Government & Politics

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.

Also, Johnson County forming committee to evaluate jail needs

Systems serving populations less than 10,000 people have until Oct. 18 to sign up for the voluntary monitoring program offered through the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

Patriots Run Project was the subject of an Associated Press report that revealed the group's operatives scouted conservative candidates online and aided their efforts to qualify for the ballot to run as third-party spoiler candidates in some of the nation's most competitive congressional districts.

A case involving alleged registration and voting by a legal U.S. resident without U.S. citizenship in an Iowa city’s local elections will be prosecuted by Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird’s office.

Iowa was one of many states that received similar packages at the offices of top elections officials early this week

Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson said she is unwilling to shutdown the federal government unless Congress passes legislation requiring that people show proof of citizenship to register to vote, rejecting demands by Donald Trump.

A package sent to the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office prompted the evacuation of a government building in Des Moines