Articles Tagged: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Two alleged whistleblowers are suing Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance Co. and its affiliates for alleged racketeering, wrongful termination and concealment of information from state regulators.

Researchers and public health advocates said Wednesday that water quality and land use continue to be modifiable elements impacting public health, and in particular cancer, in Iowa.

The former operator of the state-owned Honey Creek Resort in southern Iowa alleges state officials have misled the public into believing the company acted negligently and withdrew from the financially troubled project.

A third lawsuit has been filed against Iowa’s insurance commissioner over the legality of a new state law regulating pharmacy benefit managers.

Trees Forever works with city officials in Des Moines and Dubuque to plant community orchards in public spaces.

The Iowa Board of Veterinary Medicine issued an emergency order indefinitely suspending the license of veterinarian Jerry Couchman, 80, who practices in and around Appanoose and Decatur counties.

A former Iowa physician is suing a police detective who cited her for harassment after she publicly posted comments that she was “coming after” a former University of Iowa Hospitals colleague, who she called a “blue-eyed Hitler look alike.”

A federal judge has ordered the U.S. government to follow due process and provide bond hearings for two individuals being detained in Iowa county jails by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Waterloo doctor faced charges of sexual misconduct in 2020

Group says new law makes it ‘harder for Iowans to participate’ in 5-cent deposit redemption program

The Cedar Rapids private college announced it has become one of more than 100 colleges and universities across the U.S. to partner with the Google initiative.

The Iowa Board of Medicine has placed on probation the license of a physician accused of incompetence and issued a warning to another doctor accused of “extreme rudeness.”

There are 13 furbearer species that Iowans can hunt or trap from Nov. 1 through Feb. 28: raccoon, muskrat, coyote, red fox, gray fox, beaver, mink, opossum, badger, striped skunk, weasel, river otter and bobcat. Beaver season, according to DNR, extends until April 15.

Iowa State University students and faculty helped get children with brain-related disabilities runway-ready this summer.

Bat Week is all about promoting the year-round benefits that the flying mammals provide to the ecosystem.