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First case of human bird flu infection confirmed in Colorado

DES MOINES, Iowa – A Colorado prison inmate has tested positive for bird flu in the first recent confirmed case of a human infected with the disease that has resulted in the deaths of millio...

DATE: Apr 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Parole revoked for Iowa man convicted of lottery rigging

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A man serving a 25-year prison sentence for rigging computers to win lottery jackpots has had his parole revoked after he got into trouble in prison just before his s...

DATE: Apr 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

USDA petitioned to include poultry in humane slaughter law

DES MOINES, Iowa – As Americans prepare to consume some 45 million turkeys on Thanksgiving, an animal rights group asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday to require more human...

DATE: Nov 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Backyard chicken trend causes spike in infections, 1 fatal

DES MOINES, Iowa – Luke Gabriele was a healthy 14-year-old football player in Pennsylvania when he began to feel soreness in his chest that grew increasingly painful. After his breathing bec...

DATE: Oct 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Raw milk advocates push to expand legalized sales

DES MOINES, Iowa – Raw milk advocates’ efforts to expand availability across the U.S. have not slowed despite health officials’ assertions that it’s dangerous to drink milk that hasn’t been ...

DATE: Apr 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food

Pork industry says not to worry about a bacon shortage

DES MOINES, Iowa – An insatiable demand for bacon depleted frozen pork belly supplies in the U.S. to a record low level for December, but the pork industry is confident it can keep up with d...

DATE: Feb 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Food

45 million pounds of flour recalled

DES MOINES, Iowa – The most basic of baking ingredients, flour, is at the center of a complicated question: How did it become contaminated with bacteria normally found in animal feces? ...

DATE: Jul 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Massive frozen-food recall covers hundreds of items

DES MOINES, Iowa – Amid a massive frozen foods recall involving millions of packages of fruits and vegetables that were shipped to all 50 U.S. states, Canada and Mexico, authorities who want...

DATE: May 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Most states require lottery winners’ IDs to be public

Many states say public has right to know

DATE: Jan 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

States debate letting lotto winners remain anonymous

DES MOINES, Iowa – Even a jackpot isn’t enough to buy anonymity for many lottery winners, whose names are often made public by state law. But now it’s becoming increasingly possib...

DATE: Jan 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Consumer demand fuels shift to cage-free eggs

WAUKON, Iowa – Alert and curious, hundreds of hens with bright red crowns and faces strolled out of a large chicken house midmorning into the fresh air and a fenced pasture amid rolling fiel...

DATE: Nov 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Food

Bird flu causes egg shortage, record prices

Outbreak could cost taxpayers $400 million

DATE: May 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Food