All the headlines from our Iowa Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 6 2016 // The number of people killed or injured in accidents caused by use of electronic devices doubled in Iowa last year.Fourteen people were killed statewide in 2015, compared to seven the previous year, according to the Globe...
Jul 1 2016 // New data from the Iowa Department of Transportation shows 42 more people have died on Iowa roads in 2016 than at the same time last year.The Des Moines Register reports seven people were killed in traffic accidents over...
May 23 2016 // Iowa Insurance Commissioner Nick Gerhart says federal health officials are unlawfully withholding millions of dollars owed to a failed health insurance co-op in his state.Gerhart, who is Liquidator for CoOportunity Health,...
May 13 2016 // In the trucking industry, technology is driving change.Todd Smith, chief operating officer at Decker Truck Line Inc. in Fort Dodge, Iowa, told The Messenger that by the end of 2017 it will be mandated that all trucks have...
May 11 2016 // Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has signed a bill into law that creates new statewide rules for ridesharing companies such as Uber and Uber to do business in Iowa. Branstad signed the bill this week following approval this...
May 3 2016 // A recent Iowa rail safety study says Dubuque County remains vulnerable to crude oil or biofuels spills more than a year after several railcars carrying ethanol derailed along the Mississippi River.The state’s...
Apr 19 2016 // Former Iowa State basketball star Nikki Moody has sued coach Bill Fennelly, the university and the state for racial discrimination and retaliation, saying she was repeatedly called a “thug” and labeled a...
Apr 4 2016 // Just as Iowa, and Des Moines in particular, in the 1980s fostered a business climate that enabled insurance and financial institutions to prosper there, those same forces, intent on creating an environment that supports...
Mar 30 2016 // Iowa, and Des Moines in particular, in the 1980s fostered a business climate that enabled insurance and financial institutions to prosper there. Today, the focus is on creating an environment that supports innovation and...
Mar 29 2016 // A former Iowa firefighter pleaded guilty to insurance fraud related to a string of cases spanning Buchanan, Clayton and Delaware counties, the Iowa Department of Insurance reported.Terry Russell Groth, a former Strawberry...
Mar 28 2016 // An Iowa City hospital is warning patients that some of their personal information may have been accessed through a computer virus.The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports an investigation revealed that a computer virus that is...
Mar 28 2016 // The early bird registration deadline for the third annual Global Insurance Symposium is Thursday, March 31.The Global Insurance Symposium will be held on April 26-28, 2016 in Downtown Des Moines, Iowa. It is hosted by the...
Mar 28 2016 // Three people from Wisconsin or Illinois who are charged with operating a car insurance fraud ring can be prosecuted in Iowa, even though they never set foot in the state, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled.Police say the trio...
Mar 23 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled for more than 3,000 workers at a Tyson Foods Inc. pork-processing plant in Iowa in a pay dispute with the company.The justices voted 6-2 on to reject new limits Tyson asked them to impose...
Mar 21 2016 // Efforts to increase speed limits on Iowa freeways and rural roads failed in the Legislature this year amid safety concerns, but officials acknowledged such moves are popular with drivers and likely will come before...
Mar 21 2016 // One of the nation’s largest egg farms, which lost millions of hens in last year’s bird flu outbreak, is defending itself against legal action by the state over a wastewater spill that fouled 18 miles of stream...
Mar 21 2016 // Federal safety regulators say a southeast Nebraska company wrongfully fired a driver who refused to operate a truck that violated Iowa law. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
Mar 18 2016 // The National Weather Service confirmed that on tornadoes touched down this week in parts of eastern Iowa that also endured heavy rain and hail as large as golf balls. Tornadoes also touched down at least five times in...
Mar 18 2016 // Iowa City is preparing to start work on a $59 million flood recovery and mitigation project.The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that crews began removing trees last week in preparation for the Gateway Project, which was...
Mar 4 2016 // A U.S. Labor Department initiative has found that a handful of Ames, Iowa, restaurants violated federal labor standards and owed thousands of dollars to workers.Department officials announced that Ames employers owed...