The executive director of a Fort Dodge charity was fired earlier this year for allowing the organization’s gambling and liquor licenses to lapse and then lying about it to the board of directors. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/05/15/for… via Iowa Capital Dispatch

Greg Johansen, a businessman and Drake alumni, and his wife, Cie Johansen, have committed $28 million to the Drake University Ones Campaign, to be invested in programs and projects spanning the campus. Brooklyn Draisey reports: iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/05/14/dra… via Iowa Capital Dispatch

President Joe Biden on Tuesday issued a major disaster declaration for areas of Iowa that were hit by tornados and severe weather in late April, approving a request from Gov. Kim Reynolds. iowacapitaldispatch.com/briefs/preside… via Iowa Capital Dispatch

The USDA recently announced it will pay dairy farms with confirmed avian influenza infections to help contain the virus’ spread to people and more cows. iowacapitaldispatch.com/briefs/feds-in… via Iowa Capital Dispatch

Several Iowa pharmacies have been cited by the state recently for dispensing incorrect medications, including one instance in which a patient might have died. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/05/14/boa… via Iowa Capital Dispatch

After 24 years at the University of Iowa, Iowa women’s head basketball coach Lisa Bluder announced her retirement Monday. iowacapitaldispatch.com/briefs/iowa-wo… via Iowa Capital Dispatch

Field agronomists who have been monitoring corn and soybean planting say some farmers who rely on satellite data to plant their fields were delayed in recent days by a geomagnetic storm. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/05/13/som… via Iowa Capital Dispatch

A former plastic surgeon from Iowa is denying allegations that he defrauded taxpayers and falsely billed Medicare and Medicaid for procedures he never performed, Clark Kauffman reports. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/05/13/pla… via Iowa Capital Dispatch

Nitrate contamination of Iowa’s rivers has surged in recent weeks amid heavy, widespread rainfall, according to data collected by the Iowa Water Quality Information System. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/05/12/man…

In exchange for less than $53,000, federal officials have agreed to settle civil claims against a Des Moines nurse accused of participating in a million-dollar scheme to defraud Medicare. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/05/13/iow… via Iowa Capital Dispatch

The Iowa Board of Regents received reports on proposed tuition and fee increases and approved residence system rates for state universities for the upcoming academic year at its Friday meeting. iowacapitaldispatch.com/briefs/iowa-bo… via Iowa Capital Dispatch

Less than a month after a former Iowa police officer was sentenced to prison for his repeated harassment of a woman, he has asked a judge to rescind that punishment and give him probation instead, according to court records. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/05/09/ex-…

For the first time in nearly two years, no part of Iowa has extreme drought — the second-worst dryness classification of the U.S. Drought Monitor. Jared Strong reports: iowacapitaldispatch.com/briefs/widespr…

Palo Alto County’s decision to eliminate the job of a prosecutor whose license was suspended in 2023 has resulted in a severance agreement, a lawsuit alleging open-meetings violations, and a dispute over unemployment benefits. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/05/09/pro… via Iowa Capital Dispatch

Gov. Kim Reynolds has officially given Iowa’s community colleges the ability to develop the formula that determines state aid distribution in a bill signed Wednesday. iowacapitaldispatch.com/briefs/gov-kim… via Iowa Capital Dispatch

Eight Iowa dog breeders or kennels were cited for federal regulatory violations during the first quarter of 2024. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/05/08/pup…

Farmers should plant their corn by next week to ensure their yields are maximized, Jared Strong reports, but wet fields have stalled their progress according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/05/08/rai… via Iowa Capital Dispatch

A farmers’ co-op employee left open a valve on a clogged fertilizer line that became unclogged when no one was present and heavily polluted the East Nishnabotna River in March, according to the Iowa DNR. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/05/07/clo… via Iowa Capital Dispatch

Iowans have donated more than $3 million in recent years to a group of Iowa sheriffs, but only $1 million of that has been spent on the stated purpose of helping children and educating law enforcement personnel. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/05/07/iow… via Iowa Capital Dispatch

An encampment set up by pro-Palestine activists on the University of Iowa campus was dismantled within half an hour by university, county and state police. iowacapitaldispatch.com/briefs/police-… via Iowa Capital Dispatch