Insurance and pension provider Aviva USA plans to build its new national headquarters in West Des Moines, Iowa, a project that will result in an investment of up to $150 million and 400 jobs, the company’s CEO said Wednesday. Aviva …
A month after the deadly Minneapolis bridge collapse, Missouri lawmakers are poised to approve a massive bridge repair project that could serve as a national roadmap for renovating aging infrastructure. Missouri plans to quadruple the pace of its bridge repairs …
Nine Iowans have died this year of injuries from motorcycle-deer collisions, setting a record for the state, according to transportation officials. Scott Falb, a driver safety specialist with the Iowa Department of Transportation, said eight people died in motorcycle-deer crashes …
Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group finalized its acquisition of Ohio Casualty Corp. on Friday, Aug. 24, 2007 and immediately announced a realignment of its $5.9 billion net premium regional agency company organization to make room for Ohio Casualty and its $1.4 …
The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday threw out the arson conviction of a man alleged to have set fire to a car containing the body of a murdered Chicago man. Kevin Kawanzel Harris, 27, will get a new trial because …
More than 1,000 people were flooded out of their homes after heavy rain that swamped communities across the American Midwest sent Ohio’s rivers spilling over their banks, the governor said. The storm’s death toll also rose when three people were …
Widespread flooding continued this week across northern and central Iowa as thunderstorms and strong winds destroyed buildings, cut off power and left roads and homes underwater. Northern Iowa, already flooded from storms over the previous two days, received another six …
Drinking and driving killed 80 people on Wyoming’s roads and highways last year, up from 66 in 2005, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Wyoming was among 22 states with a rising number of alcohol-related road deaths last …
Texas led the nation with 1,354 drunken driving fatalities in 2006 and was among the states to record the largest increase in such deaths, federal transportation officials said. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Monday, Aug. 20th released data …
Iowa City, Iowa has filed a lawsuit after some holiday decorations left revelers feeling a bit “grinchy.” The city claims a Philadelphia-based decorations company sold it faulty Silhouette Snowflake decorations for about $15,700 last November. The company, Design Decorators, assured …
