Iowa

Tom Solberg, 59, started as a paramedic firefighter at age 19 at Lee Summit, Mo.

An Amber Alert has been cancelled for two Iowa boys who have apparently been kidnapped by their mother.

*WARNING* Explicit Language! After a number of rhubarb larcenies in a small Iowa town, residents grabbed video recorders to nail the culprit. Little did they know that the thief had an attitude and a mouth to match. Who would have thought that rhubarb could stir such passion...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A cool, rainy spring is easing dry conditions in parts of the nation's farm belt that saw the worst of last year's drought. But optimism is being tempered, as that weather pattern has kept anxious farmers in most of Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, and Wisconsin from planting...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa's GOP presidential contest remains deeply unsettled, if not downright strange, five days before the Jan. 3 caucus. Rep. Ron Paul, drawing big crowds, got a surprise endorsement Wednesday night from Rep. Michele Bachmann's now-former state chairman ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An outline of a plan by two senators to rework the education law known as No Child Left Behind would put more control over schools in the hands of states. Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa released the outline on Tuesday...