public safety

One month after the Perry High School shooting, we hear three perspectives on how to make schools safe.

Prosecutors in one of Iowa's biggest counties are working longer hours to try and keep up in the face of shortages across the state. The head of the state bar association says the issue is "multifaceted."

Many fire departments across the state have struggled for years to find enough people to work as firefighters, EMTs and ambulance drivers. They hope they might have enough support to bring change in the next legislative session.

New rules proposed by the EPA would require most cities in the country to replace lead pipes within ten years. One state official says that might be a difficult goal to achieve even with federal funding.

Proposed projects would add more than 3,000 miles of new carbon pipelines through rural parts of the Midwest. Some emergency officials are concerned about safety, especially after a rupture on a similar pipeline three years ago.

The opening of Woodbury County’s new law enforcement center has been delayed. The chairman of the Woodbury County Supervisors is upset about the lack of communication surrounding the project.

An investigation of the Davenport building collapse reveals failures on the part of the building's owner, as well as his engineering firm and masonry contractors. The collapse, according to the report, could have been prevented.

The hearing over Summit Carbon Solutions' proposed carbon capture pipeline is changing gears with company leaders taking questions about the project.

Capturing carbon is considered to be a key factor in eliminating greenhouse gas emissions, but the transport of hazardous materials raises safety concerns.

Federal pipeline regulators held meetings in Des Moines to hear safety concerns from industry experts and opponents of proposed carbon sequestration pipelines.