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Staff member dies after assault by juvenile at Iowa youth facility
JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — A woman who worked at an Iowa center that provides services for troubled youths has died, days after she was assaulted by a juvenile at the facility, officials said. Kathleen Galloway-Menke, 50, was assaulted May 8 by a 15-year-old resident at the center,...
Iowa county jail's fees helped fund cotton candy and laser tag for department, lawsuit says
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Civil rights groups filed a class action lawsuit on Monday accusing an Iowa sheriff’s department of mishandling the collection of jail fees, some of which helped fund recreational expenses like laser tag and a cotton candy machine at a shooting range. The...
Men behind the doomsday seed vault in the Arctic win World Food Prize
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As Cary Fowler and Geoffrey Hawtin began thinking about ways to prevent starvation and protect the world's food supply, they came up with what Fowler called “the craziest idea anybody ever had” — a global seed vault built into the side of an Arctic mountain. ...
Athletes tied to Iowa gambling sting seek damages in civil lawsuit against state and investigators
Attorneys for more than two dozen Iowa and Iowa State athletes who were ensnared in a state gambling sting filed a civil lawsuit Friday seeking unspecified monetary damages from the state and its public safety and criminal investigation agencies for violating the athletes' rights and smearing their...
Principal Financial: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Principal Financial Group Inc. (PFG) on Thursday reported first-quarter profit of $532.5 million. The Des Moines, Iowa-based company said it had profit of $2.22 per share. Earnings, adjusted for investment gains, came to $1.65 per...
13-year-old girl shot to death in small Iowa town; 12-year-old boy taken into custody
ELDORA, Iowa (AP) — A 13-year-old girl was fatally shot in a rural area of Iowa, and a 12-year-old boy was taken into custody. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation said someone called 911 just before 5:30 a.m. Sunday about the shooting in the town of Eldora, about 80 miles...
A judge blocks the demolition of a groundbreaking Iowa art installation
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked plans to remove a nationally known outdoor artwork that borders a pond in a Des Moines city park, finding the New York artist who created the work is likely to succeed in her argument that destroying the work would violate her...
Demolition of groundbreaking Iowa art installation set to begin soon
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Crews could begin ripping out a groundbreaking art installation bordering a Des Moines pond as early as next week under plans announced by a local art museum Wednesday, saying the artwork is hazardous and would be too expensive to repair. City officials gave...
Editorial Roundup: Iowa
Dubuque Telegraph Herald. March 31, 2024. Editorial: Iowa still facing water-quality challenges Even though some area waterways in this neck of the woods have a chance to be removed from Iowa’s list of impaired waters, the state has a long way to go to mark real...
Some state lawmakers want school chaplains as part of a 'rescue mission' for public education
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lawmakers in more than a dozen states have proposed legislation to allow spiritual chaplains in public schools, a move that proponents say will ease a youth mental health crisis, bolster staff retention and offer spiritual care to students who can’t afford or access...
