Iowa’s largest zoo is launching what’s described as a “transformative” project, one of the most comprehensive expansion and renovation efforts in the facility’s 60-year history. Alex Payne, spokesman for Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, says ground is being broken this week on the first of two big additions. “We are expanding our lion habitat. […]

Bill makes smuggling undocumented immigrants a crime in Iowa
Human smuggling of undocumented immigrants — to conceal them from law enforcement — would become a crime in Iowa if a






