Attention Shoppers: I ran by the Wal-Mart in West Des Moines and who do I randomly see? Rodney Heemstra. Heemstra is the Milo farmer who mu...

Culver Cuts: Republicans believe they just got a little oomph to their contention that Governor Chet Culver's 10% across-the-board cuts...

CAMPUS EXPLOSION-- As you may know, I earned my Master's Degree in Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia (the school I bel...

Choosy moms choose Jif. Divided Iowa Republicans chose Kim Reynolds. Ah, the drama. Iowa Democrats are licking their chops about this one, w...

No real shocker that Terry Branstad , the Iowa Republican candidate for governor, didn't pick Bob Vander Plaats to be his running mate...

All that talk about Jeff Lamberti, the former state senate president, being Terry Branstad's pick for his running mate is just that...ta...

Cross Bob Vander Plaats off the list as possibilities for Iowa Republican candidate for governor, Terry Branstad's list. Vander Plaats, ...

And the winner is... well, we still don't know who Iowa Republican candidate for governor Terry Branstad will pick as his running mate....

I don't write a lot when a business closes. I should more often. But this one got my attention. Saturn of Des Moines is shutting its d...

(In sarcastic honor of fathers everywhere! And, remember, you may not want to listen to this in front of the kids.) Today was a special day....

So, Terry Branstad and Bob Vander Plaats held their secret meeting. Sure wish that it weren't a "secret", don't you? Th...

Governor Chet Culver still can't provide numbers of how many Iowans are working because of his $875 million, taxpayer-financed I-JOBS pl...

Terry Branstad is borrowing another theme from Barack Obama. Yeah, I know that sentence probably isn't exactly what would make Republic...

Next week, if you are driving in Des Moines and you think, "Hey, that guy looks like Al Roker !", there is a good reason for it. ...

(This is how my day started: elbow air conditioning. How could I tear my shirt like this and not know it until my co-worker pointed it out?)...

I'm full of random thoughts as I wait to go out to anchor the 10pm news. So here we go... How many Democrats switched to Republicans so ...

Waiting is the hardest part (that should be a song). The 7 Flags Event Center is an interesting backdrop for Terry Branstad's victory n...

Hello from Clive. We are inside the 7 Flags Event Center, the site of what Terry Branstad's campaign expects to be a victory party in h...

Iowa Representative Erik Helland, a Republican from Johnston, has now apologized for his arrest for drunken driving and interference with of...

Smokers, it looks like you are own your own. For the most part, that is. The Iowa Department of Public Health announced today money problems...