A truck enters a rural spot near Clayton, Iowa, on June 24, 2014, where Pattison Sand Company was preparing to open a new mine in the side of a hill. Pattison, which produces industrial sand for the natural gas and oil industries, has about 35 acres of underground mine and 300 acres of above ground for plant operations, shipping and storage, ponding and drying, maintenance, a fabrication shop, reclamation areas and an open pit mine.
IowaWatch executive director-editor Lyle Muller talked on WMT radio host Bob Bruce’s Wednesday, Sept. 17, program about reporter Amber Rouse’s story about northeast Iowa residents’ fight to keep large frac sand mining out of their counties. You can listen to WMT’s podcast here.
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IowaWatch is the Iowa news partner for a cross-country tour by HuffPost that will stop in Des Moines, Iowa on Oct. 9, 2017. The goal of HuffPost’s “Listen to America” tour is to engage in conversations with people across the country of all ages and backgrounds.
Jennifer Jacobs, whose journey to White House correspondent began in Iowa, will bring back home tales of covering the Trump presidency when she serves as the annual Celebrating a Free Press and Open Government Banquet’s guest speaker in Des Moines on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017.
IowaWatch reporter Krista Johnson and IowaWatch executive director-editor Lyle Muller spoke on KXIC Radio's July 18, 2017, "Your Town" segment about Johnson's reporting project -- "Criminal Confessions: Coerced or Real?" Listen here to the podcast.
The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism, which runs IowaWatch.org, has filed its 990 tax return for 2016. The return shows how the nonprofit center earned and spent money
This chart shows the population of every city, town and unincorporated village with fewer than 5,000 people reported in the 2020 Census. The chart is in alphabetical order.
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This chart shows the population of every city, town and unincorporated village reported in the 2020 Census. The chart is in alphabetical order.
A four-month IowaWatch investigation that included
You may read here the Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism's 990 tax return for 2019. It covers our work at the IowaWatch.org news website and our educational programming for student journalists who produce in-depth reporting with IowaWatch staff journalists.
Fifty years ago Wadena, Iowa, hosted a rock festival that now is part of Iowa history. Iowa has other ties to rock music, as you can learn in this news quiz.
