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The 11-year-old from Montezuma was last seen Thursday morning.

An Iowa boy last seen riding his bike near his home in north Montezuma has been missing since Thursday and his parents say it’s unlike him to stay gone without any contact. Xavior Harrelson was last seen Thursday around 11 a.m in Montezuma, wearing a red shirt, black shoes, and blue pajama pants, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation reports. According to KCCI, hundreds of volunteers showed up to help search for Xavior on Sunday, the boy’s 11th birthday. The assistant director for Iow...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A judge dismissed a rarely used felony leak charge Thursday...

A judge ruled the police bulletin allegedly disseminated by the racial justice protestor is not intelligence data and therefore dropped the charge.

Judge dismisses felony leak charge against Iowa activist Poll Several times a week A few times a year Rarely/never IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – A judge dismissed a rarely used felony leak charge Thursday against a Black Lives Matter activist in Iowa who gave a confidential police document to a local television news reporter. Protester Viet Tran did not break the law when he shared a Des Moines Police Department bulletin during an interview broadcast on WOI-TV, an ABC affiliate, Judge Jeffrey Farr...

You can have opposite opinions and still get along: Iowa couple divided over vaccine Local 5 spoke with an Iowa couple that reflects the nationwide and local gender gap when it comes to people who choose to get vaccinated. Author: Eva Andersen Updated: 10:24 PM CDT May 11, 2021 BONDURANT, Iowa — Over the past year, many relationships have become strained or broken altogether because of differing political and social viewpoints. Its the reason a central Iowa cou...

The law would change how hit-and-runs are prosecuted in Iowa. Author: Eva Andersen Updated: 10:12 PM CDT May 9, 2021 DES MOINES, Iowa — This Mothers Day is bittersweet for Ann Jacobs. Its the sixth Mothers Day shes spent without her daughter Emmalee, who was struck and killed in 2015 while walking to class her freshman year at ISU. But this year, a law created in her honor is one step closer to becoming a reality. Emmalees Law passed unanimously through the Io...

Working parents chime in on child care challenges as state task force takes suggestions over Zoom In the first of two virtual town halls, the Iowa Child Care Task Force heard from parents across the state who are having trouble finding affordable child care. Author: Eva Andersen Updated: 11:07 PM CDT May 6, 2021 DES MOINES, Iowa — Matt, a father of three, joined the Zoom call from a cow barn in Dyersville. Amy, a 25-year-old single mother, joined from her child...

Updated: 6:55 PM CDT April 13, 2021 DES MOINES, Iowa — Des Moines City Council members will meet in person for the first time in 15 months on June 1, Mayor Frank Cownie announced Tuesday.  In-person, public meetings will resume on June 14, 15 months after City Hall shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All in-person meetings were suspended on March 15, 2020.  “At 15 months, this will be a long time in coming and an important step in our pandemic recovery,” Cownie said....