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Company claims Iowa workers conspired to take over highly classified government work

By CLARK KAUFFMAN Iowa Capital Dispatch A group of western Iowa businessmen are being sued over an alleged “brazen and coordinated scheme” to take over highly classified work for the federal government by poaching employees and stealing trade secrets from their employer. Oaklea Simpson Security, a Westminster, Maryland, company, is suing several former employees of its Iowa office in Mills County, including Douglas Grave of Glenwood; Rex Thomas of Treynor; Wesley Carter of Malvern; Steven Douglas of Omaha, and Timothy Sullivan of Chesapeake, Virginia. Corporate co-defendants ...

DETROIT (AP) — Two people have died in the cyclospora outbreak in Michigan, state health officials announced Monday, the first deaths confirmed in the U.S. related to the microscopic parasite. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said both people had underlying health ...

Boelter makes first state court appearance

The man serving two life terms plus 40 years after pleading guilty to federal charges related to killing a top Democratic lawmaker and her husband made his initial appearance Monday in state court where he faces similar charges. The state case against Vance Boelter had been on hold pending resolution of the federal case. Monday's procedural state court hearing came less than two weeks after Boelter's sentencing in federal court. He pleaded guilty to the federal charges related to the killing of former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, as well as critically wounding ...

Trump: New talks are ‘last chance’ for Iran to forge deal

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has played this hand before during the 5-month-old Iran war — but this time, he insists it’s different. The president on Monday said that new talks between Washington and Tehran are the “last chance” for Iran to forge a deal and avoid an ...

Audit: Iowa now meets federal nursing home inspection requirements

By ROBIN OPSAHL Iowa Capital Dispatch An audit released Monday shows the state has made “substantial improvements” in efforts to inspect nursing homes and now meets federal requirements, state Auditor Rob Sand said. In 2024, the state auditor’s office found certified nursing homes in Iowa were inspected by the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing on average every 17.1 months — four months beyond the federal mandate requiring homes to be inspected on a 12.9 month average. This requirement was set by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the ...

Authorities seek motive in mass shooting at In-N-Out Burger

A driver charging his electric taxi and a former law enforcement officer who tried to intervene were among the seven people wounded in a mass shooting at an Idaho fast food restaurant that also left three people dead, according to friends and relatives of the two men. The attack Saturday at a ...