All the headlines from our Iowa Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 27 2021 // The Iowa Supreme Court ruled on June 25 that employers cannot subject all warehouse employees to random drug testing by designating them as having “safety sensitive” jobs.In its 4-3 ruling, the court ruled that...
Jun 22 2021 // A tornado damaged several buildings and knocked down power lines and trees in eastern Iowa Sunday night; a tornado near the Ohio-Indiana border damaged houses and other structures; and several parts of Missouri were...
Jun 18 2021 // Fire has destroyed a western Iowa business that made pipe organs for churches, schools and customers from around the world, officials said.The fire at Dobson Pipe Organ Builders in Lake City was reported around 4 p.m. on...
Jun 11 2021 // A man died after becoming stuck in a manure tank on an eastern Iowa cattle farm, authorities said.The death occurred on June 8 at a farm in Stockton and was reported by authorities there the next day, the Quad-City Times...
Jun 10 2021 // The FBI is now working with Iowa’s Des Moines Area Community College on a data security breach that has led to days of the school being shut down.The security incident closed the college on Friday and forced it to...
Jun 3 2021 // The former CEO of Make-A-Wish Iowa has pleaded guilty to charges of embezzling tens of thousands of dollars from the charity that supports sick children and their families.Jennifer Woodley admitted in a written guilty plea...
May 25 2021 // A jury has awarded an Iowa Department of Human Services employee $790,000 in damages in her lawsuit accusing the department of fostering sexual harassment.The jury handed down the award at the conclusion of the nearly...
May 25 2021 // A dust explosion at a central Iowa grain elevator earlier this month should not affect storage capacity or operations during this fall’s harvest, the company said.Landus Cooperative grain elevator in Jefferson said...
May 20 2021 // Ramsey-Weeks Insurance in Grinnell, Iowa, has merged with First MainStreet Insurance L.C. (FMSI), an affiliate of TrueNorth Companies L.C.Ramsey-Weeks is a fourth-generation, family-owned insurance agency that has been in...
May 19 2021 // The city of Dubuque, Iowa, will pay more than $1.8 million to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit brought by a former police captain who accused the city and police chief of fostering a culture of sexism in the...
May 17 2021 // Thick black smoke billowed into the air on May 16 after a train derailed in northwest Iowa, prompting authorities to evacuate part of a small, nearby town.The fiery derailment happened early in the afternoon on the...
May 13 2021 // A hazardous materials team rescued a worker who was overcome by fumes on May 12 inside a suburban Des Moines, Iowa, food packaging manufacturing plant. The incident occurred just after 8 a.m. at Amcor in Saylor Township,...
May 11 2021 // A federal lawsuit brought by a group of former Iowa football players alleging staff members mistreated Black players will move forward, but all or parts of some of the allegations were thrown out.Offensive coordinator...
Apr 21 2021 // A top workplace safety regulator warned the Republican leaders of the Iowa Legislature that conditions inside the state Capitol are hazardous and may be exposing workers to the coronavirus, according to documents released...
Apr 20 2021 // An insurance company for the City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, will pay $8 million to a Black motorist who was paralyzed after a white police officer shot him during a 2016 traffic stop, both sides announced on April 19.The...
Apr 7 2021 // Iowa will pay $225,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who was injured when a state trooper knocked him over and put his knee on his neck during a 2017 traffic stop, according to documents.The payment to Bryce Yakish...
Apr 6 2021 // An Iowa insurance agent has had his license suspended and has been ordered to cease and desist conducting insurance business in the state, regulators say.The Iowa Insurance Division said in addition, Oscar Sanchez of West...
Mar 19 2021 // Trinity Healthshare Inc. (now known as Sharity Ministries Inc.) has agreed cease operating in Iowa on June 30, 2021, the state insurance division reported.The Iowa Insurance Division says Trinity has agreed to cease...
Mar 4 2021 // A former Red Oak, Iowa, insurance agent is facing felony charges related to alleged insurance fraud.The Iowa Insurance Division said Dustin French has been charged with one count of Insurance Fraud – Presenting False...
Feb 25 2021 // The risk of flooding generally remains low across most of Nebraska and Iowa because the snow across both states is expected to melt gradually in the coming days.But the amount of ice on some rivers, particularly the Platte...