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Joseph Wiederien speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

A secretive group recruited far-right candidates in key U.S. House races. It could help Democrats

By Ryan J. Foley and Brian Slodysko - Associated Press

Floodwaters from the Big Sioux River erode land in North Sioux City, S.D., on Monday, June 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Josh Jurgens)

More rain possible in deluged Midwest as flooding breaches levees in Iowa

By Hannah Fingerhut, Dave Collins and Margery A. Beck - Associated Press

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during a news conference, Jan. 31, 2024, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. It will be a state crime for a person to be in Iowa if previously denied admission to or removed from the United States under a bill signed into law by Reynolds on Wednesday, April 10. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Justice Department warns Iowa it plans to sue over state’s new immigration law

By Hannah Fingerhut - Associated Press

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during a news conference, Jan. 31, 2024, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. It will be a state crime for a person to be in Iowa if previously denied admission to or removed from the United States under a bill signed into law by Reynolds on Wednesday, April 10. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Iowa governor signs bill that gives state authority to arrest and deport some migrants

By Hannah Fingerhut - Associated Press

Eric Johnson, director of spiritual care at UnityPoint Health's Des Moines, Iowa-area hospitals, sits for a portrait on March 11, 2024. He has served as a chaplain in hospitals for 15 years. Chaplains, traditionally a clergyperson ministering outside of a congregation, have long served in the U.S., but some conservatives are hoping to introduce the role in public schools. (AP Photo/Hannah Fingerhut)

Some state lawmakers want school chaplains as part of a ‘rescue mission’ for public education

By Hannah Fingerhut - Associated Press

David and Stephanie Joiner pose by part of an artwork, called Greenwood Pond: Double Site, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, in Des Moines, Iowa. The Des Moines Arts Center plans to rip out the roughly 30-year-old artwork that lines a pond in a historic city park. The Joiners, who live about a mile from the pond, have been helping to organize local opposition to the artwork’s removal, including launching a website and simply engaging with people at the site to explain why parts are roped off. (AP Photo/Scott McFetridge)

Artists surprised, outraged by removal of groundbreaking work along Des Moines pond

By Scott McFetridge - Associated Press

David and Stephanie Joiner pose by part of an artwork, called Greenwood Pond: Double Site, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, in Des Moines, Iowa. The Des Moines Arts Center plans to rip out the roughly 30-year-old artwork that lines a pond in a historic city park. The Joiners, who live about a mile from the pond, have been helping to organize local opposition to the artwork’s removal, including launching a website and simply engaging with people at the site to explain why parts are roped off. (AP Photo/Scott McFetridge)

Artists outraged by removal of groundbreaking work along Des Moines pond

Associated Press

People watch the sunset at a park on an unseasonably warm day, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. A warm front is sweeping springlike weather across a large swath of the country in what is usually one of the coldest months of the year. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Wild weather’s coming: West readies for snow as Midwest gets a taste of summer

By Michael Casey - Associated Press

FILE - Audience members listen to Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speak during a meet and greet, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Trump’s grip on Republican politics is put to the test in ice-cold Iowa’s leadoff caucuses

By Steve Peoples, Thomas Beaumont and Hannah Fingerhut - Associated Press

Cheryl and Dan Heffernen from Altoona, Iowa, pose for a photograph after listening to Donald Trump, Jr. speak at the Machine Shed in Urbandale, Iowa, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump’s campaign banks on its loyal supporters to turn out and caucus in Iowa despite frigid weather

By Jill Colvin - Associated Press

Tape blocks all entrances at the Perry Middle School and High School building on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, in Perry, Iowa. A day after a shooting sent bullets flying inside the small-town Iowa high school, leaving a sixth grader dead and others wounded, the community of Perry is somber. (AP Photo/Bryon Houlgrave)

Iowa principal who risked his life to protect students during a high school shooting has died

By Scott McFetridge and Trisha Ahmed - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump participates in a virtual rally at Hotel Fort Des Moines in Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump’s supporters stand for hours in the cold to see him in Iowa a day before the GOP caucuses

By Thomas Beaumont and Hannah Fingerhut and Jonathan J. Cooper - Associated Press

Students and supporters gather in the rotunda to protest gun violence during the opening day of the Iowa Legislature, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, at the Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa. The school walkout and protest were organized by March For Our Lives Iowa in reaction to a school shooting in Perry, Iowa, in which a 17-year-old killed a sixth-grade student and wounded seven other people before authorities say he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Iowa Legislature reconvenes with subdued start ahead of presidential caucuses

By Hannah Fingerhut - Associated Press

Ahmir Jolliff, who was killed in a school shooting on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, in Perry, Iowa, poses at one of his birthday parties in this undated photo provided by his mother. He was 11 years old and a sixth grader when he died. Authorities say a 17-year-old opened fire in the cafeteria of Perry High School before classes began for the day, killing Ahmir and wounding seven other people. The teenage suspect died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. (Erica Jolliff via AP)

11-year-old killed in Iowa school shooting remembered as a joyful boy who loved soccer and singing

By Nicholas Riccardi - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks during a town hall, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Sioux City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Haley will debate in Des Moines, challenges Trump before Iowa caucuses

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Vivek Ramaswamy speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, on March 3, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Vivek Ramaswamy says protesters slammed a car into his vehicle while he was campaigning in Iowa

By Thomas Beaumont and Margery A. Beck - Associated Press

Former Vice President and current 2024 Republican presidential candidate Mike Pence receives safety instructions before his turn to shoot during the 10th annual Jasper County GOP trap shoot on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, at Jasper County Gun Club in Newton, Iowa. Four Republican presidential hopefuls, made a campaign stop at the event to speak with constituents and shoot a few rounds. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette via AP)

Donald Trump’s GOP rivals try to attract social conservatives in Iowa at an event he skipped

By Will Weissert and Thomas Beaumont - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Republican Party of Iowa's 2023 Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, July 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

DeSantis shies away from Trump criticism at Iowa GOP dinner where both are speaking

By Michelle L. Price and Hannah Fingerhut - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate former president Donald Trump speaks at the Republican Party of Iowa's 2023 Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, July 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Trump, top 2024 rivals mostly ignore case against him during key Iowa GOP event

By Michelle L. Price, Hannah Fingerhut and Will Weissert - Associated Press

FILE - Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his wife Casey, walk in the July 4th parade, July 4, 2023, in Merrimack, N.H. As the six month sprint to the Iowa caucuses begins, the sprawling field of Republican presidential candidates is facing growing pressure to prove they can become serious challengers to former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha, File)

GOP White House hopefuls face mounting pressure to stop Trump in Iowa

By Thomas Beaumont and Steve Peoples - Associated Press