Latest Iowa Headlines
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Nationwide Is Cutting Many More Jobs in Iowa than Originally Announced
Mar 4 2019 // Nationwide Insurance, based in Columbus, Ohio, has more than doubled the number of Des Moines, Iowa, job cuts it announced last fall. Nationwide said in November 2018 that about 80 workers in Des Moines would lose their...
Iowa Diocese: 28 Priests Accused of Abusing Minors Identified
Feb 28 2019 // At least 28 priests are credibly accused of having sexually abused more than 100 boys and girls while working for a Roman Catholic diocese in Iowa, church officials announced. The Diocese of Sioux City identified those 28...
Farm Bureau Health Coverage Plan Favored by Rural Kansas Lawmakers
Feb 24 2019 // Rural state lawmakers are pushing a plan to allow the Kansas Farm Bureau to offer health insurance coverage to members without having to comply with federal Affordable Care Act mandates in hopes that the influential...
Nationwide Insurance Cuts More Jobs in Iowa
Feb 22 2019 // Nationwide Insurance has more than doubled the number of Des Moines job cuts it announced last fall. Nationwide said in November that about 80 workers in Des Moines would lose their jobs as part of a company effort to...
Iowa Embassy Suites Hotel Settles with Woman Who Was Raped in Her Room
Feb 14 2019 // An Iowa hotel has settled a lawsuit with a New Jersey woman who was raped and battered after the front desk gave the attacker her room key. Attorneys for Cheri Marchionda say the operators of the Embassy Suites Hotel in...
Cook Named Next Managing Director of Iowa’s Global Insurance Accelerator
Feb 13 2019 // The Global Insurance Accelerator (GIA), headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, has appointed Nicole Cook as the group’s managing director effective May 1. She joined the GIA full time on Feb. 11. During the GIA’s...
Grain Processing Corp. to Pay $45M in Iowa Pollution Settlement
Feb 8 2019 // A judge has approved a class-action settlement between Muscatine, Iowa, residents and a local factory that they blame for a noxious odor and haze and for causing health problems. District Judge John Telleen on approved the...
Iowa High Court: Insurer Not on Hook for Electrical Damage Caused by Squirrel
Feb 4 2019 // The Iowa Supreme Court says an insurance company doesn’t have to pay for damages after a squirrel climbed onto an electrical transformer and triggered a high-voltage spark that damaged a city’s power...
Global Atlantic Financial Invests in Iowa-based Insurtech Accelerator
Jan 31 2019 // Des Moines, Iowa-based The Global Insurance Accelerator announced a recent investment by Global Atlantic Financial Group Ltd. GIA is a business accelerator focused solely on innovation and technology for the insurance...
Iowa’s Holmes Murphy Creates Philanthropic Foundation
Jan 24 2019 // Waukee, Iowa-based insurance services firm, Holmes Murphy, has created the Holmes Murphy Foundation for its philanthropic and charitable-giving initiatives. This newly-formed foundation will oversee all philanthropic and...
Former Iowa Agent Convicted of Insurance Fraud
Jan 23 2019 // A former Iowa insurance agent has been convicted of insurance fraud following an insurance fraud investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau. The division reported that Joy Marie Heldt, age 48, of...
Midwest Legislative Priorities Include No-Fault Auto, Distracted Driving, Contractor Fraud, Tort Reform
Jan 7 2019 // With some of the highest auto insurance rates in the nation, Michigan’s no-fault insurance laws — much maligned by the insurance industry and business interests — are sure to be a target for legislative...
3 Ex-Managers Claim U. Iowa Police Force Has Pattern of Bias
Jan 2 2019 // Three former managers for the University of Iowa police force claim in lawsuits that their jobs were eliminated as part of a “culture of discrimination” against older workers and other protected...
Civil Rights Commission: Iowa Employer Used Slurs to Disparage Black Workers
Dec 19 2018 // The Iowa Civil Rights Commission is taking legal action to enforce a $14,700 judgment against a business owner accused of using racial slurs to belittle black employees, court records show. Bruce Smith, of West Des Moines,...
Iowa Hardware Store Struck by Vehicles in 2 Accidents 5 Days Apart
Dec 10 2018 // The famous “jog” through the heart of Correctionville, Iowa, suffered a bit of a stumble in recent days. Make that stumbles. Plural. On Nov. 23, and again on Nov. 28, vehicles slid or rolled straight south on...
Ames, Iowa: Parking Ticket System Breached; Personal Info Possibly Stolen
Dec 3 2018 // As if getting a parking ticket wasn’t bad enough, the city of Ames is informing those who recently paid parking fines that their private information — including credit and debit card numbers — may have been...
Researchers: Houston’s Urbanization Partly to Blame for More Frequent and Intense Rain Events
Dec 3 2018 // Studies published earlier this year by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Hurricane Center showing a dramatic increase in the frequency of intense rain events in the Houston area in recent...
Records Show Woman Admitted Setting Iowa Fires for Insurance Money
Nov 26 2018 // A woman has been accused of setting two fires in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Linn County court records say 48-year-old Carolyn Mittman is charged with two counts of arson. Her attorney didn’t immediately return a call from...
Iowa’s Dubuque County Mulls Allowing ATVs on Public Roads
Nov 14 2018 // Nearly half of Iowa’s counties have approved use of all-terrain or utility vehicles for public roadways, and at least one large county is considering joining the trend. Dubuque County supervisors have been...
Iowa Adds New Insurance Producer Licensing Test Center at Camp Dodge
Nov 14 2018 // Iowa now has a new center for military veterans seeking to become insurance producers or adjusters to take licensing exams. The Iowa Insurance Division announced that Pearson VUE, the third party contractor that conducts...
