Army officials announced last week that plant operations would be temporarily paused "to conduct a proactive safety review." ...

The Iowa Army Ammunition Plant is shut down to safely remove highly explosive lead azide, a chemical used in munitions, the U.S. Army reveals.

MIDDLETOWN, Iowa — The Iowa Army Ammunition Plant announced operations remain paused while crews work to remove a chemical ...

MIDDLETOWN — Operations at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (IAAAP) remain on a temporary “precautionary pause” as experts ...

Operations at plant in Des Moines County on hold for safety review.

The plant paused operations on March 12 for a safety review.

The threat came in an email sent to several hundred people in the capitol Saturday evening, according to multiple published reports. The email warned of “highly lethal lead azide devices” around the ...

Ammunition Plant remains under the temporary and precautionary pause initiated on March 12 to allow experts to continue a safety review for the safe removal of lead azide currently at ...