Iowa

Inspired Stories 11/08/21, 04:54

Thanks to the loving caretakers at Iowa St. Croix Hospice, a woman in her late 90s finally sported a wedding gown for the first time in her life. Mrs. Frankie King, 97, and her husband, Mr. Royce King, 98, have been married for 77 years. They have two children, four grandchildren, ...

U.S. 10/10/21, 15:12

Former President Donald Trump took to the stage in his Save America rally at Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday, Oct. 9—the first time since he left office. He was greeted with thousands of supporters at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, with those traveling across the country just to meet the former Republican ...

U.S. 09/09/21, 03:39

Former President Donald Trump is set to hold campaign-style rallies in Georgia and Iowa in the coming weeks amid teases of a 2024 Presidential run. Save America, Trump's leadership PAC, said Tuesday evening Sept. 7, that the former president will make appearances in Perry, Georgia, on Sept. 25 and Des Moines, ...

U.S. 08/31/21, 23:32

Former President Donald Trump will hold two post-election rallies in Iowa and Georgia in the coming weeks, with details likely to focus on the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan. Trump announced the rallies, which is part of his Save America campaign, during an interview on the Todd Starnes show where he ...

U.S. 07/10/21, 06:09

On Saturday, July 3, David and Sabrina Jaramillo took their family to Adventureland Park in Altoona, Iowa, to celebrate the birthday of their eldest son, expecting to "have a good time." However, a tragedy on a water ride left one of their children and another in a medically induced coma.Parents ...

U.S. 05/22/21, 21:08

Just after midnight on Thursday, May 20, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law making it illegal to require that masks have to be worn in classrooms. The new law also prohibits cities and counties from enacting mask mandates that have a negative impact on private property.  After the bill ...

U.S. 04/11/21, 01:38

A dozen  Black Lives Matter (BLM) activists forced their way into Iowa State Capitol on April 8 to protest against the state's bills including one to increase  protest-related penalties. The bills that triggered BLM's demonstrators include Senate File 476, which supposes to secure "qualified immunity" for law enforcement officers, Senate File 534, which ...

U.S. 04/04/21, 04:35

Governor Kim Reynolds of Iowa has signed legislation into law that allows individuals to own and carry weapons in Iowa without a permit. The law, dubbed "constitutional carry" by some supporters, would go into effect on July 1. "Today I signed legislation protecting the Second Amendment rights of Iowa's law-abiding citizens while ...

U.S. 10/15/20, 20:02

President Donald Trump has called on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden to release the documents linking to his family's business dealings after a New York Post story exposed the Bidens dealing with Ukrainian natural gas company Burisma Holdings. Speaking at a campaign rally in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 14, ...

U.S. 01/30/20, 20:45

A 1987 news clip of former Vice President Joe Biden has resurfaced to thrust him into the limelight—again—after his Nov. 5 fracas in Iowa where he called an elderly voter “a damn liar.” Not to mention recently in Iowa, Biden grabbed a voter, and lashed out at him to “go ...

U.S. 01/23/20, 19:11

Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden stated that the United States does not need a standing military and should be focusing on helping communist China. During a campaign event in Iowa on Wednesday, Jan. 22, the former Vice President talked about foreign policy and national security record. On the relationship between the United ...

2022 Campaign 12/31/19, 06:03

President Donald Trump has opted to hold a campaign rally in Wisconsin on Jan. 14, the same day Democratic presidential candidates will organize a primary debate in Iowa. President Trump's campaign announced on Monday, Dec. 30, that he will be in Milwaukee for a Keep America Great Rally at the UW-Milwaukee ...

U.S. 12/06/19, 22:38

The farming industry isn’t too pleased with former Vice President Joe Biden’s Iowa campaign trip this week with former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, who recently took some heat for his lucrative job with a group fueled by compulsory payments from struggling dairy farmers. Numerous farmers condemned Biden for being oblivious ...

U.S. 12/06/19, 13:30

Former Vice President and now Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden came under fire on Thursday, Dec. 5,  for calling an Iowa man a “damn liar,” “fat,” “sedentary” and more importantly “too old to vote for me” after being accused of giving his son Hunter a free job at a Ukrainian ...

2022 Campaign 11/02/19, 02:17

Beto O'Rourke, the former Texas congressman, announced Friday that he was ending his Democratic presidential campaign, which failed to recapture the enthusiasm, interest and fundraising prowess of his 2018 Senate bid. Addressing supporters in Iowa, O'Rourke said he made the decision "reluctantly" and vowed to stay active in the fight to ...

2022 Campaign 11/01/19, 23:38

The leading Democrats vying for their party's presidential nomination clashed over the critical issue of health care while offering starkly contrasting visions for the nation's ideological direction before thousands of cheering Iowa activists at a raucous event kicking off the three-month sprint to the first-in-the-nation caucuses. Former Vice President Joe Biden ...

U.S. 11/01/19, 16:42

California Democrats hoped they would finally bask in the attention of presidential candidates when they moved their primary to the front of the calendar. But as the state battles the twin disasters of wildfires and mass power outages, White House hopefuls are nowhere to be found. In a field of nearly ...

2022 Campaign 10/30/19, 16:49

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is laying off several dozen staff members and transferring others in an effort to salvage her prospects in the Iowa caucuses. The move, which comes roughly three months before the caucuses formally usher in the Democratic contest, make the California senator the most prominent candidate so ...

2022 Campaign 10/19/19, 19:06

Hillary Clinton's suggestion this past week that Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is being "groomed" by Russians to act as a spoiler in the 2020 race may have had the opposite effect of what the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee intended: It's elevated Gabbard's candidacy and may have inspired even more ardent ...

U.S. 08/25/19, 05:33

Senior employee of the Donald Trump campaign, Tana Goertz, said in an interview that only Mother Theresa has done more for women than the president. When a CBS News reporter inquired what her message would be to women who voted for the president in 2016 but also for Democratic Rep. Cindy ...