A Tennessee-based sanitation company has agreed to pay more than half a million dollars after a federal investigation found it illegally hired at least two dozen children to clean dangerous meat processing facilities in Iowa and Virginia. The U.S. Department…
DeSantis’ Iowa town hall interrupted by “no oil money” protester
A protester stormed the stage during Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ televised town hall in Iowa on Tuesday, briefly interrupting the proceedings while chanting, “No oil money.” The disrupter was able to unfurl a medium-sized banner in front of the White…
6th-grader killed and 5 people wounded in Iowa high school shooting
Police said that a 17-year-old suspect killed a sixth grader and wounded five others in a shooting early Thursday at a high school in the small town of Perry, Iowa. The suspect was identified as Dylan Butler, a 17-year-old student…
The Iowa teen who killed her alleged rapist and was sentenced to probation has escaped from custody
Pieper Lewis, the Iowa teenager who killed a man she said raped her and was sentenced to probation and ordered to pay restitution to his family, has escaped from a residential corrections facility, according to Iowa’s Fifth Judicial District Department…
Iowa teens killed high school Spanish teacher over bad grade, prosecutors say
Two Iowa teenagers killed their high school Spanish teacher last year because of frustration over a bad grade, prosecutors said Tuesday in court documents that for the first time reveal a possible motive. The documents were filed ahead of a…