All the headlines from our Iowa Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 10 2015 // Workers are finishing up two multimillion dollar flood barriers in Iowa City even as residents welcome a break from flooding that has hit the area in past years.Forecasters with the National Weather Service predict a less...
Jun 2 2015 // Slower economic growth is likely through the end of the third quarter this year for nine Midwestern and Plains states, according to a report issued on June 1.The survey report says the overall Mid-America Business...
May 31 2015 // Indiana is training 300 prisoners to kill infected chickens and banning bird shows at county fairs. Mississippi is considering road barricades and planning biosecurity measures. Iowa is trying to figure out how to deal...
May 29 2015 // W. Harold Petersen, founder of Petersen International Underwriters, has been inducted into the Iowa Insurance Hall of Fame.A pioneer of and advocate for the disability insurance industry, Petersen was one of five insurance...
May 27 2015 // The Dubuque City Council has repealed a section of city ordinances that banned sledding from some city parks.On Jan. 5 the council voted to prohibit sledding, skiing and inner tubes on all but two city properties. The...
May 26 2015 // Iowa farmers who have been dealing for weeks with thousands of rotting dead chickens are frustrated by the government’s response to the Midwest bird flu outbreak.Several chicken and turkey farmers expressed their...
May 13 2015 // A jury in Iowa has awarded a former Bedford High School football player almost $1 million in a case involving the school’s response to head injuries.The Des Moines Register reports 18-year-old Kacey Strough had a...
May 13 2015 // National Weather Service crews were dispatched to assess the damage caused by a tornado that tore through Lake City, Iowa, uprooting trees, ripping apart the roof of a high school and leaving shreds of pink insulation...
May 12 2015 // Residents of the tornado-ravaged Iowa and South Dakota towns are beginning to assess property damage after twisters hit on Sunday.In South Dakota, the Tripp-Delmont School District called off classes on May 11 because...
Apr 29 2015 // The deadly bird flu virus was found in an egg-laying flock with 3.7 million chickens in northwest Iowa in addition to four more poultry farms, state agriculture officials said.The virus will now cost Iowa egg producers...
Apr 24 2015 // Deadly bird flu swelled in the poultry industry in Minnesota and neighboring Wisconsin amid speculation that winds may be carrying virus particles into facilities housing turkeys and chickens.“This is a catastrophe...
Apr 20 2015 // Big Step Forward“This will be a big step forward in the city’s overall resiliency efforts as we prepare to deal with the future of extreme weather.” —New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on the Federal...
Apr 16 2015 // City officials in Burlington, Iowa, announced it will be able to build flood walls and other barriers to keep the Mississippi River at bay during flood events.The city has been awarded a $26.2 million grant from the state...
Apr 8 2015 // A.M. Best has downgraded the financial strength rating to A- (Excellent) from A (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating to “a-“from “a” of Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa (FMH),...
Apr 8 2015 // A federal judge in Iowa should consider the “widespread harm” done by a major 2010 salmonella outbreak and the food safety lapses that preceded it in sentencing two egg industry executives whose company was...
Apr 7 2015 // Insurer United Fire Group Inc., based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, appointed Dawn M. Jaffray as chief financial officer, effective April 27, 2015. Jaffray brings more than 27 years of experience to UFG, including extensive...
Apr 6 2015 // Motorists in Mason City, Iowa could soon have their vehicles impounded for any one of 10 violations, including some misdemeanors.The City Council will consider an impound ordinance at its meeting Tuesday night, the Mason...
Apr 1 2015 // Lawmakers in the Iowa Senate and House have approved legislation that would protect cities from liability if people are injured while sledding in public parks. The bill passed 48-0 in the Iowa Senate. and had previously...
Apr 1 2015 // The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that an insurance company is not on the hook for a 2010 leak at Waterloo shopping center that damaged a store.In a split decision on March 20, the high court sided with State Farm Insurance...
Apr 1 2015 // Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa (FMH) announced its acquisition of Illinois-based John Deere Insurance Company and John Deere Risk Protection Inc. is completeHeadquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa, FMH has...