(Des Moines, IA) -- The Iowa Legislature has voted to set up a system to fund the automated system that lets law enforcement and victims track the evidence kits used to prosecute rapists.
Other stories from across the region
(La Russell, MO) -- Voter turnout for some non-presidential elections can be embarrassingly small, but this takes the cake. Not one of the 70 people living in La Russell cast a ballot in Tuesday’s election.
(Rock Port, MO) -- Governor Mike Parson will be heading to a rural area near Rock Port this (Thursday) morning.
(Des Moines, IA) -- As Iowa’s construction season heats up with the season, builders are finding the supplies they need to be scarce.
(Des Moines, IA) -- Four wardens within Iowa's prison system have been reassigned, including the warden who was in charge at the Anamosa State Penitentiary when two staff members were murdered by two inmates last month.
(Kansas City, MO) -- A Columbia man who admits trying to purchase a chemical weapon capable of killing hundreds is heading to federal prison, after being sentenced Tuesday.
(Springfield, MO) -- Jobs for America’s Graduates-Missouri has received several recent donations totaling around 100-thousand dollars – one of the best fundraising periods in the organization’s recent history.
(Des Moines, IA) -- A bill has cleared the Iowa House that seeks to make workplace benefits for adoptive and biological parents equal.
(St. Louis, MO) -- Less than 24 hours after Felicia Moore’s daughter died after a long battle with epilepsy, her 29-year-old son was shot while he was buying food at a local market. Authorities say Sean Moore was shot multiple times in the back Saturday night outside the market in Dellwood. …
(Undated) -- The restrictions come off today (Monday) and anyone 16 and older is now eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine in the state.
(Birmingham, AL) -- Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller is among 13 attorneys general suing the Biden administration over rules on how federal stimulus funding is spent by the states.
(Jefferson City, MO) -- Jesus and the Apostle Paul took center stage during Thursday’s heated Missouri House floor debate on Medicaid expansion.
(Des Moines, IA) -- Community activists and searchers say the discovery of 10-year-old Breasia Terrell’s body doesn’t mean their work is over.
