The Iowa Medical Examiners Office says a 17-year-old girl died of carbon monoxide poisoning after she helped clean a hog confinement building in Kossuth County.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the state of Iowa challenging a 2019 law that allows Medicaid to deny payment for sex reassignment surgeries for transgender residents.
A judge has declared a mistrial after a jury failed to reach a verdict in the case of an Iowa man accused of killing a woman and her two young children.
Congresswoman Cindy Axne, Iowa House Minority Leader Todd Prichard and Iowa Senate Minority Leader Zach Wahls recently sent a letter to the U.S. Attorney General requesting an independent investigation.
Officials say two medical staffers incorrectly administered the Pfizer vaccine to the prisoners, with the dosage exceeding the amount recommended by the manufacturer.
After 43 of Iowa’s 99 counties this week declined additional shipments of shots because of less consumer demand, Reynolds on Wednesday promoted vaccinations and said the state is concentrating efforts on trusted community leaders to help convince resistant Iowans to get the shots.
A judge has ruled that former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad does not have to testify in a long-running lawsuit brought by an investigator who was fired in 2013 shortly after filing a complaint about Branstad’s state vehicle speeding.
Officials say Michael Thomas Lang, 41, of Grundy Center, was released from University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics on Wednesday and transported by law enforcement to the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office, where he made his initial appearance.
Ottumwa's City Council reviews the last year of COVID, approves a bridge inspection, a grant for the historic 131 East Main Street, and Mayor Lazio talks about the benefits of the American Rescue Plan for Ottumwa.
Joseph Bloom was found guilty of burglary, robbery, assault while participating in a public offense causing serious injury and willful injury causing serious injury.
The Iowa General Assembly was cited for a handful of violations of workplace safety rules, along with issues with the legislature’s COVID-19-related precautions that were identified by inspectors but not listed as a violation of state law.
Des Moines police are facing pushback after putting a sergeant who has been disciplined for excessive force on a five-person team that leads de-escalation training.
Reynolds’ order is issued in conjunction with President Biden’s proclamation to lower all United States flags to half-staff for the same length of time.
A little more than one in four Iowans have completed their vaccination course against the novel coronavirus, as the number of individuals newly tested for the virus showed an unusual lull.
