Lyle Muller, IowaWatch

Iowan's struggle with long COVID enters third year

Darcy Havel-Sturdevant thought she’d be working by now, two years after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Likewise, she thought she would have been there completely for her daughter,

By Lyle Muller, IowaWatch

/ 30 Mar 2022

Iowan's struggle with long COVID enters third year

Podcast: Battling COVID-19 warning fatigue

IowaWatch · COVID Messaging Fatigue in Iowa A year ago, as Iowa hit the first anniversary of dealing with COVID-19, healthcare workers had a plea: use self-protection, like masks

By Lyle Muller, IowaWatch

/ 28 Jan 2022

Podcast: Battling COVID-19 warning fatigue

Burnout deepens for Iowa healthcare workers with latest COVID surge

Rachel Fratzke led her Mercy Iowa City nursing staff in a meditation session to start the work day Monday morning. A nurse manager, she had the nurses do deep breathing exercises and think about when they first wanted to be a nurse, or how they felt about passing their certifying board exams.

By Lyle Muller, IowaWatch

/ 13 Jan 2022

Burnout deepens for Iowa healthcare workers with latest COVID surge

Iowan visits every town and city in the state in 5 years. Here's what he learned.

Wanting to know their new state after moving to Iowa in 2014, Dave and Karen Miglin and their two children went to the Field of Dreams movie site outside of

By Lyle Muller, IowaWatch

/ 21 Dec 2021

Iowan visits every town and city in the state in 5 years. Here's what he learned.

More than a year later, exhaustion reigns for COVID-19 long hauler

Editor's Note: This story was updated Dec. 9, 2021, to include news that Darcy Havel-Sturdevant contracted COVID-19 again. The migraines, exhaustion and shortness of breath have

By Lyle Muller, IowaWatch

/ 29 Nov 2021

More than a year later, exhaustion reigns for COVID-19 long hauler

Community development experts: Strong local leaders key to small-town survival

Iowans who spend time working on small-town vitality in the state say small, rural communities will not survive urban flight without taking risks or community leaders willing to take

By Lyle Muller, IowaWatch

/ 14 Oct 2021

Community development experts: Strong local leaders key to small-town survival

Column: Rural areas make up Iowa's soul

Relaxing with a cup of coffee at Madeline’s in Riverside, Iowa, you could hear Morgan Rodgers chatting with customers one recent August morning. She knew them all. “We just

By Lyle Muller, IowaWatch

/ 8 Oct 2021

High hurdles exist for Iowa’s homegrown, small town businesses

While local incentives can bring businesses to small Iowa towns, they are no guarantee that the town can be vital or bring visitors, a summer-long IowaWatch investigation of towns with fewer than 5,000 people showed. The reasons vary.

By Lyle Muller, IowaWatch

/ 30 Sep 2021

High hurdles exist for Iowa’s homegrown, small town businesses

Businesses band together for southern Iowa’s Humeston

HUMESTON, Iowa – Terrie and Tom Woods enjoy road trips to small Midwest towns and their locally owned stores, which explains why the retired Sherwood, Arkansas, couple ended up in Humeston

By Lyle Muller, IowaWatch

/ 26 Aug 2021

Businesses band together for southern Iowa’s Humeston

Audubon counts blessings despite population loss

AUDUBON, Iowa – City leaders in this west Iowa town know their priorities: more affordable housing, general aesthetics like clean yards and kept-up buildings, and a robust U.S. Highway 71 corridor into and out of town. They know because residents told them so at a city forum the night of August 17.

By Lyle Muller, IowaWatch

/ 26 Aug 2021

Audubon counts blessings despite population loss

Coalville, Iowa, fine with growth without city government

COALVILLE, Iowa – Ask people who live in Coalville if they see a need to incorporate this town of 651 residents southeast of Fort Dodge. They’ll say no. Doing so

By Lyle Muller, IowaWatch

/ 26 Aug 2021

Coalville, Iowa, fine with growth without city government

Political divisions mingle with Bloomfield’s push for vitality

BLOOMFIELD, Iowa – A lot of people were paying attention to Bloomfield, in southern Iowa, a few years ago. “Bloomfield sets sustainable design example for Iowa,” a Jan. 1, 2016, Des

By Lyle Muller, IowaWatch

/ 26 Aug 2021

Iowan's struggle with long COVID enters third year

Podcast: Battling COVID-19 warning fatigue

Burnout deepens for Iowa healthcare workers with latest COVID surge

Iowan visits every town and city in the state in 5 years. Here's what he learned.

More than a year later, exhaustion reigns for COVID-19 long hauler

Community development experts: Strong local leaders key to small-town survival

Column: Rural areas make up Iowa's soul

High hurdles exist for Iowa’s homegrown, small town businesses

Businesses band together for southern Iowa’s Humeston

Audubon counts blessings despite population loss

Coalville, Iowa, fine with growth without city government

Political divisions mingle with Bloomfield’s push for vitality

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