After being named the Outland Trophy Player of the Week on the weekend of Oct. 25, Iowa football's (6-4, 4-3 Big Ten) ...

Firefighters remove the remains of one of the victims in the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino fire in Las Vegas in November 1980.

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service.

The 18th Annual Tree Lighting & Holiday Parade at Shadow Lake Towne Center is happening this weekend. There is a new date ...

Jesus De Vicente has had a long voyage in college soccer. The graduate defender has played in the architectural beauty of ...

DES MOINES — Ohio Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan has endorsed Joe Mitchell in a competitive Eastern Iowa congressional ...

Cape Cod runners and walkers, and their friends and family, contribute to food pantries and other causes in Thanksgiving road races.

Perched on limestone bluffs overlooking the mighty Mississippi River, Hannibal, Missouri offers a retirement paradise where your social security check stretches like saltwater taffy and literary ...

Last year this municipality celebrated the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the former Town of Meaford, and next year marks the 25th anniversary of the amalgamation of the former Townships of ...

The Atlantic Rotary Club held a Salute to Veterans program on Nov. 11- Veteran's Day - and Colton Rudy, who is serving in the ...

These seven places serve amazing dishes and warm hospitality! Tucked away in an Ottumwa alley sits one of Iowa’s most treasured dining secrets. Canteen Lunch in the Alley has been creating loose meat ...

Council Bluffs Mayor-elect Jill Shudak said her endorsement of Wahls is not against another Democratic candidate, state Rep.