DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) - Dubuque residents know it's that time of year again. People in downtown Dubuque spent Thursday morning cleaning up the bodies of dead mayflies, using brooms, rakes and leaf blowers. . . .

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Gov. Chet Culver and Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald are touting a new report giving Iowa the top rating granted by the credit rating agency Standard and Poor's. The state officials . . .

BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. (AP) - A collision of two all-terrain vehicles in central Wisconsin left one person dead. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office said Thursday the ATVs were going in opposite directions on a trail in the . . .

A Hanover man will spend the next five years behind bars after he pled guilty to sexual abusing a young child. 62-year old, Jack Schildwachter, was taken into custody by law enforcement in August 2008, and police charged him with Aggravated Criminal . . .

WASHINGTON (AP) - He's predicted that the jobless rate will reach 10 percent, but President Barack Obama is expressing disappointment over the latest employment numbers. The government says employers . . .

It's looks like another Marble will be wearing an Iowa basketball uniform in the future. Roy Marble Junior the son of Iowa's all time leading scorer Roy Marble has verbally committed to the Hawkeyes for the recruiting class of 2010. Marble Jr., a 6-foot-5 . . .