Latest Iowa Headlines
All the headlines from our Iowa Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jury Awards $97 Million to Family of Iowa Boy Injured at Birth
Mar 28 2022 // The family of a boy whose brain was severely injured during birth at an Iowa City hospital has been awarded $97.4 million _ believed to be the largest medical malpractice verdict in Iowa’s history. A Johnson County...
Iowa-Based Bus Firm Reaches Settlement Over Disabilities Act Violation
Mar 11 2022 // The U.S. Attorney’s Office in North Dakota says it has reached a settlement with a bus transit service to resolve a complaint that the company violated the federal law that protects the disabled against...
Iowa Tornadoes Deadliest Since 2008; Storm Caused Estimated $1 Billion in Damage
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...
Jury Sides With Dubuque, Iowa Firefighter in Harassment Lawsuit
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...
New Strain of Bird Flu Related to 2015 Virus
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...
SEC Fines Iowa Insurance Agent $112,000 For Oil, Gas Investments
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...
Iowa Football Coach Disbands Diversity Group as Discrimination Lawsuit Remains Pending
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...
Iowa State Appeal Board Approves $962K Sexual Harassment Settlement
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...
Sioux City Sued by Iowa Over Wastewater Scheme, River Pollution
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...
Judges Send Iowa Tyson Workers’ Virus Lawsuit Back to State Court
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...
Former Iowa Deputy Gets $500K Settlement in Paternal Leave Dispute
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...
Insurance Agent Wins Iowa State Senate Seat
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...
Iowa to Pay $1.9 Million to Settle Religious, Speech Rights Cases
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...
Former Iowa Insurance Agent Charged with Fraud
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...
Des Moines, Iowa Officials to Investigate Pungent Odor from Pork Plants
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...
Iowa Governor Signs Law Allowing Exemptions to COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
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...
Chemical Giant to Pay $50M-Plus to Resolve Air Pollution Concerns in Texas, Iowa
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...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Iowa’s River Valley Capital Insurance
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....
Cybersecurity Incident Knocks Iowa Farm Services Firm’s Systems Offline
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...
Russia-Linked Ransomware Group Hits Iowa Grain Cooperative, Violating Biden Warning
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...
