Iowa Farm Co-op Hit by Ransomware Attack
Sep 21, 2021
A ransomware attack by the BlackMatter gang forced New Cooperative, an association of Iowa corn and soy farmers, to take their systems offline but it said it created workarounds to receive grain and distribute feed,…
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Corrections director comments on sentencing for Anamosa Penitentiary killings
Sep 20, 2021
BY DAR DANIELSON The Director of the Iowa Department of Corrections says the guilty pleas of two men in the killings of an Anamosa corrections officer and nurse are one step in the process of recovery.…
Iowa's Congressional districts would change under redistricting
Sep 17, 2021
Iowa’s four congressional districts would include two that lean heavily toward Republicans, one that favors Democrats and one that both parties would have a chance at winning under proposed redistricting maps from a nonpartisan agency.…
Second inmate gets life for killing Iowa prison workers
Sep 16, 2021
A second inmate received a life sentence Wednesday for the beating deaths of two Iowa prison workers during a failed escape attempt in March. Michael Dutcher, 28, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in the…
Iowans given chance to weigh in on proposed carbon pipeline
Sep 15, 2021
BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR Public meetings are underway this week in several Iowa cities, the first steps an Iowa-based company must follow as it seeks a state permit to build an underground pipeline for carbon through…
Judge's temporary order allows Iowa schools to mandate masks
Sep 14, 2021
A federal judge on Monday (9/13) ordered the state of Iowa to immediately halt enforcement of a law that prevents school boards from ordering masks to be worn to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.…
Trucking company leader, philanthropist John Ruan III has died
Sep 13, 2021
BY O. KAY HENDERSON A Des Moines businessman and philanthropist who has been chairman of the Des Moines-based World Food Prize Foundation has died at the age of 78 after a long illness. For more than…
Iowa to use COVID relief funds for ad campaign
Sep 10, 2021
Iowa will use federal coronavirus relief funds to pay for a $3.7 million national ad campaign that promotes the state as a destination for visitors and workers, an agency spokeswoman said Thursday. The 30-second ad is part…
Iowa judge considers whether to halt state ban on mask mandates
Sep 10, 2021
Iowa Republican legislators and the governor prohibited mask mandates in schools for purely political reasons to appease complaining constituents, a lawyer representing a mother and her sons argued Thursday. “The popularity of the governor and…
30 more COVID deaths in Iowa and more cases in children
Sep 09, 2021
Iowa saw 30 more deaths caused by the coronavirus in the past week as data showed more children and young adults were getting infected and more people were being treated in hospitals, according to the…