Labor Day brought sunny skies and big crowds to Big Creek Beach, as Iowans soaked up the unofficial last day of summer. Take a look at scenes from a busy day on the sand at Saylorville Lake.

Ray Gaesser, a Corning farmer and former president of the American Soybean Association, has died following a farming accident, according to his Facebook page.

An Emerson College poll reveals tight margins in Iowa's governor and Senate races with two months until Election Day.

Still, Mark Crawford, owner of Big Creek Marina, said the advisory is affected business. “We’ve had kind of a little slower year this year because of the water quality,” Crawford said. He said the ...

A coffee shop in Ames caused traffic delays this morning, with lines stretching four blocks and drivers waiting up to 15 minutes.

Despite rain, crowds gathered along Grand Avenue in Des Moines for the Labor Day Parade, celebrating union families and the holiday’s history.

The Field of Dreams in Dyersville continues to attract tourists and drive business growth, with events like a music festival and a Major League Baseball game bringing more activity to the area.

Ottumwa city leaders sold a historic building for $1 to a developer planning to create commercial space and apartments as part of a downtown revitalization effort.

Oh deer! A wild call in Florida resulted in sheriff's deputies finding a large buck in a home's bathroom. Posting a body camera video to social media, the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office called it ...

The game between No. 19 SMU and Florida State kicked off after a delay of nearly two hours on Monday night due to a power outage at the stadium.

Russia and North Korea opened the first road bridge across their shared border Monday, a development that both countries hailed as boosting their deepening ties.

The famed French writer Victor Hugo was one of many to live in a tiny rooftop lodging as a young student in 1821, only a couple of streets away from Novikov. His experience in his modest attic room is ...