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Two motorcycle crashes leave one dead, one injured on University Ave. desmoinesregister.com/story/…

Two motorcycle crashes leave one dead, one injured on University Ave.

Two car crashes involving motorcycles in the same stretch of University Avenue days apart left one motorcyclist dead and another critically injured.

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Iowa State football vs. Arizona pick, prediction for Week 8 of season desmoinesregister.com/story/…

Iowa State football vs. Arizona pick, prediction for Week 8 of season

The Cyclones head to the Southwest to take on a surging Wildcats team. Travis Hines makes his pick here.

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Why Freya Jensen decided to stay with Iowa State women's basketball desmoinesregister.com/story/…

Why Freya Jensen decided to stay with Iowa State women's basketball

Freya Jensen planned to transfer after the 2025-26 Iowa State women's basketball season but the sophomore changed her mind and returned to Ames.

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Warhound plans high-tech future for military dogs desmoinesregister.com/story/…

Warhound plans high-tech future for military dogs

A new defense firm, Warhound seeks to increase the domestic supply of dogs to work with U.S. military, police and first responders.

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Army to blow up 68 barrels of unstable explosives at Iowa plant desmoinesregister.com/story/…

Army to blow up 68 barrels of unstable explosives at Iowa plant

The U.S. Army recently found 68 barrels of lead azide at its Iowa Army Ammunition Plant. Here's why officials plan to blow them up in November.

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'Golden Bachelor' Mel Owens, Peg Munson announce split desmoinesregister.com/story/…

'Golden Bachelor' Mel Owens, Peg Munson announce split

Nearly a year after "Golden Bachelor" star Mel Owens chose Peg Munson, Munson announced that the couple has split.

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Tate Wallace has unfinished business in Iowa high school football desmoinesregister.com/story/…

Tate Wallace has unfinished business in Iowa high school football

Senior Superlative: How Regina football's Tate Wallace went from small-school football to a four-star recruit and a Big Ten commitment to Minnesota

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Photos: What did the East Village look like 25 years ago? desmoinesregister.com/pictur…

What did the East Village look like 25 years ago?

Before the apartments and stylish shops and restaurants, the East Village was dotted with car dealerships, warehouses and parking lots.

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Simone Biles reveals emotional reaction to selling Houston-area home: 'I'm boohoo crying' desmoinesregister.com/story/…

Simone Biles reveals emotional reaction to selling Houston-area home: 'I'm boohoo crying'

Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles said the Houston-area home made her "a real adult."

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Consumer lender to cancel $662M in debts in settlement led by Iowa AG desmoinesregister.com/story/…

Consumer lender to cancel $662M in debts in settlement led by Iowa AG

Snap Finance will cancel nearly $2.4 million in debt owed by Iowans as part of a $662 million multistate settlement led in part by AG Brenna Bird.

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Trader Joe’s chicken wraps linked to E. coli outbreak, lawsuit alleges desmoinesregister.com/story/…

Trader Joe’s chicken wraps linked to E. coli outbreak, lawsuit alleges

Customers in 2 states have filed a lawsuit alleging Trader Joe's chicken wraps left them hospitalized with illness linked to E. coli outbreak.

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Pedestrian dies after being struck by vehicle in Ankeny desmoinesregister.com/story/…

Pedestrian dies after being struck by vehicle in Ankeny

Ankeny police are investigating a crash on Oralabor Road that killed a pedestrian early in the morning on Thursday, Oct. 22.

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Are Trader Joe's mystery bags returning in 2026? What we know desmoinesregister.com/story/…

Are Trader Joe's mystery bags returning in 2026? What we know

The return of Trader Joe's viral mystery packs may be imminent. Here's what we know.

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Opinion: Rob Sand wants to improve public education, not attack it | Opinion desmoinesregister.com/story/…

Rob Sand wants to improve public education, not attack it | Opinion

I've been a teacher for three decades, and our work has been under attack; please vote for those who will invest in children, writes Tracy Jacobsma.

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Opinion: Rob Sand is a déjà vu Democrat who'd spend Iowa into ruin | Opinion desmoinesregister.com/story/…

Rob Sand is a déjà vu Democrat who'd spend Iowa into ruin | Opinion

It took years for Iowa to recover from overspending the last time Democrats like Rob Sand were in charge, writes Chuck Grassley.

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EXCLUSIVE | GOP holds cash edge in most costly Iowa legislative races desmoinesregister.com/story/…

EXCLUSIVE | GOP holds cash edge in most costly Iowa legislative races

Republicans hold a financial advantage over Democrats in all of the ten most expensive Iowa House and Senate races this year. Here are the numbers.

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Iowa school worker fired for Charlie Kirk comments gets $145K desmoinesregister.com/story/…

Iowa school worker fired for Charlie Kirk comments gets $145K

A special education associate fired for an online comment about Charlie Kirk's death has settled her lawsuit against Knoxville schools for $145,000.

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Jennifer Hudson says Common changed her views on marriage desmoinesregister.com/story/…

Jennifer Hudson says Common changed her views on marriage

Hudson revealed in a podcast interview that she was not always the marrying type, but Common is making her reconsider.

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Lt. gov. candidate Derek Wulf's parents claim he owes them $275,000 desmoinesregister.com/story/…

Lt. gov. candidate Derek Wulf's parents claim he owes them $275,000

Derek Wulf's parents claim the politician is two years behind on rent, owing them $275,000, and made "misrepresentations" on his balance sheet.

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Thousands of Walmart brand Great Value fruit cocktail cans recalled desmoinesregister.com/story/…

Thousands of Walmart brand Great Value fruit cocktail cans recalled

A possible lead contamination is the reason for the recall of thousands of cans of Great Value fruit cocktail cans distributed to Walmart stores.

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