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Lawsuit: Community college program was human trafficking

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Eleven students from Brazil and Chile have filed a federal lawsuit accusing a northwest Iowa community college, a recruitment company, a pet food manufacturer and a packaging company of human trafficking and involuntary servitude.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Iowa governor requests full-time classroom learning option

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said Tuesday night that she will ask lawmakers to immediately send her a bill to sign into law that would require schools to offer parents the option of having their children in classrooms full time despite continuing high levels of coronavirus …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Iowa governor requests full-time classroom learning option

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said Tuesday night that she will ask lawmakers to immediately send her a bill to sign into law that would require schools to offer parents the option of having their children in classrooms full time despite continuing high levels of coronavirus …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Federal checks salvage otherwise dreadful 2020 for US farms

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Thanks to the government paying nearly 40% of their income, U.S. farmers are expected to end 2020 with higher profit than 2019 and the best net income in seven years, the Department of Agriculture said in its latest farm income forecast.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Federal checks salvage otherwise dreadful 2020 for US farms

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Thanks to the government paying nearly 40% of their income, U.S. farmers are expected to end 2020 with higher profit than 2019 and the best net income in seven years, the Department of Agriculture said in its latest farm income forecast.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Federal checks salvage otherwise dreadful 2020 for US farms

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Thanks to the government paying nearly 40% of their income, U.S. farmers are expected to end 2020 with higher profit than 2019 and the best net income in seven years, the Department of Agriculture said in its latest farm income forecast.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Federal checks salvage otherwise dreadful 2020 for US farms

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Thanks to the government paying nearly 40% of their income, U.S. farmers are expected to end 2020 with higher profit than 2019 and the best net income in seven years, the Department of Agriculture said in its latest farm income forecast.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Feds probe Iowa care home: Disabled 'not human guinea pigs'

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has found a state-run care center for people with intellectual disabilities has likely violated the constitutional rights of residents by subjecting them to human experiments, some of which were deemed dangerous by federal investigators.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Feds probe Iowa care home: Disabled 'not human guinea pigs'

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has found a state-run care center for people with intellectual disabilities has likely violated the constitutional rights of residents by subjecting them to human experiments, some of which were deemed dangerous by federal investigators.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Iowa Auditor: Governor could use state savings for virus aid

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand sharply criticized Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Thursday for not calling the Legislature into an emergency session to approve spending of at least a portion of the $1 billion the state has accumulated in ending balance, reserve and emergency funds.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Iowa's 6 Republican electors formally cast vote for Trump

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa's six Republican electors cast their votes for President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence on Monday, affirming their win in an election that saw record turnout and victories in 93 of the state's 99 counties.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Iowa hospitals prepare for first staff virus vaccinations

JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — University of Iowa Health Care officials said Wednesday that the group's hospitals expect to get their first shipment of a coronavirus vaccine as early as next week and that they plan to begin giving it to employees who work in COVID-19 units within 24 hours of …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Iowa posts 123 more deaths as state prepares for vaccine

JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) — Iowa added another 123 coronavirus-related deaths on Wednesday, boosting the state's death toll to 3,021, according to state public health records.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Farm Rescue shifts to help farmers sickened by coronavirus

The wet spring offered only a tiny window for planting, so when North Dakota farmer Paul Ivesdal fell ill with the coronavirus he knew the timing couldn't be worse.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Farm Rescue shifts to help farmers sickened by coronavirus

The wet spring offered only a tiny window for planting, so when North Dakota farmer Paul Ivesdal fell ill with the coronavirus he knew the timing couldn't be worse.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

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