AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/iowa-city-lawsuits-iowa-ar-state-wire-ia-state-wire-7f6ed0b1bda047339f22789a10f64ac4Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/iowa-city-lawsuits-iowa-ar-state-wire-ia-state-wire-7f6ed0b1bda047339f22789a10f64ac4Click to copyRelated topicsIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Oregon parent wanted details about school employees getting paid to stay home. A retired educator sought data about student performance in Louisiana. And college journalists in Kentucky requested documents about the investigations of employees accused of sexual misconduct.Instead, they got something...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/iowa-city-lawsuits-iowa-ar-state-wire-ia-state-wire-7f6ed0b1bda047339f22789a10f64ac4Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/iowa-city-lawsuits-iowa-ar-state-wire-ia-state-wire-7f6ed0b1bda047339f22789a10f64ac4Click to copyRelated topicsIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Oregon parent wanted details about school employees getting paid to stay home. A retired educator sought data about student performance in Louisiana. And college journalists in Kentucky requested documents about the investigations of employees accused of sexual misconduct.Instead, they got something...WW…

Ryan J. FoleyAssociated PressIOWA CITY, Ia. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack said Friday that he’s “deeply concerned” about an Associated Press report that showed the first known coronavirus outbreak at an Iowa meatpacking plant was far more severe than the state publicly acknowledged.Loebsack wrote a letter to Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds requesting answers to several questions about the state’s response to the outbreak at the Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Columbus Junction.Loebsack’s letter came two days after the AP reported on documents showing that Tyson officials reported to...…Ryan J. FoleyAssociated PressIOWA CITY, Ia. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack said Friday that he’s “deeply concerned” about an Associated Press report that showed the first known coronavirus outbreak at an Iowa meatpacking plant was far more severe than the state publicly acknowledged.Loebsack wrote a letter to Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds requesting answers to several questions about the state’s response to the outbreak at the Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Columbus Junction.Loebsack’s letter came two days after the AP reported on documents showing that Tyson officials reported to...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ia-state-wire-ap-top-news-iowa-chicago-storms-e7bfc5351814eb111f90f540d605514aClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ia-state-wire-ap-top-news-iowa-chicago-storms-e7bfc5351814eb111f90f540d605514aClick to copyRelated topicsIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A rare storm packing 100 mph winds and with power similar to an inland hurricane swept across the Midwest, blowing over trees, flipping vehicles, causing widespread property damage and leaving hundreds of thousands without power as it moved through Chicago and into Indiana and Michigan.The storm known as a derecho...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ia-state-wire-ap-top-news-iowa-chicago-storms-e7bfc5351814eb111f90f540d605514aClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ia-state-wire-ap-top-news-iowa-chicago-storms-e7bfc5351814eb111f90f540d605514aClick to copyRelated topicsIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A rare storm packing 100 mph winds and with power similar to an inland hurricane swept across the Midwest, blowing over trees, flipping vehicles, causing widespread property damage and leaving hundreds of thousands without power as it moved through Chicago and into Indiana and Michigan.The storm known as a derecho...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-business-china-executive-branch-ia-state-wire-b457635e50f286e9a74e54b1c1646e8cClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-business-china-executive-branch-ia-state-wire-b457635e50f286e9a74e54b1c1646e8cClick to copyRelated topicsIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa has rebuilt its stockpile of personal protective equipment after a dire shortage that prompted the state to buy through unusual sources, including $7 million in contracts for gowns and goggles with a business known for making Republican campaign signs.Iowa’s executive branch...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-business-china-executive-branch-ia-state-wire-b457635e50f286e9a74e54b1c1646e8cClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-business-china-executive-branch-ia-state-wire-b457635e50f286e9a74e54b1c1646e8cClick to copyRelated topicsIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa has rebuilt its stockpile of personal protective equipment after a dire shortage that prompted the state to buy through unusual sources, including $7 million in contracts for gowns and goggles with a business known for making Republican campaign signs.Iowa’s executive branch...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/kim-reynolds-iowa-city-virus-outbreak-iowa-us-news-ef5038c7d6e9e08601d469d1a72bba6bClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/kim-reynolds-iowa-city-virus-outbreak-iowa-us-news-ef5038c7d6e9e08601d469d1a72bba6bClick to copyRelated topicsIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s $26 million contract to increase coronavirus testing was reached after the governor acted on a tip from actor Ashton Kutcher, a revelation that increased skepticism about the no-bid deal on Thursday.Critics of Gov. Kim Reynolds said they were puzzled by the celebrity’s cameo in Iowa’s outbreak...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/kim-reynolds-iowa-city-virus-outbreak-iowa-us-news-ef5038c7d6e9e08601d469d1a72bba6bClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/kim-reynolds-iowa-city-virus-outbreak-iowa-us-news-ef5038c7d6e9e08601d469d1a72bba6bClick to copyRelated topicsIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s $26 million contract to increase coronavirus testing was reached after the governor acted on a tip from actor Ashton Kutcher, a revelation that increased skepticism about the no-bid deal on Thursday.Critics of Gov. Kim Reynolds said they were puzzled by the celebrity’s cameo in Iowa’s outbreak...