QUASQUETON, Ia. — Puttering down the Wapsipinicon River in his fishing boat, Ronnie Wolfe points to a small backwater channel that's similar to one on land he owns a couple miles south of this ...

Historically, Iowa hasn’t been a great predictor of Republican nominees. In 1988, Sen. Bob Dole (R-Kansas) won the state’s GOP caucuses — the later nominee George H.W. Bush finished a distant third.

Iowa's corn and pork producers are warning Gov. Terry Branstad Tuesday that tough times are looming for farmers as the drought gripping the state and nation gets worse.The comments came in a forum ...

A field of dried corn plants is seen near Percival, Iowa, Thursday, July 26, 2012. The widest drought to grip the United States in decades is getting worse with no signs of abating. The drought ...