Iowa

Sgt. Todd Dollen with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office was trying to get campers at the Hacklebarney Campground to shelter when he became trapped on the roads as the twister roared by.

Traffic camera footage shows a tanker truck driver slam on the brakes after realizing – too late – that the truck is headed for a giant tornado on the road.

About 265,000 gallons of liquid nitrogen fertilizer was released into the river.

A 17-year-old boy killed a sixth grader and wounded five others in a shooting at Perry High School in Perry, Iowa, on students' first day back after the holiday break, authorities said.

Police said a 17-year-old student shot five students and one administrator at Perry High School in Iowa before turning the gun on himself. One of the students, a sixth-grader, died.

A unique and rarely seen blonde raccoon has become a frequent guest for one Iowa homeowner.

A 60-year-old Iowa firefighter, Kendall Eugene Rhoads, has been arrested and faces 13 counts of arson along with a charge of reckless use of fire or explosives, according to the Grundy County Sheriff's Office.

The judge’s decision on Monday means abortion is once again legal in Iowa up to 20 weeks of pregnancy while the courts assess the new law’s constitutionality.

A tornado destroyed the couple's home in 2001, and it took several years for them to start to rebuild.

Authorities have not disclosed if anyone was killed or the number of people, if any, that remain trapped after a portion of the six-story apartment complex collapsed and broke away from the rest of the structure.

It took a second for a routine traffic stop to turn dangerous after a speeding truck struck a stopped car.

The boy's father and brother were also injured when their raft overturned and trapped them in the water in 2021.

The 66-year-old Iowa woman had been pronounced dead at hospice but “gasped for air” when funeral home staff opened the body bag, state officials say.

Court documents said some photos of the 19-year-old's supposed treatment appear to have been taken at her apartment instead of a medical office.

An 18-year-old man has been charged with murder in the killing of two teenagers at an alternative educational program for at-risk youth in Des Moines.

Iowa authorities say an 18-year-old sex trafficking victim, who pleaded guilty to killing a man she said raped her, escaped from a women's center where she was serving her probation sentence.

A driver who made a wrong turn ended up saving the lives of three children and an adult as a fire ripped through their Iowa home on October 23.