More than $2 billion in federal disaster-relief helped offset devastation to Iowa homes and businesses caused by historic flooding in 2008, according to a new report from two Iowa State University ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The Iowa magic that launched Barack Obama to the presidency four years ago has all but faded. Soured by the direction of the nation and its economy, Iowa has drifted away from ...

Thursday, June 12, 2008 proved to be a historic day in Iowa County. Ten years ago last week, the Iowa River at Marengo reached its highest point in recorded history – 21.38 feet. That crest, recorded ...

In 2007 and 2008, Iowa got an "Obamathon." Then-Sen. Barack Obama was in Iowa a lot. He had to be. Obama was up against the most famous brand name in Democratic politics, Clinton -- Hillary Clinton.

The line at the cavernous Smokey Row Coffee House in Oskaloosa stretched out the door and down the block, so long that dozens of Iowans waiting to see presidential candidate Barack Obama had to settle ...

Arguably the most valuable thing lawmakers did in the wake of the statewide 2008 floods was create the Iowa Flood Center. “Don’t get me wrong, 2009, coming off 2008, was an incredibly busy year,” said ...

DES MOINES — Hillary Rodham Clinton returns to Iowa this weekend for the first time since her devastating loss in the 2008 presidential caucuses, arriving as the undeclared front-runner for the 2016 ...

DES MOINES, Iowa – Potential White House candidates are calling Iowa's top political operatives. Trips to the Midwest are on the schedule. Personal notes to the state's top Democrats and Republicans ...

LOS ANGELES -- Call it the curse of Iowa. If you don't believe me, go back 40 years and name a Democrat who has actually won in Iowa and gone on to be elected president. There's only one, and no, it's ...

The line at the cavernous Smokey Row Coffee House in Oskaloosa stretched out the door and down the block, so long that dozens of Iowans waiting to see presidential candidate Barack Obama had to settle ...