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IOWA CITY (AP) — When Michael Klunder enticed two girls to enter his pickup truck near a rural Iowa school bus stop Monday, it was at least his third kidnapping in a long criminal history in which he was ordered to receive sex offender treatment starting as a teenager.
DES MOINES (AP) — The Iowa Senate adjourned the 2013 legislative session late Wednesday night, but the House was set to return Thursday for more votes.
IOWA CITY (AP) — Plans for armed police officers in Iowa City schools have been put on hold.
DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa lawmakers will be back in the state Capitol on Wednesday and legislative leaders say they are close to concluding the 2013 session.
DES MOINES (AP) — The search for a missing 15-year-old Iowa girl abducted Monday after getting off her school bus was continuing this morning near Dayton in northern Iowa.
DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa House lawmakers are scheduled to debate a number of one-time spending items including a substantial state contribution toward law enforcement pensions.
DAYTON (AP) — Police are searching for a missing central Iowa teen they believe was one of two girls abducted by a man who offered them a ride.
DES MOINES (AP) — Lawmakers will return to the Iowa Statehouse this week as they seek to resolve some of the session’s biggest issues and adjourn.
BOONE (AP) — A fund has been established to help pay funeral expenses for a 17-year-old who died in a house fire in Boone.


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