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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday partially rescinded a lower-court order that had largely blocked the enforcement of an abortion ban in Texas during the coronavirus pandemic.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 ...
IOWA CITY (AP) — An outbreak of the coronavirus at an eastern Iowa long-term care facility has infected 21 residents and employees, public health officials said Monday. The outbreak at the Cedar Rapids facility has contributed to a recent surge of infections in Linn County, which on Monday ...
DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa health officials said Sunday that they have confirmed 38 more cases of COVID-19 and a fourth death. The Iowa Department of Public Health said the state now has 336 positive cases, up from 298 on Saturday. The latest death was a Linn County resident between the ages of ...
By KEN MILLER Associated Press Strong storms that brought tornadoes, high winds, hail and rain to parts of the Midwest and South caused extensive damage in some areas but no deaths, officials said Sunday. Tornadoes were spotted in Arkansas, Illinois and Iowa as thunderstorms swept through ...
GUTTENBERG (AP) — A man fishing on the Mississippi River fell from a boat in northeast Iowa and drowned, authorities said. The Iowa Natural Resources Department said two men in a 14-foot-long boat were in a restricted area near a low-head dam at Guttenberg on Saturday afternoon when their ...
FOREST CITY (AP) — Iowa-based recreational vehicle and boat manufacturer Winnebago Industries said Monday it is ceasing production to protect workers from coronavirus exposure and will adjust production as demand for the company’s products is rapidly changing. The company, which employees ...
DES MOINES (AP) — Authorities have been taking steps to cut the number of inmates in Iowa’s prisons and jails, citing concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus. The disease it causes, COVID-19, has yet to be confirmed in any Iowa prison or jail, officials told The Des Moines ...
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY — Broadcast journalist Dean Borg, who kept Iowans informed for decades as the host of the public affairs television program “Iowa Press,” has died at age 81, Iowa PBS announced Monday. Borg died Sunday afternoon due to complications caused by ...
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said Monday that more aggressive orders to halt the movement of Iowans are not needed even though the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise. Reynolds said the state now has 105 positive cases, an increase of 15 from ...
DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa health officials have confirmed 22 new coronavirus cases in the state. The Iowa Department of Public Health said Sunday that the state now has 90 cases of COVID-19. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered all of the state’s hair salons, barber shops, medical spas, massage ...
DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa’s unemployment rate for January was 2.8%, the state reported Monday. Iowa Workforce Development said the rate was unchanged from the revised rate for December. The number of unemployed residents rose slightly in January to an estimated 49,500. The number of people ...
MARSHALLTOWN (AP) — Authorities have charged a 30-year-old suspect with first-degree murder in the shooting of a man in Marshalltown. Mustafa Muhammad also is charged with three weapons counts. Online court records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment for him. The shooting ...
DES MOINES (AP) — Authorities have released the names of a woman and her 5-year-old child who died in a Des Moines residential fire. They were identified Monday as Tharassa Page, 40, and her son, Red Eagle Thundercloud Page. Firefighters were sent around 10:45 a.m. Sunday to a duplex, where ...