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Watch: FINALLY: The secret report on deadly Davenport building collapse (Part 2) -Cornhole Champions #27

A six-story Davenport apartment building collapsed, killing three people two years ago. And we can finally read an investigation into the fall that the Scott County Attorney tried to keep secret. Inside: cash workers, altered reports, and a runaway landlord. On this episode of Cornhole Champions, Zachary Oren Smith, Amie Rivers, and Avery Staker examine…


A six-story Davenport apartment building collapsed, killing three people two years ago. And we can finally read an investigation into the fall that the Scott County Attorney tried to keep secret. Inside: cash workers, altered reports, and a runaway landlord.

On this episode of Cornhole Champions, Zachary Oren Smith, Amie Rivers, and Avery Staker examine the explosive report.

Also in this episode, US Sen. Joni Ernst viral gaffe and the Trump Administration’s generation-defining cuts to Iowa’s scientific research and development.

Cornhole Champions is a weekly podcast powered by Iowa Starting Line with music by Avery Mossman and show art by Desirée Tapia. We are a proud member of the Iowa Writers Collaborative.

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*SHOW RUNDOWN:*
00:30 – Three Deaths, One Amputation – Andrew Wold Shopping for Steel When Building Fell
01:00 – Wold Ran From Police – Special Agent Warrant Service Goes Wrong
03:00 – Amy Rivers Eyewitness Account – “We Knew It From Day One”
06:00 – Cash Workers and Fake Contractors – Wold Lied About Licensed Masons
07:00 – Mid-American Energy Warning – Too Dangerous for Utility Workers

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  • Amie Rivers is Iowa Starting Line’s newsletter editor. She writes the weekly Worker’s Almanac edition of Iowa Starting Line, featuring a roundup of the worker news you need to know. Previously, she was an award-winning journalist at the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier; now, she very much enjoys making TikToks and memes and getting pet photos in her inbox.

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