Lyle Muller

IowaWatch Fund Drive Thank You

A little more than one month ago we challenged you to help us raise $1,809 in personal donations by the end December. That would put donations $1 above what you gave the 501(c)(3) nonprofit IowaWatch the last month of 2015. We could not have imagined then what was to happen in the following 30 days.

By Lyle Muller

/ 30 Dec 2016

Some Iowans Looking Forward To End Of Caucus Campaign

Steve Reed remembers a different kind of presidential campaign from when he was young. They did not last as long as they do now, the Carlisle Republican said.

By Lyle Muller

/ 27 Jan 2016

Some Iowans Looking Forward To End Of Caucus Campaign

This #GivingTuesday, Consider IowaWatch

Dear Friends of IowaWatch, I know you are being bombarded today with #GivingTuesday requests for support for your favorite charities. But I’d like to ask you to please consider

By Lyle Muller

/ 1 Dec 2015

Iowa's Bid For Open Government Is Never-Ending

The grade might stun you — Iowa receiving a D-plus for government transparency from the Center for Public Integrity and Global Integrity Monday morning, Nov. 9, in a government transparency

By Lyle Muller

/ 16 Nov 2015

Iowa's Bid For Open Government Is Never-Ending

False Leads Make For Long Investigation Into Northeast Iowa Cousins' Murders

The theories have been plenty. Most lead to nothing. Yet, investigators keep listening because they want to catch whoever killed Lyric Cook-Morrissey and Elizabeth Collins.

By Lyle Muller

/ 26 Jul 2015

False Leads Make For Long Investigation Into Northeast Iowa Cousins' Murders

Data Show Democrats, Older Iowans Use Absentee Ballots Most

Regardless of who feels the impact, Republican and Democratic state legislators trying to amend Iowa’s absentee voter registration law say changes are critical because ballots are not being counted when they probably should be.

By Lyle Muller

/ 19 Mar 2015

Data Show Democrats, Older Iowans Use Absentee Ballots Most

Treatment, Prevention Support Needed To Fight Meth Addiction In Iowa, Experts Argue

The value of treatment was a common theme at IowaWatch.org forums on dealing with meth addiction in Iowa. So was prevention programming.

By Lyle Muller

/ 21 Nov 2014

Treatment, Prevention Support Needed To Fight Meth Addiction In Iowa, Experts Argue

News Quiz: What Do You Know About The Midwest’s Living Veterans?

What war did the largest number of Iowa's living veterans serve in? Do you know what Midwest state has the highest number of living women veterans? Find out this and more in the IowaWatch news quiz.

By Lyle Muller

/ 7 Nov 2014

News Quiz: What Do You Know About The Midwest’s Living Veterans?

Down In Funding and Polls, Hatch's Climb Is Steep In Iowa's Gubernatorial Race

Democrat Jack Hatch’s gubernatorial campaign clearly has been in the kind of steep uphill climb you would expect when running against an incumbent like Republican Terry Branstad, especially when Branstad had 22 times more campaign money than Hatch had mid-summer.

By Lyle Muller

/ 25 Sep 2014

Down In Funding and Polls, Hatch's Climb Is Steep In Iowa's Gubernatorial Race

Gubernatorial Candidates Spar Over Best Way To Provide Jobs In Iowa, Leadership

The Republican and Democratic candidates for governor wasted no time digging into the merits of a $100 million tax break that lured a $1.6 billion fertilizer company to Lee County. Republican Gov. Terry Branstad and Democratic challenger state Sen. Jack Hatch also lobbed accusations of improper beha

By Lyle Muller

/ 20 Sep 2014

Gubernatorial Candidates Spar Over Best Way To Provide Jobs In Iowa, Leadership

Panel: Fight Against Meth Abuse Is A Shared Effort

Several organizations working together can fight the spread of methamphetamine use and create hope for those addicted to the drug, speakers said at a forum that IowaWatch helped co-host on July 1.

By Lyle Muller

/ 2 Jul 2014

Panel: Fight Against Meth Abuse Is A Shared Effort

IowaWatch Journalists Win Regional SPJ Reporting Awards

IowaWatch reporters Katie Kuntz and Sarah Hadley have won regional Society of Professional Journalists’ (SPJ) regional Mark of Excellence Awards for stories they did in 2013 for IowaWatch.org and

By Lyle Muller

/ 28 Apr 2014

IowaWatch Fund Drive Thank You

Some Iowans Looking Forward To End Of Caucus Campaign

This #GivingTuesday, Consider IowaWatch

Iowa's Bid For Open Government Is Never-Ending

False Leads Make For Long Investigation Into Northeast Iowa Cousins' Murders

Data Show Democrats, Older Iowans Use Absentee Ballots Most

Treatment, Prevention Support Needed To Fight Meth Addiction In Iowa, Experts Argue

News Quiz: What Do You Know About The Midwest’s Living Veterans?

Down In Funding and Polls, Hatch's Climb Is Steep In Iowa's Gubernatorial Race

Gubernatorial Candidates Spar Over Best Way To Provide Jobs In Iowa, Leadership

Panel: Fight Against Meth Abuse Is A Shared Effort

IowaWatch Journalists Win Regional SPJ Reporting Awards

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