AP Iowa

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Federal officials say bird flu has been detected in a backyard flock of chickens and ducks in western Iowa. It’s an especially troubling development for a state that is home to the nation’s largest number of egg-laying hens. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it

BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) — Police have identified two people killed in a crash that happened in Bettendorf hours before the wreckage was discovered. The Quad-City Times reports that the crash likely happened around 2:30 a.m. Saturday along the east side of Interstate 74 . But the wreckage wasn’t discovered until 6:30 a.m. by an Iowa

CHICAGO (AP) — A suburban Chicago businessman has admitted to swindling two hospitals that had sought coveted protective face masks in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dennis W. Haggerty Jr. of Burr Ridge pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Chicago to wire fraud and money laundering charges. His sentencing is set for

YETTER, Iowa (AP) — The partial collapse of a grain elevator in west-central Iowa left a mess of corn and chunks of concrete littering the railroad tracks next to the structure. The Fort Dodge Messenger reports the collapse happened early Tuesday morning at the Landus Cooperative elevator in Yetter. Officials say a structural failure caused

By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s biggest oil driller says it will commit $250 million to help fund a proposed pipeline that would gather carbon dioxide produced by ethanol plants across the Midwest and pump it underground for permanent storage. Billionaire oil tycoon Harold Hamm’s Continental Resources said Wednesday it’s

By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s biggest oil driller says it will commit $250 million to help fund a proposed pipeline that would gather carbon dioxide produced by ethanol plants across the Midwest and pump it underground for storage. Billionaire oil tycoon Harold Hamm’s Continental Resources was scheduled to make

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, delivering the Republican rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address Tuesday, painted the picture of a country in the grip of several crises. Reynolds depicted Biden’s year in office as having “sent us back in time to the

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new monthly survey suggests that worries about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, soaring inflation and rising interest rates combined to undermine the confidence of business leaders in nine Midwest and Plains states. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss said businesses also fear the war may worsen the ongoing supply chain problems and

MEDIAPOLIS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a Davenport man drowned after falling through ice while fishing with his brother. The Des Moines County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release that 71-year-old Patrick Vaughn died after being pulled from the water Monday evening in rural Mediapolis. Sheriff Kevin Glendening said a man called 911 asking

ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — National scoring leader Caitlin Clark of Iowa is the Big Ten player of the year. Kim Barnes Arico of Michigan is coach of the year. Clark averages 27.5 points per game. She was the choice for the top honor in voting by league coaches and a panel of media members. The

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is introducing herself to the nation by delivering the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. Reynolds is expected to use the televised rebuttal Tuesday night to highlight her five years pursuing a conservative agenda in the

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s state auditor again called for Gov. Kim Reynolds to return nearly $450,000 in federal coronavirus relief funds that were used to pay for 21 governor’s office staff members for three months in 2020. In a report released Tuesday, Auditor Rob Sand, a Democrat, repeated

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Police say they’ve arrested a man accused of shooting another man to death at a Davenport gas station as the two men fought. The Quad-City Times reports that police arrested 23-year-old Demetrius Ray Howard Jr. early Tuesday morning on suspicion of first-degree murder and being a felon in possession of a

EMMETSBURG, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have arrested an Emmetsburg man and charged him with murder for the 2020 death of another man whose beaten body was pulled from a northwestern Iowa lake. The Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office says in a news release that 22-year-old Brice Patrick Colling was arrested Monday night on a charge

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A judge has cleared the way for newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises to use a voting system that will ensure two longtime directors are reelected at its upcoming annual meeting despite the objections of a hedge fund that is trying to buy the company. The Davenport,

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — In a story published Feb. 27, 2022, about Alden Global Capital’s latest lawsuit against newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises, The Associated Press erroneously reported that a judge threw out Alden’s lawsuit. The judge rejected Alden’s motion for an injunction but didn’t throw out the lawsuit.

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Keegan Murray had 26 points and 18 rebounds, and sixth-year guard Jordan Bohannon added 18 points in his final home game as No. 24 Iowa defeated Northwestern 82-61. It was the eighth double-double of the season for Murray, who came into the game ranked fourth

By ANDREW LOGUE Associated Press AMES, Iowa (AP) — NaLyssa Smith scored 28 points and grabbed 20 rebounds as No. 5 Baylor clinched at least a share of its 12th consecutive Big 12 regular-season title with an 87-62 win over No. 8 Iowa State. Smith was the catalyst as the Bears (24-5, 14-3 Big 12)