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Court Worries About Stifling Prosecutors
The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed worried that allowing a bad prosecutor to be sued by a wrongfully convicted person might chill other prosecutions - even if they're doing their jobs correctly and honestly...
Updated: 11:24 AM
 
First Iowa Child Dies of Swine Flu
The first child in Iowa has died of swine flu. The Iowa Department of Public Health said Tuesday that the child died in October and was from eastern Iowa...
Updated: 07:52 AM
 
Rubashkin's Father Testifies in Fraud Trial
The founder of Agriprocessors Inc. says he spent every penny he could get to keep a kosher meatpacking plant in Iowa open after an immigration raid last year...
Updated: 03:23 PM
 
Traffic Deaths Down in Iowa
The number of traffic deaths in Iowa has dropped this year as law enforcement targets high-crash areas...
Updated: 08:40 AM
 
Slaughterhouse Worker: Rubashkin in Over His Head
An employee of an Iowa kosher meatpacking plant says that Sholom Rubashkin was incompetent and in over his head...
Updated: 03:24 PM
 
Survey: Midwest Holiday Sales Slump Expected
A survey of business leaders and managers in nine Midwest and Plains states suggests holiday shoppers could be in a bah-humbug kind of mood this year...
Updated: 08:18 AM
 
Official Says Kehoe Confessed to Killing Son
A state investigator says Michelle Kehoe admitted killing her son and harming another and then asked to die.
Updated: 02:39 PM