SCHALLER (AP) — The small, family-owned Iowa trucking company linked to the deadly case of immigrant smuggling in Texas has a history of safety and tax violations and financial problems, public records show. Pyle Transportation Inc. failed to pay federal employment and trucking taxes for ...
DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has issued a disaster proclamation for four counties in the northeast corner of Iowa that suffered storm damages. The governor’s office said Thursday that the proclamation covers Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette and Winneshiek counties raked by storms ...
FORT DODGE (AP) — A Lake Mills man has been found guilty of killing two people and trying to kill another in Mason City last year. A jury on Thursday found 31-year-old Peter Veal guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder. Officers sent to a Mason City ...
DES MOINES (AP) — Public employees in Iowa have been fired in recent months for misconduct such as theft, fraud and student mistreatment, according to records obtained under a new law that reveals those details for the first time. An officer allegedly submitted fraudulent expense forms ...
CEDAR FALLS (AP) — A state contractor is poring through garbage in Cedar Falls, looking for recyclables. SCS Engineers was hired by the Iowa Natural Resources Department to provide Cedar Falls with information to help improve recycling efforts. The data can help cities find out how many ...
DES MOINES (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders reiterated criticism of Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act to a receptive crowd in Iowa on Saturday, calling a bill moving through the Senate “disastrous.” The Vermont senator highlighted his thoughts on the bill while blasting ...
ONAWA (AP) — Authorities say a 41-year-old man has died from injuries suffered in a western Iowa house fire. Firefighters were dispatched to the Onawa home around 9:30 p.m. on July 3. Neighbors reported hearing a big bang before the flames erupted. One person at the home, Dallas Seward, was ...
DES MOINES (AP) — A former Iowa Senate Republican Caucus aide has testified in her sexual harassment lawsuit that sex, race and sexual orientation were regular topics of conversations and jokes in the office. Kirsten Anderson,39, testified in her lawsuit Tuesday. Much of her testimony ...
CHEROKEE (AP) — After nearly three years of sitting vacant, a Tyson Foods plant in the northwestern Iowa community of Cherokee could be showing signs of life.. The owner of the property recently listed the site with Chicago-based Global Food Properties, the Des Moines Register reported. ...
OXFORD (AP) — A Cedar Rapids man has been charged with attempted murder after officials say he stabbed a man, tried to run him over and shot at him in a central Iowa wildlife management area. The incident happened Thursday in the Hawkeye Wildlife Management Area in rural Johnson ...
MASON CITY (AP) — A Mason City man has been charged with child endangerment after police say he caused a serious brain injury in his 5-month-old baby. Jeremy Walter Rose, 27, was arrested Thursday night and charged with child endangerment resulting in serious injury. He’s being held in the ...
MUSCATINE (AP) — A judge has upheld his own ruling earlier this month that the Muscatine mayor be returned to office while the appeal of her removal is heard. The City Council voted May 11 to remove Diana Broderson as mayor, saying she had created unnecessary legal and staff costs and ...
ADEL (AP) — On a scorching day 86 years ago, a dropped sparkler ignited an inferno that roared through much of the small city of Spencer, Iowa, and led to a statewide fireworks ban that endured for generations. Fireworks have since become legal in most of the country and Iowa legislators ...
IOWA CITY (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday that a Democratic appointee can seek damages for alleged political retaliation he suffered under former Republican Gov. Terry Branstad, a decision that will make it easier for state residents to sue government officials who violate their ...
DES MOINES (AP) — A man who helped write the computer code behind several U.S. lotteries, including some of its biggest, pleaded guilty Thursday to masterminding a scheme through which he rigged the winning numbers for jackpots in several states and collected millions of dollars. Eddie ...
DES MOINES (AP) — A father and son whose Iowa-based egg production company caused a massive 2010 salmonella outbreak have exhausted their appeals and a federal judge has ordered them to begin serving prison sentences. The U.S. Supreme Court declined in May to hear the appeals of Austin ...
IOWA CITY (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday overturned the conviction of a lottery employee implicated in a nationwide fixing scandal, saying his trial over a rigged $16.5 million jackpot was tainted by unjustified delays in the investigation. The ruling is a victory for former ...
DES MOINES (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court on Tuesday banned weapons in courthouses statewide, saying that it had a duty to promote safety in the courts. The order signed by Chief Justice Mark Cady does not apply to peace officers but it prohibits other visitors from carrying weapons into ...
DAVENPORT (AP) — A man accused of killing his parents in Davenport will be undergoing a mental health evaluation. Court records say a judge granted a defense motion last week for 21-year-old Sean Freese. He’s pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder. Authorities say he shot ...
MASON CITY (AP) — Mason City police say the driver of a sport utility vehicle was drunk and speeding in April when he crashed into a tree, killing himself and four passengers. Police Chief Jeff Brinkley announced Monday that an autopsy shows the driver of the SUV had a blood-alcohol level ...