On Monday a fatal crash on I-35 took the life of 45-year-old Jamie Alertsen, of Pleasantville. She was on her way to work at ...

YEARS IN JAIL. ALSO BREAKING A STABBING AT AN IOWA MIDDLE SCHOOL. THIS WAS IN PELLA BEFORE SCHOOL BEGAN. THIS MORNING. PELLA, SOUTHEAST OF DES MOINES. POLICE SAY A BOY IS UNDER ARREST RIGHT NOW.

The Iowa Department of Agriculture embarked this month on the reclamation of 162 acres of abandoned mine land the Pella Wildlife Area, the largest of about 120 that have taken place in Iowa since ...