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Iowa state employees represented by AFSCME are also being asked to forgo some retirement contributions in exchange for job protection. Full Story »

Officials at Drake University are investigating a fraternity’s role in an incident early Sunday that sent a student to the hospital for alcohol poisoning. Full Story »

The former president of the Iowa Funeral Directors Association faces sanctions from the state after being accused of keeping kegs of beer in his funeral home and discussing with workers a desire to kill his wife. Full Story »

Des Moines lawyer Roxanne Conlin filed paperwork Monday to enter the race for U.S. Senate, kicking off her campaign for the Democratic nomination with an Internet video. Full Story »

Four Iowa communities are placing bets with state gambling regulators that new casinos will create additional jobs and provide them with a badly needed economic boost. Full Story »

Plans to buy a rundown mobile home park along Southeast 14th Street will help reinvigorate the gateway corridor and provide a redevelopment model for similar areas, Des Moines leaders say. Full Story »

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Iowa City, Ia. - The president of one of the largest unions in Iowa called on University of Iowa officials to cancel planning for a $130,000 trip to the Disney Institute in Orlando, Fla., aimed at improving customer service at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Full Story »

Joice, Ia. - Authorities say a northern Iowa farmer died after he was buried in a trench in a farm field near Joice. Full Story »

Humboldt, Ia. - A federal judge in Sioux City imposed restrictions Monday on a Humboldt woman and her tax preparation business after a government complaint said she claimed improper deductions on federal income tax returns. Full Story »

Fontanelle, Ia. - Sheriffs officials in Adair County said a woman has died in a crash. Full Story »

The Iowa Department of Public Health is reporting two more H1N1 flu-related deaths. Full Story »

Des Moines police are investigating a home invasion and robbery in the 2500 block of Southeast Sixth Street on Sunday. Alvaro Tapia-Bachena and Iseva Tapia told police they were awakened about 5:45 a.m. by two masked men with handguns. The men demanded money and put a gun to Tapia's head. Full Story »

State and local governments and their employees would contribute far more - roughly $80 million in the first year - to a key state-worker retirement plan under a proposal outlined before lawmakers Monday. Full Story »

The Northwest 26th Street Citizens Advisory Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. today at Polk County River Place, 2309 Euclid Ave. Full Story »

Sioux Falls, S.D. — Lawyers in the fraud trial of Sholom Rubashkin closed their cases Monday with clashing portraits of the former eastern Iowa meat plant executive. Full Story »

The movie "Clean Out" was supposed to be a comedy about Russian and Italian mobsters who come together to rob a bank. Full Story »

A Republican-leaning political action committee that operates in Iowa is asking federal regulators to override state laws around the country that regulate automated telephone calls. Full Story »

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is scheduled to make her first appearance in Iowa since the 2008 presidential campaign with a stop in Sioux City Dec. 6 aimed at promoting her new book, according to the bookstore promoting the visit. Full Story »

A dry weekend and temperatures almost 7 degrees above normal helped Iowa farmers begin to catch up on their harvest, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Full Story »

Powerful fireworks were placed inside two mailboxes on Des Moines’ west side over the weekend, blowing up the boxes and burning the mail inside. Full Story »

Doctors say Staff Sgt. Joy Clark should make a full recovery from a wound suffered during the deadly shooting at the Army’s Fort Hood last week. Full Story »

Drama students at Waukee High School will evoke the feeling of Edwardian England in order to perform the fall play "The Importance of Being Earnest." Full Story »

"Leave It to Beaver" meets "Desperate Housewives." Full Story »

The Urbandale High School fall production of "The Mouse that Roared" casts the fictional European country Fenwick as the mouse. Full Story »