Nicole Grundmeier / IowaWatch

‘This is their only food’: Formula recall forces Iowa families to adapt

At 10:30 p.m. one February night, Amy Hammen took off for Storm Lake after reading a news story on Facebook -- her infant son’s formula was being recalled.

By Nicole Grundmeier / IowaWatch

/ 3 Mar 2022

‘This is their only food’: Formula recall forces Iowa families to adapt

Here's how Iowa food pantries contend with still-present pandemic and new challenges

In 2021, Kelli Greenland and her two children used food pantries more often than they ever have. As the year closes, the Des Moines mom is filled with uncertainty. Greenland

By Nicole Grundmeier / IowaWatch

/ 24 Dec 2021

Here's how Iowa food pantries contend with still-present pandemic and new challenges

What bugs are Iowans seeing?

The term “hornet” has a technical meaning, and Iowa has only one species of hornet – the bald-faced hornet, which has black and white stripes and a white face. Bald-

By Nicole Grundmeier / IowaWatch

/ 11 May 2021

Mild winter ushers in wasp-ish spring for Iowans

An unwelcome buzz -- wasps -- this spring forced teachers to shutter classroom windows. Anecdotally, there seem to be more than usual hovering this spring, following a somewhat mild winter in Iowa,

By Nicole Grundmeier / IowaWatch

/ 11 May 2021

Mild winter ushers in wasp-ish spring for Iowans

Iowa food pantries weather COVID, face unprecedented storm coming this winter

In March, Kelli Greenland faced a devil of a choice – should she accept a retail job as an essential worker, or should she remain home to keep her medically fragile

By Nicole Grundmeier / IowaWatch

/ 14 Jan 2021

‘This is their only food’: Formula recall forces Iowa families to adapt

Here's how Iowa food pantries contend with still-present pandemic and new challenges

What bugs are Iowans seeing?

Mild winter ushers in wasp-ish spring for Iowans

Iowa food pantries weather COVID, face unprecedented storm coming this winter

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