The Des Moines Register

Judge Bruce Zager has sentenced Michelle Kehoe to life in prison plus 25 years for killing her two-year-old son and attempting to kill her 7-year-old son. Full Story »

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Cedar Rapids firefighters rescued a construction worker today who had back spasms while atop a 100-foot silo at a Cargill plant. Full Story »

Iowans have a right to know which businesses obtain tax credits, some say. Others argue that providing such info would tarnish the state’s business climate. Full Story »

A Cedar Rapids man shot and killed a 125-pound female mountain lion in Marengo on Monday evening. Full Story »

A Des Moines strip club that was the site of an April 2006 stabbing should pay $1.5 million to the parents and ex-girlfriend of the man who died, their lawyer said today. Full Story »

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - Court records show a 54-year-old man who died following a police-involved shooting had a history of mental problems and trouble with the law. Full Story »

Taxpayers will pay $385,000 to the family of an allegedly suicidal man accidentally killed in June. Full Story »

A public hearing is about to begin about Iowa’s 32 tax credits that will cost taxpayers an estimated $420 million in the current fiscal year. Full Story »

Iowa was among the states that distributed pediatric H1N1 flu vaccine that is being recalled, state officials said today. Full Story »

A Des Moines man was arrested early today on charges of false imprisonment, harassment and domestic assault with a weapon. Full Story »

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (AP) - An Iowa mother convicted of killing one son and trying to kill her other son faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole. Full Story »

A man who allegedly robbed a woman as she sat in her car in a parking lot claimed he was innocent when arrested Monday on a charge of second-degree robbery. Full Story »

No injuries were reported at the Frontier Bank in Council Bluffs on Monday after a man with an ax went after money. Full Story »

WASHINGTON — Taking an important step on the thorny path to closing the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the White House plans to announce today that the government will acquire an underutilized Illinois state prison near the Iowa border to be the new home for a limited number of terrorist suspects held at Guantanamo. Full Story »

IOWA CITY - A juvenile curfew -- touted by many as a way to fight crime on the southeast side but decried by others as a city-wide punishment for the actions of a few -- received its final stamp of approval Monday. Full Story »

Most programs’ return on investment can’t be determined. Supporters, however, say many jobs are at stake, and that credits shouldn’t be hastily junked. Full Story »

1. Accelerated Career Education Program Full Story »

More than two dozen of Randy and Lee Wiener’s Plymouth County neighbors turned out for an old-fashioned harvest bee to help cancer-stricken Randy bring in a crop. Full Story »

’Tis the season for giving. Full Story »

If lawmakers insist on closing or consolidating one of Iowa’s four mental health institutes, they should choose Mount Pleasant, the state’s human services chief said Monday. Full Story »

Four days before his death, Ed Boesen obtained $7.4 million from a savings account at a local bank, and a current and former officer of the bank testified Monday that they have no idea what happened to the money. Full Story »

A popular neighborhood police program could be scaled back and a fire station and neighborhood swimming pool closed if employee unions fail to accept wage and benefit reductions to help close a seven-figure budget gap, Des Moines City Manager Rick Clark said Monday. Full Story »

Two Ankeny chiropractors sent a message this month to military veterans: We’ve got your back. Full Story »

Enolia Bond, a sixth-grade teacher at East Elementary School, was elected Ankeny’s teacher of the year by the Ankeny faculty. She represented the Ankeny schools in the Iowa contest. A graduate of Drake University, she has taught 36 years, 23 of which have been in this community. Full Story »

Polk County taxpayers would pay $385,000 to the family of an allegedly suicidal Urbandale man accidentally killed by a sheriff deputy’s alleged misuse of ammunition under a settlement that will go before the Board of Supervisors for approval today. Full Story »