Young Man Makes Wrong Turn, Then Saves Sleeping Family From Fire: 'They're safe because of him'
A driver who took a wrong turn was able to save four people after miraculously driving down their street and seeing their house on fire.
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See Couple Adorably Recreate Their Wedding Album 50 Years Later, at the Same Church in the Same Dress
Carolyn and Kelly Gay have recreated their Des Moines, Iowa wedding photos perfectly—50 years after their wedding day.
Cemetery Posts Personal Ad for Lonely Goose Whose Mate Died-and they Find a Match
A cemetery manager played Valentine's Day matchmaker to a lonely widowed goose Blossom whose mate Bud passed away last August.
Woman Wrote 'Please write me' on an Egg in 1951-Someone Finally Did
Emerging from social media, a 92-year-old Iowa resident has had a 70-year dream fulfilled after a message she wrote on an egg got an answer.
Cicadas Are Coming: Rare 'Dual Emergence' Could Awaken a Trillion Bugs of 2 Species - First Time in 221 yrs
1803 was the last time that this convergence occurred, and it involves the periodic cicadas of the 13-year brood and the 17-year brood,
Revolutionary CRISPR-based Genome Editing System Destroys Cancer Cells 'Permanently' in Lab
A Tel Aviv University team shows their CRISPR genome editing system can improve survival rates by 80% in mice with metastatic ovarian cancer.
Iowa Teen Has Donated 7,000 Pounds of Produce from Her Own Garden to Food Banks: 'A really good feeling'
The senior from Calamus-Wheatland High School likes to tend cattle and play softball, and had never managed a garden before.
Football Fan's Request for Beer Money Racks Up $90,000 in Donations; So He is Giving It All to Charity
When donations began pouring into this 24-year-old's online bank account, he knew that he couldn't just spend all of it on Busch Light Beer.
Is This Heaven? No, It's Iowa: Yankees to Play White Sox on Actual 'Field of Dreams' Site
MLB is constructing a temporary stadium on the actual Iowa film set so the White Sox can face off against the Yankees on August 13th, 2020.
Frugal Carpenter Scrimped and Saved So He Could Give Full College Scholarships to 33 Strangers
Iowa carpenter Dale Schroeder didn't go to college, but he saved money his whole life so he could pay full tuitions for 33 others with dreams of college.
One Chick-fil-A Owner Is Donating 200 Sandwiches to Iowa Pride Event
Revelers at an Iowa Pride fest will be eating chicken and fries donated by a local owner of the fast food franchise most associated with anti-gay sentiment.
School Gives Students Credit for Physical Education Class When They Do Yard Work for Seniors and the Disabled
Not only has the yard work been beneficial to the homeowners who can't mow their own lawns – it has also had a tremendous impact on the students as well.
Woman Who Fostered 600 Kids in 50 Years Took in Anyone-Regardless of Age or Medical Condition
Over the course of the last 50 years, Linda Herring has fostered more than 600 children of every age, gender, race, and medical category.
Could Electromagnetic Fields Treat Diabetes? These Scientists Think So
University of Iowa researchers may have discovered a safe new way to manage blood sugar non-invasively, using electromagnetic field therapy.
Seniors Given Free Video Devices With Easy-to-Use Buttons So They Can Talk to Family for First Time in Months
The Dreamweaver Foundation has delivered Facebook Portals to 300 seniors in nursing homes in Iowa and Nebraska to connect them with family.
This BBQ Joint Grills Up Comfort Food For Storm-Ravaged Iowa Residents, Free of Charge
Willie Ray's Q Shack has been serving up to 400 free meals a day to storm-hit, Cedar Rapids residents in Iowa.
High School Football Team Swoops in After Derecho Leaves Paralyzed Man's Yard in Chaos - WATCH
The Roosevelt High School football team in Des Moines, Iowa came to the rescue, after paralyzed man's yard is destroyed by storm.
Woman Creates Neighborhood 'Giving Tree' With Her Free Homemade Face Masks
This "giving tree" for free cloth face masks in Lisbon, Iowa is like something straight out of a Shel Silverstein storybook.
Anonymous Donor Gives Away $82,000 Worth of Gift Cards to All 1,400 Residents of Small Iowa Town
Collectively, the unidentified do-gooder gave away $150 in gift cards to every one of the 1,450 households in Earlham, Iowa.
After Devastating Storm, Boy Makes 115 Baseball Bats Hewn From Fallen Limb to Raise Money for Iowa Victims
12-year-old Tommy Rhomberg has been making baseball bats from fallen tree branches to raise money for Iowa storm victims.
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