime police lights

    Iowa kids accused of torturing dog

    Four Iowa kids, including two ten-year-olds, are accused of using rocks and BB guns to torture a small dog.

  • News

    Iowa memorial honors fallen officers

    People gathered at a memorial to honor law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty.

  • Crime

    Iowa shooting hoax blamed on ‘SWATing’

    Nearby homes were evacuated and dozens of police responded to a Des Moines report of an armed man shooting his mother and threatening to use explosives – and it was all fake.

  • Crime Hailey Bass

    Iowa teen charged with murder of Illinois man

    A 16-year-old girl was charged in connection with the shooting death of a man from Chicago.

  • Crime Sheena Cornwell - photo from Polk County Jail

    Iowa woman accused of hanging boyfriend’s dog

    A Des Moines woman reportedly explained killing her boyfriend’s dog by saying the dog barked too much and it was old and would die soon anyway.

  • Sports

    Assumption Boys Headed Back to State

    Knights earn trip to Des Moines for second straight season and third time in last four years

  • News (from video by WHO-TV)

    Iowa homeless group fights for right to stay in their camp

    Some Des Moines homeless people are fighting the city’s efforts to evict them from camps on city-owned land.

  • News

    School shooting continues to impact communities everywhere

    People in Des Moines gathered to show their support after more than 20 people, many of whom included children, died…

  • News police lights

    Iowa man’s finger bitten off during fight

    A fight in the pre-dawn hours in Des Moines ended with a 19-year-old man missing part of a finger.

  • News (image from WHOTV.com)

    Iowa Army Reserve unit deploys

    Ninety-five soldiers with the Army Reserves are on their way to train for a mission in Afghanistan.

  • Politics President Obama visits Davenport Iowa 10-24-12 WQAD Photo (6)

    Obama campaign releases transcript after criticism from Iowa newspaper

    A transcript was released after the editor of an Iowa newspaper blasted the Obama campaign for initially keeping his remarks to the paper off the record.