Questions Linger on Response to Deadly Texas Flash Flood July 11, 2025 By Hannah Fingerhut and Jim Vertuno Key questions remain unanswered about the actions Texas officials took both before and during the catastrophic July Fourth holiday floods...
Des Moines, Iowa Officials Issue Warning Over High Levels of Nitrates in Drinking Water June 17, 2025 By Hannah Fingerhut Local officials warned more than half a million Iowans in the state’s capital city and suburbs on Thursday that near-record...
Midwest Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Could Face More Hurdles May 7, 2025 By Hannah Fingerhut A proposed carbon-capture pipeline that would traverse through several Midwestern states could face more hurdles in Iowa as a dozen...
AmeriCorps Cuts Leave Vulnerable Homeowners Struggling After Natural Disasters May 5, 2025 By Hannah Fingerhut and Lekan Oyekanmi Years had passed since Hurricane Harvey’s howling winds and heavy rains tore apart Dan Lee’s century-old roof in West Columbia,...
Communities Reeling From Deadly Tornadoes in Texas and Oklahoma April 22, 2025 By Hannah Fingerhut A slow-moving, active storm system brought heavy rain, large hail and tornadoes to parts of Texas and Oklahoma and left...
Bayer Broadens Effort to Shield Itself From Claims Weedkiller Caused Cancer February 13, 2025 By Hannah Fingerhut A renewed and expanded effort from chemical giant Bayer to shield itself from lawsuits that claim its popular weedkiller Roundup...
Record Flooding and Tornadoes This Spring In Iowa Caused $130M in Damage July 17, 2024 By Hannah Fingerhut and Todd Richmond DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Record flooding and powerful tornadoes ravaged parts of Iowa for weeks this spring, destroying or...
House Collapses Into Flood-Swollen River Near Minnesota Dam Amid Storms June 28, 2024 By Hannah Fingerhut and Dave Collins DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A house that was teetering on the edge of an eroding riverbank near a Minnesota...
Tornado Devastates Iowa Town, Killing Multiple People May 23, 2024 By Hannah Fingerhut, Scott McFetridge and Margery A. Beck GREENFIELD, Iowa (AP) — Multiple people died Tuesday and at least a dozen were injured when a powerful tornado tore...
Company to Pay $650K Over Child Labor Violations at Meat Processing Facilities May 8, 2024 By Hannah Fingerhut DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Tennessee-based sanitation company has agreed to pay more than half a million dollars after...