Latest Iowa Headlines
All the headlines from our Iowa Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Iowa Agrees to Speed Up Access to Civil Court Cases
Mar 20 2024 // DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The state of Iowa will provide “contemporaneous” access to newly filed civil court cases to settle a lawsuit that accused the state of violating the First Amendment by delaying access...
Iowa Enters Settlement With Cryptocurrency Firm
Mar 18 2024 // The Iowa Insurance Division announced it entered a settlement in principle with a group of affiliated companies commonly known as Abra. The settlement addresses Abra’s alleged offer and sale of interest-bearing...
Iowa Woman Charged With Insurance Fraud
Mar 13 2024 // An Iowa woman was charged with one count of Insurance Fraud – Presenting False Information (Class D Felony) and one count of Theft in the 2nd Degree (Class D Felony) following an investigation by the Iowa Insurance...
Iowa Meat Processing Plant Accused of Illegally Hiring Children
Feb 27 2024 // DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. authorities have accused another sanitation company of illegally hiring at least two dozen children to clean dangerous meat processing facilities, the latest example of illegal child labor...
Iowa Enters Settlement With Cryptocurrency Firm Abra
Feb 26 2024 // The Iowa Insurance Division announced it entered a settlement in principle with a group of affiliated companies commonly known as Abra. The settlement addresses Abra’s alleged offer and sale of interest-bearing...
Iowa School District to Pay $20K to Settle Gender Policy Lawsuit
Feb 23 2024 // MARION, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa school board has reached an agreement resolving a lawsuit over a now-rescinded district policy that allowed students to request a gender support plan to begin socially transitioning at school,...
Iowa Court Upholds Decision to Bar Late Expert Reports in Work Comp Case
Feb 5 2024 // The Iowa Supreme Court reinstated a deputy workers’ compensation commissioner’s decision to bar reports that were submitted too late by experts who weren’t certified, reversing decisions by the district...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Iowa’s Horak Insurance
Jan 30 2024 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Washington, Iowa-based Horak Insurance, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Horak Insurance is a retail property/casualty insurance agency serving...
AM Best Downgrades Credit Ratings of Iowa’s Pharmacists Mutual
Jan 26 2024 // AM Best announced it has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A- (Excellent) from A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings to “a-” (Excellent) from “a” (Excellent) of Pharmacists...
Walmart to Pay $60K over Sex Discrimination Case at Iowa Store
Jan 25 2024 // Walmart will pay $60,000 and provide other relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced. The EEOC charged in its suit that...
Iowa Lawsuit Accuses TikTok of Misrepresenting Content
Jan 19 2024 // DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa on Wednesday became the latest state to sue TikTok over claims that the social media company deceives consumers over the amount of “inappropriate content” that children can access...
People Moves: VIAA Promotes Kaatman to Director of Growth; Krieger Joins Alliant in Iowa
Jan 18 2024 // Valley Insurance Agency Alliance Promotes Kaatman to Director of Growth Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., promoted Bill Kaatman to director of growth. Kaatman brings 17 years of...
Iowa Man Sentenced for Disaster-Related Insurance Fraud
Jan 18 2024 // An Iowa man was sentence last week to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to crimes of insurance fraud. Timothy Daryle Sletten, age 32, of Marshalltown, was sentenced on January 11, 2024. The charges against Sletten...
First MainStreet Adds Seven Iowa Agencies
Jan 11 2024 // First MainStreet Insurance L.C.announced the addition of seven new Iowa agencies to its platform to close out 2023. In late November 2023, Pfantz Insurance Services and the insurance operations of Eckhardt Enterprises,...
Iowa Supreme Court Upholds Decision to Bar Late Expert Reports in Workers’ Comp Case
Jan 8 2024 // The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday reinstated a deputy workers’ compensation commissioner’s decision to bar reports that were submitted too late by experts who weren’t certified, reversing decisions by the...
Iowa Bail Bondsman Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud
Dec 12 2023 // An Iowa bail bondsman has pled guilty to insurance fraud and identity theft. David Mark Ellis of Spring Hill, Iowa, pled guilty in Polk County District Court to two counts of Identity Theft (Aggravated Misdemeanors) and...
Iowa Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud
Dec 4 2023 // An Iowa man pleaded guilty to wire fraud for using his position as an insurance agent and annuity salesperson to defraud elderly individuals out of their retirement savings and other monies. Zachary James Flaherty, age 47,...
EWG Report Finds Rapidly Rising Crop Payouts As Climate Change Hits U.S. Agriculture
Dec 4 2023 // Drought, heat, hail, rain and freezing temperatures – the five horsemen of crop insurance. A new report from EWG found that crop insurance payouts for the top five weather-related losses totaled over $118.7 billion...
EWG Report Finds Rapidly Rising Crop Payouts As Climate Change Hits U.S. Agriculture
Nov 15 2023 // Drought, heat, hail, rain and freezing temperatures – the five horsemen of crop insurance. A new report from EWG found that crop insurance payouts for the top five weather-related losses totaled over $118.7 billion...
1.2 Million Chickens Will be Slaughter At Iowa Egg Farm Where Bird Flu Was Found
Nov 14 2023 // An additional 1.2 million chickens will be slaughtered to prevent the spread of the bird flu after the virus was confirmed on an Iowa egg farm in the second massive case this week. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and...
