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Motor vehicle theft shot up nearly 13%. The motor vehicle theft rate — nearly 319 per 100,000 people — was the highest last year since 2007.

The central bank’s action lowered its key rate to roughly 4.8 percent, down from a two-decade high of 5.3 percent, where it had stood for 14 months as it struggled to curb the worst inflation streak in four decades.

LeClaire resident seeks ethics probe of Republican rep’s voting address

Dem challenger says it’s an about-face for Republican incumbent

The state would pay half of the nearly $3.9M administrative costs under Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposal to the USDA.

Kwik Trip, Casey’s awarded millions to install pumps and storage tanks in Iowa.

The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded The Eastern Iowa Airport about $4.629 million to reconstruct its taxiway and update airport lighting vault equipment.

The federal rule issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services would make people who arrived in the United States as children, sometimes known as Dreamers, eligible for taxpayer-subsidized health plans under the Affordable Care Act.

Iowa Republicans hammered Vice President Kamala Harris and her selection on Tuesday of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate for the White House. Picking Walz over Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, was “blatantly antisemitic,” Iowa GOP Chair Jeff Kaufmann said.

Iowa senator seeks more information on drones

“I take full responsibility for the security lapse,” she said in the email to staff Tuesday. “In light of recent events, it is with a heavy heart that I have made the difficult decision to step down as your director.”

Iowa U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley is calling on the Secret Service and other federal agencies to release information about the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on Saturday at a rally in Pennsylvania.