DUBUQUE — Gwendolyn Yeo opened her eyes, and the staff standing around her Wednesday morning at UnityPoint Health-Finley Hospital’s Family Birthing Suites in Dubuque cooed and smiled.
As states plan how they’ll spend the $25 billion remaining in federal COVID relief funds, some also are facing criticism and renewed scrutiny over how they allocated money already received from the American Rescue Plan Act. Of the $198 billion authorized by Congress in 2021, $173 billion already has been appropriated by states, the District […]
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The Sioux City Journal took 3rd place for overall general excellence among the state's largest daily papers at the Iowa Newspaper Association's 2023 Better Newspaper Contest. SCJ won a total of 16 awards in the INA contest, including 5, 1st-place honors.
Since 2008, the Biometric Information Privacy Act has made Illinois the only state that grants a private right of action to sue over improper collection and mishandling of biometric data.
Aspen Creek in Troy specializes in caring for people who have Alzheimer's or dementia.
The Bismarck Historical Society will continue its 2011-12 program series at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gross, 120 W. Ave. A.
A Minnesota House committee on Friday approved four gun control bills that would mandate safe firearm storage, expand background checks, create a “red flag” law to seize guns from people deemed dangerous, and require gun owners to promptly notify law enforcement if their firearms are stolen. The bills’ passage through the House Public Safety Finance […]
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A birthday party and swap meet in northern Iowa last year resulted in a $4,500 fine for its host after photographic and video evidence revealed that partygoers burned a car as part of the festivities, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. “It was a fine party until they lit the car on fire,” […]
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Stacker compiled a list of the best seasons in Green Bay Packers history using Pro-Football-…
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An Iowa college student whose YouTube video of a police traffic stop generated 1.6 million views is now suing the city of Newton for false arrest. In a lawsuit filed this week in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, Tayvin Galanakis, 19, of Newton alleges the city and its police department are […]
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The U.S. Department of Labor is taking two Iowa companies to court over allegations that they either failed to pay workers overtime or spent their workers’ retirement contributions. The first of the two cases, filed this week in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, alleges that Seth Woods, along with Woods Constriction […]
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A Minnesota man who collected tens of thousands of tires in northern Iowa without proper permits has been fined $10,000 by the state Department of Natural Resources. Acting on an anonymous complaint in March 2022, a DNR officer went to an acreage west of Intestate Highway 35 near the Minnesota border and found a “significant […]
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Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in South Dakota using data from AAA.
Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in Wisconsin using data from AAA.
Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in Iowa using data from AAA.
(The Center Square) – At a time when fare revenue and passenger trips have plummeted, the Minneapolis transit system has given its employees pay increases.
The Food Bank of Siouxland voiced its disapproval this week for a pair of bills, one in the Iowa House and one in the Iowa Senate, that would place added restrictions on the food assistance program known as SNAP.
(The Center Square) – Gov. Evers’ pick to head Wisconsin’s Department of Veterans Affairs will have some questions to answer regarding what he knew about the troubles at the state’s veterans home at Union Grove, and just what he did to address the issues.
Conservation groups are raising an alarm about a rule change made by the Wisconsin Conservation Congress (WCC) which would make it harder for citizens to contribute questions to an annual survey that policymakers use to shape statewide policies on issues such as water quality and hunting rules. The WCC was created in 1934 and has […]
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For all of her adult life, the federal Affordable Care Act has made a big difference for Katerina Klawes. “I have never had a traditional job that has offered health care benefits,” says Klawes, who lives in Milwaukee. She’s mostly been self-employed as an independent contractor for small nonprofit and education organizations. She also has […]
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(Jefferson City, MO) -- Following voter approval of Amendment 3, Missourians have been gearing up for when recreational marijuana can be legally purchased.
Quantaze Campbell's daughter disputes that the deputy was in danger before he shot and killed her father on Oct. 13.
Gov. Kim Reynolds and Republican legislators speaking at a “parental rights” event Thursday pledged to pass legislation this session banning LGBTQ materials in schools and policies allowing students to socially transition without their parents’ consent. “School choice” supporters gathered at Franklin Junior High School in Des Moines Thursday evening for the town hall event, hosted […]
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Rock County authorities will conduct the death investigation, which will be reviewed by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, Office of Detention Facilities.
The Minnesota House passed a bill to restore voting rights to people still on parole or probation. The bill heads to the state Senate for a vote. “People for years and sometimes decades have no stake, have no investment, have no way to be heard,” said Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon at a press […]
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More than 5,300 classroom positions, including administrative and support personnel, went unfilled in 2022, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Iowa lawmakers spent Wednesday working through the details of Gov. Kim Reynolds’ newly unveiled bill that would enact a major restructuring of state agencies. In more than 1,500 pages, House Study Bill 126 outlines Reynolds’ plans to consolidate Iowa’s 37 cabinet agencies into 16, and save the state money by eliminating unfilled positions, combining offices […]
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An eastern Iowa man was recently fined $10,000 by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for demolishing and burning an asbestos-containing building last year in West Chester despite being warned against it. The DNR received a report in February 2022 that a former lumberyard in that town was in the process of being torn down […]
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Kevin Borowske and his wife were fired recently by FirstService Residential after a history of organizing workers for fair pay and a union. He led a class-action lawsuit on behalf of Minnesota caretakers at FirstService — the largest property management company in North America —for wage theft and won a $225,000 settlement (before attorney fees) […]
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(The Center Square) – The State of Iowa is inviting communities perceiving the need for broadband investment to speak up.
