A woman who claims she was sexually harassed by a co-worker at an Iowa military base and fired after she complained will be paid $190,000 in damages and legal fees and reinstated under a legal settlement. Lindsie Bertrand claimed the …
No one was injured but more than $275,000 in damage was reported when two semitrailers, one carrying a wind turbine blade, crashed in downtown Dubuque, Iowa. The Telegraph Herald is reporting that the accident happened Wednesday morning on the west …
Iowa paid nearly $3.8 million to settle claims and resolve disputes in fiscal year 2011, down significantly from the previous year, state officials said. Officials said a large share of that amount was paid out in medical negligence cases at …
A complex of apartments and commercial space that was under construction in Cedar Rapids has been destroyed by fire. The Cedar Rapids fire department says the blaze at the two-story building was reported early Saturday morning. Flames and smoke were …
A flexible tubing for natural gas has been linked to at least 24 house fires in the Des Moines area since 2007. Officials told The Des Moines Register that the tubing is vulnerable to damage from lightning. The officials say …
The state has agreed to pay $180,000 to settle the claim of a state worker who was fired after her supervisor expressed skepticism that working mothers can handle high-pressure jobs. That supervisor, Roya Stanley, then resigned from her job at …
A Cedar Falls couple has been awarded $1.3 million in their lawsuit against the doctor who delivered their baby. A jury deliberated for about five hours before awarding Alan and Larysa the funds for injuries to their daughter during childbirth. …
The supervisor of a renovation project in downtown Des Moines has been given three years of probation for his role in the illegal removal of asbestos from the building. Russell Coco pleaded guilty to two asbestos-removal charges in February. The …
Authorities say an 81-year-old Fort Dodge man died after he lost control of his pickup truck and hit the back of a parked excavator in a construction zone in Fort Dodge. The Iowa State Patrol says Gene Peterson was killed …
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has asked U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack for a disaster designation for six western Iowa counties hit by flooding along the Missouri River. Branstad on Wednesday requested the designation, which would make disaster programs available …