By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES — Meat isn’t going to disappear from supermarkets because of outbreaks of the coronavirus among workers at U.S. slaughterhouses. But as the meat plants struggle to remain open, consumers could face less selection and slightly higher prices. ...
EARLING (AP) — Authorities in western Iowa responded to an explosion at a gas station Monday morning in the tiny town of Earling, an official there said. A woman who answered the phone for the Shelby County Emergency Management office confirmed that an explosion had occurred at the gas ...
DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa legislative leaders said Monday they would not resume this year’s legislative session until after May 15. The Iowa Legislative Council will meet by telephone this week to vote on the continued suspension of the session. The date and time for the meeting wasn’t ...
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY — Iowa will allow restaurants and stores in most counties to reopen and church services to resume, even as the state sees a surge in coronavirus cases and deaths, the governor said Monday. Gov. Kim Reynolds signed an order allowing malls, ...
GRIMES (AP) — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a woman whose body was found inside a house near Grimes over the weekend. Deputies, firefighters and medics were called to the house shortly before 8 a.m. Sunday for a report of a death, the sheriff’s office ...
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY — Gov. Kim Reynolds said Monday that Iowa’s meatpacking plants must stay open despite coronavirus outbreaks that have sickened hundreds of workers, saying that shutting them down would be devastating for farmers and the nation’s food ...
DES MOINES (AP) — The number of cases of coronavirus in Iowa increased more than 15% on Sunday to 2,902, according to state health officials. The Iowa Department of Public Health said Sunday that 389 additional cases of COVID-19 and one additional death related to the virus had been ...
WATERLOO (AP) — A one-time boxer and suspect in a deadly, botched armored car heist last month is now charged in a fire that destroyed a well-known Waterloo restaurant. Kevin Cruz Soliveras, 29, of Evansdale, was arrested Monday on arson and burglary charges in the March 5 fire that gutted ...
DES MOINES (AP) — A newly released report by the Iowa State Auditor says a former Buffalo city employee failed to deposit more than $42,000 in collections over a three-year period into the city’s bank account. The audit was released Tuesday. State Auditor Rob Sand said the special ...
CLINTON (AP) — The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation on Monday named Clinton officer Ryan Livesay as the officer who fatally shot a man during a car chase last week. Livesay is on paid administrative leave for the April 7 shooting of 38-year-old Clinton resident Jacob Matthew Dau, The ...
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY — Iowa reported its biggest daily increase in coronavirus cases Tuesday as the number of employees testing positive at a large pork plant grew to 166 and the number of outbreaks at long-term care facilities doubled. Gov. Kim Reynolds announced ...
DAVENPORT (AP) — A Davenport nursing home said Monday that two employees and one resident have tested positive for the coronavirus. The Kahl Home said in a statement that additional employees and residents have reported symptoms but none have so far tested positive. Two employees are ...
TAMA (AP) — A beef processing plant in one of Iowa’s coronavirus hot spots has suspended production after several workers have become infected. National Beef announced that its Iowa Premium plant in Tama will be idled until April 20. The company said numerous employees had contracted ...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday partially rescinded a lower-court order that had largely blocked the enforcement of an abortion ban in Texas during the coronavirus pandemic. By a 2-1 vote, the three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld ...
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY — A plan to create an Iowa-specific model to forecast the coronavirus pandemic could still take weeks to complete and any finished product may not ultimately guide the state’s decision-making, a top health official said Monday. Iowa Department ...
DES MOINES (AP) — A pedestrian and a dog were struck by a pickup truck and killed in Des Moines on Sunday morning. Des Moines Police say the crash happened around 8 a.m. Sunday in the 1700 block of Beaver Avenue. Officers found the 38-year-old woman and a dog she was walking deceased at the ...
DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa health officials said eight more people have died from COVID-19 in Iowa, and 83 new cases of the disease were reported Sunday. The Iowa Department of Public Health said Sunday that the statewide total of coronavirus cases grew to at least 868, and 22 people in Iowa ...
By DAVID PITT and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press DES MOINES — Federal judges on Monday temporarily blocked efforts in Texas and Alabama to ban abortions during the coronavirus pandemic, handing Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers a victory as clinics across the U.S. filed ...
MAQUOKETA (AP) — An agency wants to fine an eastern Iowa animal food operation for workplace safety violations, saying it has exposed employees to risks that include long falls. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration wants to impose fines of more than $74,000 on Devenish ...
PLEASANTVILLE (AP) — Firefighters were still battling hot spots Monday after a fire gutted a church in south-central Iowa, officials said. Fire crews from several departments were dispatched to the Pleasantville Christian Church in Pleasantville before 6 a.m. They battled to keep flames from ...