Latest Iowa Headlines
All the headlines from our Iowa Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Study Pushes Tougher Iowa Teen Driving Rules
Dec 7 2011 // A new study says tougher restrictions on Iowa’s teenage drivers could have saved the lives of 32 young drivers in 2009. The Des Moines Register reports that the study report includes suggested standards: requiring...
AIPSO Central Region Closing East Wacker Drive Office in Chicago
Dec 5 2011 // AIPSO, a management organization and service provider for various insurance industry groups responsible for administering the residual market, announced that the central region is closing its East Wacker Drive office in...
Iowa Man Won’t Get $10.6M Malpractice Award
Dec 5 2011 // An Iowa man who had been awarded $10.6 million in malpractice case won’t see any of that money. The Des Moines Register reports that court precedent set while the case was awaiting its second trial prevents Dennis...
Corps: SW Iowa Levee to Remain Vulnerable in 2012
Nov 17 2011 // Officials say the levee near Percival, Iowa, that failed in last summer’s Missouri River flooding will undergo temporary repairs but will remain vulnerable to severe flooding next year. KETV-TV reported damage to the...
Federal Ag Secretary: Farm Bill Must Improve Disaster Aid
Oct 26 2011 // Lawmakers working on the next Farm Bill need to find an effective way to provide aid to farmers affected by natural disasters, increase funding for agricultural research and continue important conservation programs,...
Citing Reform, Small Health Insurer Lays off Workers in Iowa, Nebraska
Oct 24 2011 // The parent company of American Republic has told employees in Des Moines, Iowa, and Omaha, Neb., it is getting out of the individual major medical insurance business. The Des Moines Register reported 110 positions will be...
Iowa Council of Insurance Professionals Elects New Officers
Oct 13 2011 // The Iowa Council of NAIW dba International Association of Insurance Professionals (IAIP) has elected its representatives for the next term. They are as follows: Iowa Council Director-elect Michele Sparks of...
Board Approves Univ. of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Malpractice Settlements
Oct 7 2011 // State officials have agreed to pay nearly $400,000 to settle two medical malpractice lawsuits stemming from treatments at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in 2004. The State Appeals Board approved a $300,000...
Iowa Won’t File Criminal Charges Against Texas Firm
Sep 27 2011 // Iowa won’t pursue criminal charges against a Texas company that’s accused of exploiting developmentally disabled workers at a turkey plant in eastern Iowa. According to the Des Moines Register, the Iowa...
Receding Missouri River Reveals Badly Damaged Land
Sep 26 2011 // As the Missouri River slowly recedes, farmers seeing their fields for the first time since June are encountering sand dunes, strange debris and deep gouges the floodwaters carved into their once-fertile land. The soil...
Des Moines, Iowa, Executive Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud
Sep 26 2011 // The president of a Des Moines, Iowa, firm that provides companies with temporary employees has pleaded guilty to a scheme to reduce the cost of his workers compensation insurance. Under a plea agreement reached with...
Corps Backs Missouri River Study
Sep 19 2011 // After months of sustained, historic Midwest flooding and criticism that the government bungled its management of the Missouri River, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it has commissioned a study of its handling of the...
Chronic Flooding in Iowa Town Forcing Residents Out
Sep 2 2011 // The southwest Iowa town of Hamburg may lose many of its roughly 1,100 residents after the summer-long flood along the Missouri River. Floodwaters have limited access to the town since June, and earlier this month ConAgra...
Big Iowa Health Insurer Unsure About Exchange
Sep 1 2011 // A leading Iowa health insurer isn’t sure yet whether it will participate in the state’s planned insurance exchange. The exchanges are expected to be a key part of the national health care overhaul. Some people...
No Punitive Damages After Wrongdoer’s Death, Iowa Supreme Court Affirms
Aug 22 2011 // Punitive damages may not be recovered from the estate of a “wrongdoer,” the Iowa Supreme Court has ruled. The Court’s decision in a case involving a damage dispute between rural land owners upholds a...
Pipeline Leaks into Missouri River in Iowa
Aug 15 2011 // A leak in a natural gas liquids pipeline operated by Enterprise Products Partners spilled fuel into the Missouri River in Iowa, the company said Monday. The leak was on the Iowa side of Enterprise’s Conway North line...
Iowa Gov. Branstad Seeks Presidential Disaster Declaration
Aug 12 2011 // Gov. Terry Branstad has asked President Barack Obama for a major disaster declaration or Dubuque and Jackson counties after storms dumped more than a foot of rain late last month in Iowa. Branstad on Wednesday requested a...
Iowa Warns Farmers on Deadly Livestock Accidents
Aug 10 2011 // Deadly livestock-related accidents in Iowa are not that unusual, so farmers need to be cautious and have an escape route, a workplace safety expert said. John Lundell of the University of Iowa Prevention Research Center...
Teachers in Iowa School District Get Pay Cut
Aug 9 2011 // Teachers in the Charles City School District in Iowa will get a pay cut under their new contract. Superintendent Andy Pattee told the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier that teacher salaries will be about $221 less this year and...
University of Iowa Tests Flood Wall for Art Building
Aug 8 2011 // University of Iowa officials say they’re pleased with how a temporary flood wall held up during a test. The flood wall was erected outside of Art Building West on the Iowa City campus. The building was heavily...
