The lawsuit says the students were paid significantly less than U.S. employees and some of their money was deducted from their paychecks to fund kickbacks to the college and staffing agency.
Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Ben Corell said initially Iowa had planned to send 15 members of the 185th Refueling Wing to Washington but because of the attack on the Capitol last week, all states and territories have been asked to help.
Gov. Tim Walz has extended Minnesota’s peacetime state of emergency by another 30 days. This comes as the Minnesota Department of Health reports 50 additional deaths tied to COVID-19 and 1,504 new cases.
A right-wing conspiracy theorist from Iowa was among the first to break into the U.S. Capitol during last week’s deadly pro-Trump insurrection, chasing and menacing a Black police officer, federal agents said Tuesday.
An Iowa Department of Public Safety worker who traveled to Washington, D.C., to support President Donald Trump’s push to overturn the election says she understands the rage that fueled the riot, writing online that it “had to happen.”
Minnesota has released a new COVID-19 dashboard detailing the state’s vaccine data. Also, state health officials report 13 additional deaths tied to COVID-19, and 1,335 new confirmed positive cases.
Jensen was booked into the Polk County Jail early Saturday on five federal charges, including trespassing and disorderly conduct counts, according to news releases from the FBI’s field office in Omaha, Nebraska and the county sheriff’s office.
A recent survey conducted by National Association of Student Personnel Administrators found that one in five students report they are constantly anxious about the pandemic.
Iowa lawmakers began their legislative session on Monday with no mask requirements, and many members opted not to wear face coverings even as rates of coronavirus infections rise in the Des Moines area and much of the state.
A judge last month granted a deferred judgment for Michael Ray Stepanek, 45, who told police he drove his Toyota Camry through the crowd in August because the protesters needed “an attitude adjustment.”
Minnesota lawmakers and political figures and organizations have spoken out from Washington D.C. and beyond as protesters supporting President Trump breached security perimeters and forced members of Congress halt their session debating the electoral college count.
The Minnesota Department of Health says all of the first COVID-19 vaccine doses for health care workers in the first priority group have been distributed to providers statewide. This comes as officials report 18 additional deaths tied to COVID-19 and 1,612 new confirmed positive cases.
The Minnesota Department of Health reports case growth is down 68% since the peak of new infections in mid-November. Meanwhile, the spread of the coronavirus may be increasing again in Iowa as the positivity rate ticked higher in recent days.
Authorities have released some additional details about the suspicious death of a 25-year-old woman last week in a small lake community in northwestern Iowa.
Minnesota’s downward trend of COVID-19 cases continues Tuesday. Also, the Minnesota Department of Health is now accepting appointments for January at its community COVID-19 testing sites statewide.
Bennett, his wife and their daughter and more than a dozen others became infected after traveling to Egypt in February. Their cases were among the first reported in Iowa.
Public health officials reported no additional deaths, leaving the state’s death toll at 3,745. A lag in death reports is likely to drive the total higher by year’s end.
Tyson announced the terminations of the Waterloo managers Dec. 16, weeks after the betting allegation surfaced in wrongful death lawsuits filed by the families of four workers who died of COVID-19.
The Minnesota Department of Health reports 75 additional deaths tied to COVID-19, and 1513 new confirmed positive cases. Also, Governor Tim Walz signed an executive order this morning to reopen pools for lap swim and organized swim teams.
Janine Keim entered her plea Wednesday in federal court in Sioux City to charges of embezzlement and making false statements, The Sioux City Journal reported.
Reynolds’ revised coronavirus pandemic emergency proclamation, which takes effect Thursday morning, follows an overall decline in the spread of the virus and hospitalizations in Iowa in the past month.
The company said the investigation led by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder revealed troubling behavior that resulted in the firings at the plant in Waterloo, Iowa.
The family of a man who died from COVID-19 while working at a Tyson pork plant in Storm Lake has filed a lawsuit accusing the company and several plant executives of gross negligence.
These efforts reflect a widespread surge of interest among many U.S. religious groups in the area of reparations, particularly among long-established Protestant churches that were active in the era of slavery.
Vaccine delivery comes as Minnesota sees its lowest daily death toll due to COVID-19 in two weeks. The Minnesota Department of Health reports 18 additional deaths tied to COVID-19, and 3,026 new confirmed positive cases.
Those who choose the testing option may schedule an appointment online and patients will receive same-day test results in as little as 1-2 hours after completing the test.
Governor Tim Walz will be joined by Department of Health officials to discuss how the state plans to distribute the vaccines once they’re given the green light. Meanwhile, state health officials are reporting 22 additional deaths tied to COVID-19, and 3,080 new confirmed positive cases.
The FBI field office in Omaha, Nebraska, posted a plea on its Twitter page Friday asking for any information of Breasia Terrell, who has been missing since July 9.
After facing a workforce shortage for months, Iowa has awarded an emergency $2.3 million contact-tracing contract to a company owned by a Republican Party insider.
The Iowa Department of Public Health said Friday that 84 more residents were reported dead from the virus, a one-day high for the second straight day after recording 70 deaths Thursday.
Minnesota health officials are reporting 92 new deaths tied to COVID-19, just under the state's highest daily record of 101 deaths set last week. 6,166 new cases have also been identified statewide
