Latest Iowa Headlines
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Crews Begin Demolishing Remains of Collapsed Iowa Building
Jun 14 2023 // DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) – Crews on Monday started demolishing the remains of a six- story apartment building in Davenport, Iowa, that partially collapsed more than two weeks ago, killing three people and leaving dozens...
Residents Reported Cracked Floors, Bowed Walls at Iowa Building Before Deadly Collapse
Jun 12 2023 // DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – So many people knew something wasn’t right at the 116- year-old Davenport apartment building. The structural engineer who documented the shaky wall. The head of a masonry company who...
New Lawsuit Filed After Iowa Building Collapse
Jun 8 2023 // DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A woman whose leg was amputated in order to free her from the rubble of the partially collapsed building in Davenport, Iowa, filed a lawsuit with her wife Wednesday, accusing the city and the...
Week After Iowa Building Collapse, Minnesota Condo Evacuated Over Stability Concerns
Jun 7 2023 // ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) – Less than a week after an apartment building partially collapsed in Iowa, more than 140 people were evacuated from a condominium in Minnesota after a structural engineer expressed concerns...
3 Bodies Recovered in Iowa Building Collapse; Lawsuit Accuses City, Owners of Negligence
Jun 6 2023 // DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The bodies of three men have been removed from the site of a collapsed six-story apartment building in Davenport, Iowa, about a week after part of the century-old structure tumbled to the...
Body of Missing Man Recovered at Iowa Apartment Collapse Site; Two Others Still Missing
Jun 5 2023 // DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) – The body of one of three men who had been missing after the partial collapse of an apartment building in Davenport, Iowa, has been found, a city official confirmed Sunday. Branden Colvin...
People Moves: Alliant Adds McGrath to Chicago Team; UFG Appoints Allsup as Assistant VP
Jun 2 2023 // Alliant Insurance Services Names Matt McGrath as Vice President, Americas Division Matt McGrath has joined Alliant Insurance Services’ Alliant Americas division as vice president. Based in Chicago, McGrath will focus...
Amputation Frees Woman From Collapsed Iowa Building
Jun 2 2023 // DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) – One moment Lexus Berry and her wife were rushing toward the door of their fourth-floor apartment, and the next, Quanishia “Peach” Berry was gone. Their apartment had disappeared...
Iowa Apartment Collapse Leaves Residents Missing, Rubble Too Dangerous to Search
Jun 1 2023 // DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) – Five residents of a six-story apartment building that partially collapsed in eastern Iowa remained unaccounted for Tuesday, and authorities feared at least two of them might be stuck inside...
Mayor: 5 Unaccounted For, 2 Likely in Wreckage of Collapsed Iowa Apartment Building
May 31 2023 // DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Five people remain unaccounted for, including two people whose remains may be in a pile of rubble at the site of a partially collapsed apartment building, officials of the city of Davenport,...
Davenport, Iowa Officials: No Fatalities After Partial Building Collapse
May 30 2023 // DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) – There were no confirmed fatalities and no known people still trapped the morning after a six-story apartment building in the eastern Iowa city of Davenport partially collapsed, authorities said...
Midwest States Consider Relaxing Child Labor Laws to Address Worker Shortages
May 26 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Lawmakers in several states are embracing legislation to let children work in more hazardous occupations, longer hours on school nights and in expanded roles including serving alcohol in bars and...
Iowa Woman Sentenced to 3 Counts of Insurance Fraud
May 23 2023 // The Iowa Insurance Division (IID) announced Kathryn Hosmer, age 36, of Davenport was sentenced on May 18, 2023, after pleading guilty to three counts of Insurance Fraud – Presenting False Information (Class D Felony)...
Families of Des Moines, Iowa School Shooting Victims Sue Program, Founder
May 19 2023 // DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The families of two teenagers shot to death in a Des Moines alternative high school have filed a lawsuit alleging the program and its founder were negligent in not keeping the premises...
Mississippi River Crests in East Iowa, Testing Barriers
May 3 2023 // BUFFALO, Iowa (AP) – Dale O’Donnell bought his small brick home only 100 yards or so from the Mississippi River because he enjoys watching the river and wanted a good view from his front porch. He got his...
accūrō Solutions acquires Iowa’s Splashlight Solutions
May 2 2023 // Laccūrō Solutions, which manages medical bill review and payment processes for payers in the property and casualty industry, has acquired Splashlight Solutions, a national workers’ compensation bill review service...
Mississippi River Continues to Rise in Iowa, Illinois
May 1 2023 // DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) – People living along the Mississippi River watched warily Sunday as water levels rose in southeast Iowa and northwest Illinois, awaiting spring crests as floodwaters began to slowly recede and...
Mississippi River Flooding Prompts Evacuations, Sandbagging in Iowa
Apr 28 2023 // DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Some residents along the swelling Upper Mississippi River evacuated their homes this week while others scrambled Wednesday to stack sandbags in preparation for what forecasters say could be...
Iowa Agent Charged With Defrauding Elderly Individuals and Insurance Companies
Apr 24 2023 // A federal grand jury in Des Moines, Iowa returned an indictment on April 19, 2023, charging a Clive man with seventeen counts of mail and wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, and two counts of...
Iowa Man, Woman Sentenced for Insurance Fraud Scheme
Apr 21 2023 // Following an investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau, a Jasper County man and woman have pled guilty to insurance fraud. Jarod Hirbar, age 44, of Kellogg, pled guilty on April 17, 2023, to one...
