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An Iowa widow faces criminal charges and saw $19,000 seized from her bank account by the IRS simply because she deposited her husband’s legally earned money in a way that allegedly avoided federal reporting requirements. Federal prosecutors filed charges against ...

Imagine owning a restaurant for 38 years and working six days a week just to keep the business going – and then watching the federal government drain your bank account even though you did nothing illegal. Sound far-fetched? It actually ...

Some Iowa landowners could lose their homes and farms because local governments want to build a reservoir for recreational purposes – a move critics say is in violation of state law. The landowners allege that the Clarke County Reservoir Commission ...

Is Iowa on its way to becoming a militarized state? At last one terrified family thinks so. Yet another story about a supposed no-knock warrant raid is going viral online and shocking Americans. The fully-armed raid on the home was ...

In a study that is sure to boost the claims of GMO critics, rootworms apparently have grown resistant to genetically modified corn in Illinois fields. “It’s very alarming,” said Joe Spencer, an insect behaviorist with the Illinois Natural History Survey. ...

Many U.S. states have given up waiting on the federal government to fully support achieving energy independence in the country. Among many locally-sponsored programs, Hawaii and Iowa have taken large steps toward using alternative energy to provide power for their ...