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Cited for sexual abuse and 23 other violations, Iowa nursing home is fined $500 A western Iowa nursing home cited for 24 regulatory violations, including the sexual abuse of a resident, has been fined a total of $500 by the state.
Watch as a man drives into the side of the Pottawattamie County Jail on Tuesday A man drove into the side of the Pottawattamie County Jail on Tuesday morning.
Iowa nonprofit leader pleads guilty in $400,000 federal fraud case A former program director at a Des Moines nonprofit has pleaded guilty to stealing money from a workforce program, more than a year after a st…
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