DAVENPORT, Iowa, Sept. 30 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2023: * * * Intolerable Conditions at Iowa Restaurant Forced Female Employees to Quit, Federal Agency Charges * * * Los Agaves, Inc., which operates restaurants in Iowa and Illinois, violated federal law when it subjected female employees to sexual harassment and retaliation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today. Acco  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Sept. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A Cedar Rapids, Iowa, man and a Palo, Iowa, woman who conspired with each other to distribute methamphetamine were sentenced this week to federal prison. Zachary James Kruse, age 38, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a May 4, 2023 guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. Cheyenne Nicole Mason, age 34, from Palo, Iowa,   more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Sept. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine and illegally possessed a firearm was sentenced on September 29, 2023, in federal court in Sioux City. Jose Acosta Abadia, Jr., 41, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, pled guilty on April 28, 2023, to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. Abadia was previously convi  more