All the headlines from our Iowa Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 9 2022 // Four of the seven people killed in devastating storms that tore through central Iowa were members of the same family who had sought shelter inside a home that was razed by a powerful tornado, authorities said.Two children,...
Feb 22 2022 // A Dubuque firefighter who sued the city for sexual harassment and gender discrimination has been awarded $575,000 in damages.Jami Boss sued the city of Dubuque and Fire Chief Rick Steines in September 2020. She contended...
Feb 17 2022 // Farms that raise turkeys and chickens for meat and eggs are on high alert and taking steps to increase biosecurity, fearing a repeat of a widespread bird flu outbreak in 2015 that killed 50 million birds across 15 states...
Feb 11 2022 // The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has fined a Bettendorf, Iowa insurance agent nearly $112,000 for selling unregistered securities tied to oil wells in Texas.The agency said in filings that Cody Christopher...
Jan 18 2022 // Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz has disbanded an alumni advisory committee that was created after a 2020 investigation found evidence of racial bias against Black players in his program and bullying behavior by some of...
Jan 13 2022 // An Iowa state panel on Jan. 11 approved settlements of two sexual harassment lawsuits filed by employees who alleged they were mistreated at work.The State Appeal Board approved a $962,500 settlement with Jennifer Jackson,...
Jan 10 2022 // The state of Iowa said Jan. 7 that it is suing Sioux City over what it says was the city’s manipulation of wastewater testing results and dangerous pollution of the Missouri River in a scheme that saw the wastewater...
Jan 4 2022 // A federal appeals court has ruled that Tyson Foods can’t claim it was operating under the direction of the federal government when it tried to keep its processing plants open as the coronavirus spread rapidly within...
Dec 30 2021 // A former Linn County sheriff’s deputy and his lawyers will receive more than $500,000 to settle a lawsuit he filed claiming that he was harassed and discriminated against because he took paternity leave.Scott Becker...
Dec 17 2021 // An Iowa insurance agent has overwhelmingly won a state Senate seat in a northwest Iowa special election.Spirit Lake insurance agent Dave Rowley, a Republican, won the special election Tuesday to fill the Senate District 1...
Dec 8 2021 // A state panel agreed Monday to spend nearly $2 million to settle two federal lawsuits brought against the University of Iowa in 2017 after a religious group denied a gay student a leadership role.The Iowa State Appeal...
Nov 30 2021 // A former West Des Moines, Iowa insurance agent was recently charged with one count of insurance fraud – presenting false information, a Class D Felony. Tanya A. Schettler, age 48, was arrested on Nov. 24 and booked into...
Nov 23 2021 // Parts of downtown Des Moines have been so transformed in the past decade by new apartments, trendy shops and microbreweries, it’s sometimes hard to reconcile the present with the not-so-distant past.But one strong...
Nov 1 2021 // Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Oct. 29 signed into law a bill that allows Iowa workers to seek medical and religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccine mandates and guarantees that those who are fired for refusing a vaccine will...
Oct 21 2021 // Federal officials say three U.S. subsidiaries of Dutch chemical giant LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Lyondell) have agreed to make upgrades and perform compliance measures estimated to cost $50 million to resolve...
Oct 11 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., a global insurance brokerage, risk management and consulting services firm headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, acquired Dubuque, Iowa-based River Valley Capital Insurance Inc....
Sep 21 2021 // Iowa-based farm services provider NEW Cooperative Inc. said its systems were offline to contain a “cybersecurity” incident just as the U.S. farm belt gears up for harvest.The cooperative operates grain storage...
Sep 21 2021 // After a furious run of ransomware attacks in the first half of the year, President Joe Biden in July warned his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, that Russia-based hacking groups should steer clear of 16 critical...
Sep 10 2021 // Global insurance broker USI Insurance Services announced the acquisition of Des Moines, Iowa-based Reynolds & Reynolds, Inc.Founded in 1976, Reynolds & Reynolds is an independent risk management and employee...
Aug 30 2021 // Officials in northeastern Iowa say a tornado caused significant damage, especially in the small town of Marble Rock. KCRG-TV reports that emergency management officials cited power lines and trees knocked over after a...