Articles Tagged: Iowa

The state agreed to pay eight men working for the state's Department of Revenue just over $1 million to settle complaints that they were secretly photographed by a male colleague in a restroom and that supervisors didn't take it seriously.

Bird flu has been detected in a backyard flock in western Iowa, federal officials said Wednesday, a troubling development for a state that is home to the nation’s largest number of egg-laying hens.

The Iowa Public Information Board directed a state agency to examine its director’s cellphone for text messages that were requested nine months ago by Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch’s deputy editor, as part of his investigation into unemployment benefits fraud at the time.

Iowa’s governor cited fairness as a guiding principle in her efforts to flatten Iowa income tax rates, provide more families with opportunities to send children to non-public schools and prohibit transgender athletes from competing in girls’ sports.

Federal officials fined Dunlap Specialty Care $62,283, alleging the home had failed to take the necessary steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Large numbers of geese and pelicans have been found dead along the Mississippi River in eastern Iowa, and wildlife biologists aren’t sure what’s killing them.

Census data shows that in the three years since devastating 2019 floods submerged Pacific Junction in southwest Iowa, the town’s population has shrunk from 475 to less than 100. Now the question is whether it will remain a town.

Losses in ticket revenue and donations were the primary drivers of Iowa’s $40-plus million budget shortfall. The comeback of those revenue sources leave officials optimistic about the athletics department’s financial future.

It may come as a surprise to city dwellers excited by their home values that countless farmers are experiencing a real estate boom that makes residential prices pale in comparison.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A year after dropping charges against an activist who exposed what many viewed as the inhumane killing of hundreds of pigs at two Iowa pork plants, prosecutors have dropped a second case against him.

Authorities say an Iowa police officer struck and killed a child with a patrol vehicle while headed to an apartment fire.

Ogden column: COVID still around, but plenty to celebrate in 2021

Kuachua Brillion Xiong, 25, of Merced was pulled over for driving aggressively on Interstate 80 in Cass County, Iowa, on Dec. 21. He had an AR-15-type rifle, ammunition and a grappling hook, among other items, authorities said.

Iowa History at Marion High is the number one most requested elective in the school.

Family of man who died from an infection unrelated to COVID believes he would have had a better chance of surviving had his transfer to a larger hospital not been delayed because of the pandemic.