IOWA  --  The Iowa Department of Public Health has confirmed another 184 deaths from COVID-19 in the state, raising the statewide death toll from the virus to 8,501 in less than two years.In the last week there have been 31,301 positive test results confirmed at state labs.  This does not include at-home test results.  The state's average positive rate for the last two weeks is 25.2%.

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Iowa COVID-19 death toll climbs to 8,501 in new report

The Polk County Sheriff's Department says it started just before 2:30 a.m. when a 9-year-old woke up and smelled smoke. They woke up the rest of the family sleeping inside the trailer. They got out and called 911.

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One trailer destroyed during Wednesday morning fire

Starting next year, girls high school wrestling becomes official.

Girls high school wrestling becomes sanctioned sport in Iowa

Temps into the 20s this afternoon

DES MOINES, Iowa – Police investigators and MercyOne hospital in Des Moines are trying to figure out how a man entered into the hospital to feed a baby that was not his.The Des Moines Register reports the incident happened last month, when the man slipped past a nurse, fed the baby in the neonatal intensive care unit then left.

Mystery man snuck into hospital NICU and fed baby

DES MOINES, Iowa – A crash late Tuesday night on Fleur Drive in Des Moines has left four people hospitalized, two of them in critical condition.It happened around 11:52 p.m. as an SUV was exiting the property at the Des Moines International Airport, according to the Des Moines Police Department.

2 people in critical condition after crash near Des Moines airport

POLK COUNTY, Iowa – An early morning fire in northeast Des Moines has left residents of some mobile homes displaced.A 911 call came in about a fire at 809 Broadway at 2:21 a.m. Wednesday, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies first arrived at the scene and saw flames coming from one of the trailers.

Morning fire displaces residents of mobile homes; no injuries reported

A major winter storm is in store for the D.C. region on Saturday with frigid weather poised to continue through the weekend.

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