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IRS still wants tax money from Iowa couple stuck in CA unemployment scam

KCCI Investigates first told you about Steven and Gloria Clark's situation last summer. Still, months later, the state of California acknowledges Steven's identity was used fraudulently, but the IRS is still asking for tax money on unemployment he never received. → Read More

A record number of Des Moines Public School students are homeless

A record number of Des Moines Public School students don't necessarily know where they'll go after class, which may be harder than going to class itself. More than 1,070 are homeless, but the district says that number may only be scratching the surface of the number of students who struggle to find a place to stay. → Read More

Sen. Tim Scott expresses 'new American sunrise' in visit to Des Moines

On stage with three American flags and three Iowa flags flanked on either side of him, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott spoke of a positive vision for America while shunning the previous two years under the Biden Administration. → Read More

Record number of drivers caught driving 100+ in Iowa

The number of Iowa drivers caught going 100+ skyrocketed during the early days of the 2020 pandemic and shows no signs of returning to pre-pandemic levels. → Read More

'They put the wire on my private parts': Iowa man feels violated by test at state-run facility

A man, who did not want to be named or identified, who lived at the Woodward Resource Center says he was part of a medical procedure with wires put on the most private parts of his body. He and his mom wanted to share his story. → Read More

A world-record ride? RAGBRAI leaders want Ames to Des Moines to be biggest

The 50th anniversary ride is expected to be RAGBRAI's biggest, but one particular day with a planned route of Ames to Des Moines could be the largest bicycle parade ever. → Read More

Wi-Fi to be back in Des Moines Public Schools after cyberattack

It's out with the stacks of paper and pencils and the "old school" way of learning in Des Moines Public Schools, Wi-Fi is back starting Monday in school buildings. → Read More

Uber for EMS, Irsreali-modeled program will be tested in Iowa

An Iowa pilot program plans to give two EMS providers $50,000 each to use an app to notify nearby first responders to quickly respond to an emergency before an ambulance can arrive. → Read More

MAP: Where are the private schools in Iowa?

With the school choice debate swirling in Iowa, where would students go if they were to receive a voucher? How far would they have to travel? We mapped out which counties do and don't have private schools in Iowa. → Read More

Iowa family, seven others sue Snapchat alleging app facilitated sale of deadly pills

Ciara Gilliam died in August 2022 after taking a pill she thought was Xanax, but turned out to be laced with fentanyl. Now, her family and seven others across the country are suing Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, alleging the app facilitated the sale of deadly pills. → Read More

Centerville officer terminated due to criminal investigation in another city

A Centerville police officer has been relieved from duty after failing to tell the department he was involved in a shooting investigation in Mason City, records and Police Chief Tom Demry says. → Read More

USPS agrees to install handicap accessible door at Adel Post Office

Robert Fisher has been trying to get a push-button handicap-accessible door installed at his local post office for months; it now may become a reality. → Read More

DNR getting weekly reports of wild elk in Iowa

What was once a native species to Iowa that disappeared, elk are now popping up again in the state more frequently. → Read More

Missing Iowans' photos still not posted on database

A new law allowed police to share driver's license photos of missing people → Read More

WATCH: Iowa man takes stunning photos of snowflakes

He shared his unique method for capturing their beauty → Read More

Southwest passengers return to Des Moines to find their bags still on vacation

Jarad Bernstein and his family never made it to San Jose on their scheduled Southwest Airlines flights, but their bags did. → Read More

The Iowa Veterans Trust Fund ran out of money in four months

$500,000, deposited from the lottery fund each year, has never run out until fiscal year 2023. The fund restarted on July 1, and was gone by October. → Read More

Southwest cancels more Des Moines flights Tuesday

KCCI was interviewing one traveler just as her flight was canceled. → Read More

Some Des Moines residents say they have no heat in their apartments

Some people living inside the Gray's Lake Apartments in Des Moines tell KCCI they're without heat as the temperatures outside drop to the coldest of the season in Central Iowa. → Read More

Lenox care facility fined thousands for allegedly abusing resident

Lenox Care Center, a nursing home in Lenox, Iowa, faces thousands of dollars in fines after a staff member allegedly "yanked" a resident and forced her to stay seated in a chair. → Read More