Almost 100 Iowa school buses have been repeatedly labeled unsafe to transport children in the past five years. The Des Moines Register reported that gaps in the bus inspection system make it possible for those buses to return to service …
The founder of an Iowa-based brokerage pleaded not guilty on Aug. 17 to fraud charges in a suspected $200 million embezzlement scheme that drove his firm to bankruptcy and left thousands of customers without their money. Peregrine Financial Group Inc. …
Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. announced the planned opening of two new Midwest service centers, located in New Albany, Ohio, and Coralville, Iowa. The Coralville location is contingent on the approval of available job training and economic development incentives by …
Officials are moving quickly to seize the wide-ranging personal assets of the disgraced founder of an Iowa brokerage so they can try to reimburse thousands of customers and workers affected by his alleged $200 million fraud. Former workers at Peregrine …
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map shows that severe drought affecting much of the Midwest and Great Plains now covers more than half of Iowa and three-quarters of Nebraska. More than half of Indiana is now listed in extreme drought …
A state official says that up to 250 employees in northeastern Iowa lost their jobs following the collapse of a financial empire owned by a businessman arrested in connection with a $200 million fraud scheme. Iowa Workforce Development spokeswoman Kerry …
A 40-year-old Sioux City, Iowa, man has been sentenced to five years in prison for selling insurance without a license. The Sioux City Journal reports that Douglas Inlay was sentenced on July 16 in Woodbury County District Court. Inlay also …
Iowa has agreed to pay $3.75 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed negligence by University of Iowa hospital employees during a birth that caused a baby to have brain injuries that left him severely retarded, newly released records show. …
A court is upholding a $1.2 million state fine for labor violations committed by a Texas labor broker who underpaid dozens of mentally disabled workers at an Iowa turkey processing plant. The Iowa Court of Appeals rejected arguments by Henry’s …
United Fire Group Inc., headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, announced that Corey Ruehle has accepted the position of branch manager for the Midwest region, effective July 1. Ruehle replaces Doug Penn, who is retiring. Ruehle will be responsible for the …
