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A Scott County Magistrate Judge ordered the owner of the partially collapsed building in downtown Davenport to pay a small civil fine. Former Iowa Senate Minority Leader Zach Wahls says Senate Democrats voted him out of his position because he fired two longtime staffers. Plus, this week's Iowa Crop and Weather report from the USDA rates 60% of Iowa topsoil either short or very short of moisture.

Gov. Kim Reynolds reacts to the federal indictment of former President Donald Trump. Iowans are kicking off Juneteenth celebrations across the state this week. Plus, scientists predict flash droughts could get more common as climate change accelerates.

Iowa’s top education official says state funding will be transferred to accounts families can use to pay for private school beginning July 15. The City of Davenport completely evacuated another downtown building on Thursday. MidAmerican Energy is asking the Iowa Utilities Board for an increase in its natural gas delivery rates. The invasive emerald ash borer was found in another Iowa county.

Democrats in the Iowa Senate voted to replace have removed the lawmaker who's been their leader for two and a half years and selected a veteran legislator to be Senate Minority Leader. A Davenport woman who was rescued from the wreckage of the collapsed apartment building is suing the owner and others for negligence. Meanwhile, Gov. Kim Reynolds says Iowa doesn’t have the resources on its own to manage the fallout from the partially collapsed building in Davenport, so Reynolds is looking for help from President Biden.

Lawsuits are being filed in connection with the apartment building in Davenport that partially collapsed last week. Meanwhile, the Salvation Army is trying to help dozens of people displaced by the collapse find new places to live. Former Vice President Mike Pence officially gets into the race for president with an announcement in Ankeny today. And schools throughout Iowa are gearing up to help kids get something to eat during the summer.

Search and rescue teams have ended their recovery efforts at a partially-collapsed apartment building in Davenport after recovering the remains of three men who died in the disaster. And former Vice President Mike Pence files the paperwork to run for president ahead of an announcement planned in Ankeny.

The body of one of three people missing since last week’s partial collapse of an apartment building in Davenport has been found. Iowa City is close to making its buses free to ride. And Iowa Democrats have approved holding their caucuses on the same night as Republicans next year – and using mail-in cards to record presidential preference selections.

There are still three people unaccounted for following the collapse of a downtown Davenport apartment building. Governor Reynolds signed a lot of bills into law on Thursday. Plus, what it’s like to date as a farmer.

One of many documents Davenport officials released last night related to an apartment building collapse quotes an engineering inspection that noted brick bulging away from the building. Five people are still missing after Sunday’s collapse. Former President Donald Trump returns to Iowa today to campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. And, opponents of proposed carbon capture pipelines in Iowa are again calling for the projects to be put on hold until new pipeline safety rules are written.

Five people are still missing from a partially collapsed apartment building in Davenport that city officials say could collapse further at any moment. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis kicks off a campaign tour across Iowa. And Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announces plans to send state troopers to the southern border.