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Listen To The KXIC Podcast: Regular IowaWatch Appearance Features Investigation Into Lake Algae

IowaWatch assistant editor and data analyst Lauren Mills and Iowa City Press-Citizen reporter Stephen Gruber-Miller were guests on the Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015, "Your Town" segment of Jay Capron's morning show on KXIC radio, AM 800, in Iowa City.

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/ 19 Aug 2015

Listen To The KXIC Podcast: Regular IowaWatch Appearance Features Investigation Into Lake Algae

News Quiz: Iowa's Unsolved Murders

The term “cold case” doesn’t always sit well with law enforcement officials who are seeking and following leads in a criminal investigation. The reason: they still are investigating, for example a murder, but while they have not solved the case they also are not letting on a pile of work gather dust

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/ 14 Aug 2015

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Iowa's Role Helping Refugees Limited By Resources

This podcast of an IowaWatch Connection report about Iowa's role helping refugees lets you hear from Iowans helping refugees who come into the state and from Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad.

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/ 10 Aug 2015

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Iowa's Role Helping Refugees Limited By Resources

News Quiz: Grant Wood

Iowa painter Grant Wood, recognized mainly for his regionalist style and portrayal of the American Midwest, was born in Anamosa, Iowa, in 1891, and lived there for ten years until the death of his father. For the remainder of his life, Wood lived mostly in Cedar Rapids or Iowa City, and is still cel

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/ 7 Aug 2015

'Iowa Stories' Author Wins Literary Award For Children's Book

The International Literacy Association has given Cheryl Mullenbach's children’s book "The Industrial Revolution for Kids: The People and Technology That Changed the World, with 21 Activities," its 2015 award for intermediate nonfiction writing.

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/ 3 Aug 2015

'Iowa Stories' Author Wins Literary Award For Children's Book

Podcast: IowaWatch Connection Updates Evansdale Double Murder Case

This podcast of an IowaWatch Connection radio report lets you hear more about the abduction and murder of two Evansdale, Iowa, cousins, and efforts to find their killer or killers.

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/ 3 Aug 2015

Podcast: IowaWatch Connection Updates Evansdale Double Murder Case

News Quiz: Refugees In Iowa

Since 1975, the United States has resettled more than 3 million refugees. Between 1975 and 2005, over 25,000 refugees were resettled directly into Iowa alone. Do you know some of the history behind refugee resettlement in Iowa?

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/ 31 Jul 2015

News Quiz: U.S. President Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover, the 31st U.S. president, grew up in West Branch, Iowa until age 9, when he was orphaned and sent to live with relatives in Oregon. He served as president from 1929 to 1933. Test your knowledge on his Iowa roots and influence worldwide.

By IowaWatch

/ 24 Jul 2015

News Quiz: U.S. President Herbert Hoover

IowaWatch Stories Featured In This July 21 KXIC Radio Podcast

IowaWatch summer intern Makayla Tendall and executive director-editor Lyle Muller were guests of the Tuesday, July 21, 2015, "Your Town" segment of Jay Capron's morning show on KXIC radio, AM 800, in Iowa City. Listen here.

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/ 22 Jul 2015

IowaWatch Stories Featured In This July 21 KXIC Radio Podcast

News Quiz: Iowa Fairs

State and county fairs have existed in Iowa since the mid-1800s. Iowa’s State Fair was first held on October 25 to 27, 1854 in Fairfield, Iowa, and county fairs existed before that. As of 2014, there were 106 state, county, and regional fairs in Iowa.

By IowaWatch

/ 17 Jul 2015

News Quiz: Iowa Flooding

According to a 2014 White House National Climate Assessment report, an analysis of rainfall patterns in Iowa shows a significant increase in the number of days with heavy rainfall, despite no increase in total annual precipitation. Major cities across Iowa have suffered multi-million dollar losses f

By IowaWatch

/ 10 Jul 2015

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/ 8 Jul 2015

Listen To The KXIC Podcast: Regular IowaWatch Appearance Features Investigation Into Lake Algae

News Quiz: Iowa's Unsolved Murders

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Iowa's Role Helping Refugees Limited By Resources

News Quiz: Grant Wood

'Iowa Stories' Author Wins Literary Award For Children's Book

Podcast: IowaWatch Connection Updates Evansdale Double Murder Case

News Quiz: Refugees In Iowa

News Quiz: U.S. President Herbert Hoover

IowaWatch Stories Featured In This July 21 KXIC Radio Podcast

News Quiz: Iowa Fairs

News Quiz: Iowa Flooding

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