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Owner charged with animal neglect for abandoning dog at Iowa airport says he ‘knew someone would take her’

Bigsen Charles tied up his dog named Stella outside the Des Moines airport after being told he needed a kennel to get on his flight

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Brickbat: Park Place

City officials in Des Moines have agreed to pay $125,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a man who was detained for filming police officers who were illegally parked. Police said Daniel Robbins was behaving suspiciously. They did not arrest him, but they did seize his phone and camera and…

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Iowa teen who killed rapist being held in jail after escape

An 18-year-old sex trafficking victim who killed her rapist was being held in an Iowa jail and could face a prison term after she walked away from a Des Moines women’s shelter where she was serving probation for a manslaughter conviction

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An Iowa teen convicted of killing her rapist escapes from a probation center

Pieper Lewis, who was a 15-year-old sex trafficking victim at the time she stabbed her abuser, could face 20 years in prison if her sentence is reimposed.

WEKU

Bon Iver, Zach Bryan to headline Upper Midwest's hippest music fest in (checks notes) Iowa

With Rock the Garden canceled, the Basilica Block Party still on hold and all of Minnesota's other big music fests involving bro country or dinosaur rock, 2023 might be the year many Twin Cities music fans warm up to the hottest music festival in the Upper Midwest: Hinterland near Des…

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Best places to live when you can work from anywhere

In 2022, life began to feel somewhat “normal” again: Audiences are flocking to live shows, concerts and sporting events; airports bustle with travelers; kids are attending school. But one piece of your routine might still look quite different than the pre-pandemic era: Where you’re working.

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10 teens, 6 guns, 42 bullets complicate Iowa murder trials

From the start, the case stemming from a drive-by shooting death of a 15-year-old boy near a Des Moines high school has been among the most complex prosecutions ever in Iowa’s capital city, involving 10 teenagers, six guns and at least 42 fired bullets

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Iowa reporter announces on newscast that she is transgender

A Des Moines television reporter announced this week on a newscast that she will publicly identify as a transgender woman

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3rd Iowa teen takes plea deal in killing near high school

A third teenager charged with murder in a drive-by shooting death of a 15-year-old boy outside a Des Moines high school in March has agreed to plead guilty to lesser crimes

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An Iowa teenager who killed her accused rapist is sentenced and ordered to pay $150K

Teenage human trafficking victim Pieper Lewis was sentenced to five years of supervised probation and ordered to pay $150,000 to the man's family. She had pled guilty earlier to charges in his death.

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Don McLean Looks Back at His Masterpiece, ‘American Pie’

Don McLean has listened for decades as people belted out his classic song “American Pie” at last call or at karaoke — and applauds you for the effort. “I’ve heard whole bars burst into this song when I’ve been across the room,” McLean tells The Associated Press from a tour…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iowa assistant AG sues Des Moines police over protest arrest

An assistant attorney general in Iowa is suing the city of Des Moines and its police chief over his arrest during a June 2020 racial justice protest

The Independent UK

School districts brace for rising lunch prices

In Iowa, some Des Moines metro school boards have already approved increasing lunch costs by up to 25 cents per meal.

Axios

Justice Black's Dissent in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District

"Turned loose with lawsuits for damages and injunctions against their teachers as they are here, it is nothing but wishful thinking to imagine that young, immature students will not soon believe it is their right to control the schools."

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Rekha Basu: Investigation needed after Des Moines Apostolic bishop, 63, weds teen congregant he guided

When the Iowa Attorney General's Office issued a report last year about sex abuse by Catholic clergy, it also publicized a hotline for people from any denomination to call with similar concerns about that taboo topic in their own places of worship.

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Republican Iowa Gov. Reynolds announces run for 2nd term

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has launched her campaign for a second full term at a rally in Des Moines, touting her conservative agenda of cutting taxes, personal freedom from mandates and school choice

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1 teen dead, 2 critically injured in shooting outside Des Moines high school

One teen is dead and two others are critically injured in an apparent drive-by shooting outside a Des Moines, Iowa, high school, police said Monday.

Daily Mirror

Teenager dead and two fighting for their lives after shooting at high school

A mass shooting outside East High School, in Des Moines, Iowa, has led to one teenager dying and two others fighting for their lives confirmed the local school authority

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One dead and two critically injured after shooting outside Iowa high school

Students dismissed and threat to public over, police say

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Children among the dead as multiple tornadoes rip through Iowa

Seven people, including two children, are dead after tornadoes swept through central Iowa, damaging buildings and knocking down trees and power lines.

Axios

Officials confirm at least 7 dead in wake of Iowa tornado

Four adults and two children died in Madison County, one person was killed in Lucas County, and several others sustained serious injuries.

The Independent UK

Officials: 7 killed as tornado tore through central Iowa

Authorities say seven people are dead after a tornado swept through central Iowa, damaging homes, knocking down trees and toppling power lines

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Iowa tornadoes leave at least seven dead including two children

Madison County Emergency Management Director Diogenes Ayala said the damage in the area southwest of the capital Des Moines is the ‘worst anyone has seen in quite a long time’

Asharq Al-Awsat

Official: 6 Dead as Large Tornado Roars through Central Iowa

Six people were killed Saturday when a tornado swept through central Iowa, damaging buildings and knocking down trees and power lines, authorities said. Emergency management officials in Madison County said four were injured in addition to those killed when the tornado touched down in the area southwest of Des Moines…

The Independent UK

Official: 6 dead as large tornado roars through central Iowa

Authorities say six people are dead after a tornado swept through central Iowa, damaging homes, knocking down trees and toppling power lines

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