SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — For nearly two decades, no one had spotted the world’s smallest-known snake. Some scientists worried that maybe the Barbados threadsnake had become extinct, but one sunny ...

The University of Northern Iowa has appointed its new executive director of Business and Community Services in the Wilson College of Business.

Parents are giving credit cards to children so young that some of them aren’t able to make their own beds or cross the street ...

When it comes to government, there are few things more unattractive than nakedly partisan power politics, as reflected by a ...

Cedar Rapids Xavier, Gilbert, Pella and Southeast Polk were all tied for second with three state championships each. That ...

Pottstown Police are investigating a shooting that happened late Saturday morning at a home on Walnut Street. Officials say it happened just before 11 a.m. at 413 Walnut Street. Witnesses report a man ...

The 52nd edition of the ride, which went from Orange City to Guttenberg, was supposed to be easy, covering the ...

Thousands of riders rolled into Oelwein ahead of Saturday's final stretch to Guttenberg and the traditional dipping of tires ...

More than 600 malnourished children have died in northern Nigeria in six months after failing to receive proper care as ...

An Extreme Heat Watch was in place Sunday and one was expected to be issued for Monday for all of southwest Iowa. Some parts of southern Iowa were expected to have heat index valu ...

RAGBRAI Ride Director Matt Phippen brings the ride to Oelwein, where he first encountered it as a child in 1990 ...