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Friday's outcome is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.

A Hamilton County jury on Monday afternoon found a Grundy Center man guilty of first-degree murder for killing Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Jim Smith during a standoff at his home in 2021.

Watch live as Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds delivers her fifth Condition of the State address to the Iowa Legislature at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Former president and the finance director of defunct “Newbo Evolve“ festival face bank fraud charges. If convicted, each face up to 30 years in federal prison.

A seven-month security review of Iowa’s prison system shows overcrowding and challenges recruiting and retaining staff create potential security risks in Iowa’s nine prisons.

SUV flipped three times after going into ditch in crash, investigators say

The incident occurred on a day that an anonymous, nationwide threat against schools called Friday “American School Shooting Day.”

Storm blows over semi in Walford, killing the driver. It was the only reported fatality from the unusual December thunderstorm.

Mercy Medical Center and UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids have postponed all elective and nonemergent surgeries through Christmas, effective immediately. The decision comes just a day after Iowa broke records for COVID-19 hospitalizations, surpassing more than 800 patients this week.

The latest variant of COVID-19, omicron, has been detected in an Iowa resident for the first time, state public health officials confirmed Thursday. The Black Hawk County resident is under 18 and is asymptomatic.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency called for cutting biofuel-blending quotas retroactively for 2020, while outlining targets for this year that track actual consumption as well as a modest increase for 2022.

Iowa will face former Hawkeye Mark Stoops and No. 22 Kentucky in the Citrus Bowl on Jan. 1.

Women Lead Change Chief Executive Officer Tiffany O’Donnell staved off competition from TrueNorth employee Amara Andrews to win the runoff election and become the next Cedar Rapids mayor, only the third woman to serve in the role.

The discovery of a new coronavirus variant sent a chill through much of the world Friday as the U.S. and other nations raced to halt air travel, markets fell sharply and scientists held emergency meetings to weigh the exact risks, which were largely unknown.

Scientists are worried about this new variant of COVID-19. The World Health Organization on Nov. 26 designated it as a “variant of concern,” naming it “omicron.”