The president and CEO of UnityPoint Health - Sioux City has left the organization, effective immediately, according to a statement from the organization today. Lorenzo Suter was appointed just a year ago The reason for Suter's departure was not given in a statement UnityPoint shared with the media.
Leah Glasgo will again take the reins at the organization. Glasgo had served as interim CEO of UnityPoint Health - Sioux City after the departure of previous President and CEO Lynn Wold in late 2020,. Glasgo also serves as president and CEO of UnityPoint Health – Fort Dodge.
Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was back to its pre-pandemic level in June. The rate dropped to 2.6 percent in June – down one percentage point from May. Iowa establishments added 5,100 jobs in June as the Labor Force Participation Rate also increased to 67.8 percent, up from 67.6 percent last month. The U.S. unemployment rate remained at 3.6 percent in June.
The Des Moines Register’s “Iowa Poll” finds a majority of Iowa Republicans want Donald Trump to run for president in 2024, while just 37% of Iowa Democrats say President Biden should seek a second term. The job approval rating for President Biden from all those surveyed was 27%. That’s the second lowest Iowa Poll rating for any president.
Among the Iowa Democrats surveyed, 71% said they approve of how Joe Biden is handling the presidency, but 52% of Democrats said they hope Biden doesn’t run for reelection in 2024.
The state attorney general’s office and several law enforcement agencies say lawmakers should take action to reduce the increasing rate of fentanyl-related deaths in Iowa.
They say lawmakers should expand access to naloxone, a drug that can reverse an opioid overdose.
And legalize fentanyl test strips, which are considered drug paraphernalia under current law.
Story County Sheriff Paul Fitzgerald says fentanyl test strips detect the presence of the drug and can help save lives.
According to state officials, 83 percent of opioid overdose deaths in Iowa last year involved fentanyl.
Earlier this month, Gov. Kim Reynolds and other state officials issued a public warning to Iowans about using fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills, but did not mention any possible legislative action.
Tyson Fresh Meats yesterday removed three gross negligence lawsuits pertaining to worker deaths from Buena Vista County District Court to U.S. District Court in Sioux City. The lawsuits were filed by the estates of three workers who contracted covid at the company's Storm Lake, Iowa, pork plant and later died.
Starting today, the letters, cards and photos mailed to inmates in Iowa prisons will be digitized by a company in Las Vegas and later destroyed.
Iowa Department of Corrections spokesman Nick Crawford said the mail will be scanned, printed in color and just the copies will be sent to each prison for delivery to inmates.
Corrections officials say the purpose behind making the change to a new mail delivery system is to curb the introduction of mail contraband, specifically as a relates to the synthetic drug K2.
