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Iowa Bill Would Permit Firearms on Employer, School Property

Mar 3 2023 // Iowa lawmakers are considering legislation that would allow employees to carry firearms or ammunition onto employer’s property if the guns or ammunition are out of sight and locked in a vehicle.An employer, owner or...

Former Iowa Insurance Producer Sentenced for Fraud Scheme

Feb 10 2023 // Former insurance producer Oscar Sanchez of Marshalltown was recently sentenced in Marshall County District Court after pleading guilty to his actions in an insurance fraud scheme. Sanchez pled guilty on December 8th, 2022,...

Ride at Iowa Amusement Park Where 11-Year-Old Boy Died Will Never Reopen

Feb 7 2023 // ALTOONA, Iowa (AP) – The ride at an Iowa amusement park where an 11-year-old boy was killed in 2021 will never reopen, the park’s owners said.Bill Lentz, Adventureland’s general manager, said in a letter...

Davenport, Iowa Flood Mitigation Projects Set to Start This Year

Jan 24 2023 // DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) – In late 2023, residents and business owners will see some of the first projects of Davenport’s flood mitigation plan under construction.The first phase of Davenport’s $165 million plan...

Cyber Attack Shuts Down Iowa’s Largest School District

Jan 13 2023 // DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Iowa’s largest school district cancelled classes for Tuesday after determining there was a cyber attack on its technology network.Des Moines Public Schools announced Monday that classes...

First MainStreet Adds 3 Iowa Partner Agencies

Jan 10 2023 // First MainStreet Insurance L.C. (FMSI), an affiliate of TrueNorth Companies L.C., closed out 2022 with adding three additional partner agencies to the platform. In total, the firm completed 11 new partnerships in 2022, ten...

Ex-Iowa Insurance Agent Charged With Forgery, Fraud Sales Theft

Nov 30 2022 // Joseph Drahozal, age 57, of Cedar Rapids was charged with one count of Forgery (Class D Felony), two counts of Fraudulent Sales Practice under $10,000 (Class D Felony), and one count of Theft in the third degree...

Iowa Jury Awards $27M Verdict in Misdiagnosed Flu Case

Nov 28 2022 // DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – An Iowa jury has returned a $27 million verdict against a Des Moines medical clinic after a man with bacterial meningitis was misdiagnosed with the flu, suffered strokes and said he has been...

Iowa Fire That Killed 4 Children Blamed on Power Strip

Nov 21 2022 // MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) – A house fire that killed four children in northern Iowa was caused by an electrical power strip, authorities said Thursday.The blaze was reported early Wednesday in Mason City, and when...

Iowa Voters Add Gun Rights to Constitution

Nov 10 2022 // DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Iowans voted Tuesday to add a right to keep and bear arms into the state constitution, a move that will make it more difficult to pass gun restrictions and easier to strike down existing gun...

Simulator Helps Iowa Town Prepare Snow Plow Drivers for Winter

Nov 8 2022 // DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) – As City of Dubuque driver Jordan Lamey took the wheel of a virtual truck and shifted into gear Tuesday, the plow at the front lowered and started pushing snow from the road.Up ahead, a building was...

Prairie Fires in Nebraska, Iowa Force Evacuations, Destroy Homes

Oct 25 2022 // LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Prairie fires pushed by tinder-dry conditions and winds topping 60 mph (96 kph) led to evacuations in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa and destroyed homes and injured two firefighters south of...

University of Iowa Hospitals to Pay $15M to Settle Employees’ Lawsuit

Oct 17 2022 // University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics employees who say that overtime and other payments were improperly paid will receive $15 million as part of a class-action suit that was filed in 2019, according to documents...

Federal Court Finds Iowa Ag-Gag Law Unconstitutional

Sep 29 2022 // A federal judge has struck down the third attempt by the Iowa Legislature to stop animal welfare groups from secretly filming livestock abuse, finding once again that the law passed last year violates free speech rights in...

Stonetrust to Write Workers’ Comp Coverage in Iowa, Georgia

Sep 6 2022 // Stonetrust Workers’ Compensation Insurance Co. will begin writing workers’ compensation coverage in Iowa and Georgia effective October 1st, the company said. This announcement follows the Baton Rouge,...

First MainStreet Adds Pair of Partner Agencies in Iowa

Aug 31 2022 // First MainStreet Insurance L.C. (FMSI), an affiliate of TrueNorth Companies L.C., announced it has added two Iowa-based partner agencies. Joining the First MainStreet platform in June was Hagge Insurance Agency. As a...

BenefitMall Acquires Iowa-Based Mutual Med

Aug 30 2022 // BenefitMall, a provider of next-generation broker services, announced the acquisition of Mutual Med, a Davenport, Iowa-based insurance distributor providing sales counseling and support for benefits agents serving large...

Iowa Man Charged in Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme

Aug 22 2022 // Thomas Stephanie, age 46, of Washington, Iowa, was charged with one count of Insurance Fraud – Presenting False Information (Class D Felony) following an investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud...

Iowa Council Member Countersues Police Officers over Protest Arrest

Aug 19 2022 // A Des Moines council member is countersuing two police officers who took the unusual step earlier this year of suing several people who participated in a 2020 protest following a Minneapolis officer’s killing of...

Iowa Metal Manufacturer Settles $500,000 False Claims Act Lawsuit

Aug 11 2022 // A southwest Iowa company that makes metal castings used by military contractors in helicopters and other equipment has reached a settlement in a lawsuit alleging the company failed to test the castings and falsely...