The Iowa Department of Public Health says there are now 60 confirmed of the rare foodborne illness cyclosporiasis, up from 45 cases reported Friday. The illness is most commonly contracted by eating food or drinking water contaminated with human feces …
Waterloo, Iowa, authorities have released the name of a construction worker who died after a trench collapse. The city director of fire services, Pat Treloar, identified the worker as 35-year-old Deea Lauritzen, of Jesup. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that …
Authorities in Waterloo, Iowa., are investigating the vandalism of 11 police squad cars. The Waterloo Police Department discovered broken windshields on the Ford Crown Victoria vehicles on Monday. They were parked by city gas pumps on Black Hawk Street. The …
A Davenport, Iowa, family has sued the city, saying raw sewage backed up into the basement of their home during heavy rains last month because the city failed to maintain the municipal sewer system. Ronald and Linda Wiebold filed the …
It’s the wettest spring on record in Iowa, and all that rain has set the stage for a potential major flood. The average rainfall of 16.4 total inches during the months of March, April and May is the most that’s …
Waterloo, Iowa, officials are still calculating the damage to city buildings and vehicles from an April hailstorm. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports the storm dented police cars and inspection trucks and damaged at least four city building roofs. In the …
Most Iowa lawmakers agree that changes need to be made to the state’s system for inspecting school buses, but it’s unlikely a bill will pass this year because they can’t agree on what should be done. A bill that would …
Some lawmakers say a bill recently passed by the Legislature could leave taxpayers vulnerable if future flooding damages homes surrounding a lake in eastern Iowa. The measure exempts Lake Delhi along the Maquoketa River from a requirement that owners of …
Sedgwick Claims Management Services announced that it is actively seeking more than 100 candidates to fill new positions at its recently opened facility in the Coralville/North Liberty area of eastern Iowa. Job openings include customer service representatives, disability claims specialists, …
Two people have filed a lawsuit on behalf of more than 50 residents and former residents of a Mount Pleasant apartment complex, saying they’ve dealt with health-related problems because of a long-running bedbug infestation. The Burlington Hawk Eye reports the …