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/b5a0a91a897e42acd16b6382cbd84061Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/b5a0a91a897e42acd16b6382cbd84061Click to copyRelated topicsIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Investigators on Wednesday arrested a long-haul trucker from Iowa who they say is linked by DNA evidence to the killings of three women whose bodies were dumped in Wyoming and Tennessee in the early 1990s.Police arrested Clark Perry Baldwin, 58, at his home in Waterloo, Iowa, on murder charges filed in Wyoming and Tennessee in the deaths of the women, including two who were pregnant. Investigators said...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/b5a0a91a897e42acd16b6382cbd84061Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/b5a0a91a897e42acd16b6382cbd84061Click to copyRelated topicsIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Investigators on Wednesday arrested a long-haul trucker from Iowa who they say is linked by DNA evidence to the killings of three women whose bodies were dumped in Wyoming and Tennessee in the early 1990s.Police arrested Clark Perry Baldwin, 58, at his home in Waterloo, Iowa, on murder charges filed in Wyoming and Tennessee in the deaths of the women, including two who were pregnant. Investigators said...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/85a02d9296053980ea47eba97f920707Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/85a02d9296053980ea47eba97f920707Click to copyRelated topicsIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The first confirmed coronavirus outbreak at an Iowa meatpacking plant was far more severe than previously known, with more than twice as many workers becoming infected than the state Department of Public Health told the public, newly released records show.The department announced at a May 5 news conference that 221 employees at the Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Columbus Junction had tested positive...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/85a02d9296053980ea47eba97f920707Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/85a02d9296053980ea47eba97f920707Click to copyRelated topicsIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The first confirmed coronavirus outbreak at an Iowa meatpacking plant was far more severe than previously known, with more than twice as many workers becoming infected than the state Department of Public Health told the public, newly released records show.The department announced at a May 5 news conference that 221 employees at the Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Columbus Junction had tested positive...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/7fd42e86572e706c9726ca1e64e075e7Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/7fd42e86572e706c9726ca1e64e075e7Click to copyRelated topicsIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The daughter of an Iowa nursing home resident who died suddenly in a coronavirus outbreak said Tuesday she believes the state could have done more to stop the spread and protect elderly citizens such as her father.Roger Coe, 86, died Friday at the Crystal Heights Care Center in Oskaloosa after the virus quickly spread through his home. Coe, who served two decades in the U.S. Air Force, leaves behind eight...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/7fd42e86572e706c9726ca1e64e075e7Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/7fd42e86572e706c9726ca1e64e075e7Click to copyRelated topicsIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The daughter of an Iowa nursing home resident who died suddenly in a coronavirus outbreak said Tuesday she believes the state could have done more to stop the spread and protect elderly citizens such as her father.Roger Coe, 86, died Friday at the Crystal Heights Care Center in Oskaloosa after the virus quickly spread through his home. Coe, who served two decades in the U.S. Air Force, leaves behind eight...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/business-iowa-city-virus-outbreak-iowa-us-news-d21fe9a4864971427d40fd2caa61ad34Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/business-iowa-city-virus-outbreak-iowa-us-news-d21fe9a4864971427d40fd2caa61ad34Click to copyRelated topicsIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Tyson Foods suspended operations Wednesday at an Iowa plant that is critical to the nation’s pork supply but was blamed for fueling a massive coronavirus outbreak in the region.The Arkansas-based company said the closure of the plant in Waterloo would deny a vital market to hog farmers and further disrupt U.S....…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/business-iowa-city-virus-outbreak-iowa-us-news-d21fe9a4864971427d40fd2caa61ad34Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/business-iowa-city-virus-outbreak-iowa-us-news-d21fe9a4864971427d40fd2caa61ad34Click to copyRelated topicsIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Tyson Foods suspended operations Wednesday at an Iowa plant that is critical to the nation’s pork supply but was blamed for fueling a massive coronavirus outbreak in the region.The Arkansas-based company said the closure of the plant in Waterloo would deny a vital market to hog farmers and further disrupt U.S....WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/682b1421557b3427710a0443d2d58244Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/682b1421557b3427710a0443d2d58244Click to copyRelated topicsIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa is moving ahead with a $10 million purchase to stockpile ventilators for coronavirus patients, even though overall demand for the breathing machines has dropped and more than 760 are currently available at hospitals statewide.The president of a distribution company working to supply 500 ventilators to Iowa said Thursday that the decision to buy now is smart, given that new waves of the virus could...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/682b1421557b3427710a0443d2d58244Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/682b1421557b3427710a0443d2d58244Click to copyRelated topicsIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa is moving ahead with a $10 million purchase to stockpile ventilators for coronavirus patients, even though overall demand for the breathing machines has dropped and more than 760 are currently available at hospitals statewide.The president of a distribution company working to supply 500 ventilators to Iowa said Thursday that the decision to buy now is smart, given that new waves of the virus could...WW…