A thunderstorm brought heavy rain, wind and lightning to Boone, a city north of Des Moines, on Thursday, June 26, 2025, as rough weather impacted large parts of the state.

This month, the Iowa Supreme Court heard the Morgan family's argument that Iowa should join the latter camp. Union Pacific has denied the allegations of bullying and says the lower court ruling ...

It will travel from Boone to Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Sept. 5 and from Cedar Rapids to Rochelle, IL on Friday, Sept. 6. The train is going to overnight in the Union Pacific Beverly Yard on the ...

The world's largest operating steam locomotive engine, Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014, will depart from Boone on Sept. 5, 2024 as part of its Heartland of America Tour.

The world's largest steam engine will roll through the heart of Iowa this fall. The Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 will soon depart on its Heartland of America Tour, highlighted by an overnight stop ...

Drone video shows freight train derailing in Iowa near Glidden, cars piling up: Watch The freight train operated by Union Pacific derailed around 5 p.m. local time Monday east of Glidden, Iowa.

The head of the union that represents track maintenance workers says Union Pacific is jeopardizing safety by delaying nearly 1,200 planned projects until next year and laying off more than 1,000 ...

The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld the conviction and sentence of an Iowa man after he left anti-LGBTQ notes on homes with gay pride flags.

Residents and local officials have long blamed the high number of cancer cases on contamination from a rail yard originally owned by Southern Pacific and later bought by Union Pacific near two ...

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston officials on Wednesday approved $5 million for a fund to help relocate residents from neighborhoods located near a rail yard polluted by a cancer-linked wood preservative ...

Investigators say the blast that prompted evacuations near Union Pacific's massive rail yard in western Nebraska last week appears to be accidental, but it's not yet clear what caused it.