Investigate Midwest (Page 103)

GRAPHIC: One in six U.S. residents get sick from food poisoning each year. These are among the costliest germs.

Foodborne illnesses cost more than $15 billion a year in medical expenses and lost productivity and wages, according to the federal government.

By Pam Dempsey, Investigate Midwest

/ 10 Feb 2021

GRAPHIC: One in six U.S. residents get sick from food poisoning each year. These are among the costliest germs.

Rural areas face challenges in COVID vaccine rollout

Across the Midwest, the rollout of COVID vaccines has been spotty. Lots of people are having a trouble with online signups. And vaccine demand far exceeds supply. That’s made

By Natalie Krebs / Iowa Public Radio and Side Effects Public Media

/ 10 Feb 2021

Rural areas face challenges in COVID vaccine rollout

And the beat goes on (but did you expect different?)

Of course, they denied it. We didn't do anything wrong. There ain't any liability! Such was the tired worn-out rhetoric of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation and Tyson Foods, Inc in agreeing to settle a long-running civil suit filed by Maplevale Farms claiming the two Big-Meat giants fixed prices on broile

By Dave Dickey, Columnist

/ 10 Feb 2021

And the beat goes on (but did you expect different?)

Farmers already felt isolated. The COVID-19 pandemic made it worse.

The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated farmers’ feelings of isolation, according to a recent survey from the American Farm Bureau Federation. The percentage who said social isolation affects farmers’ mental health jumped more than 20% in 2020 compared to 2019.

By Marissa Plescia, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 10 Feb 2021

Farmers already felt isolated. The COVID-19 pandemic made it worse.

Evans: There are more questions than answers in Iowa these days

It may be time for lawmakers to designate an official state punctuation mark, too. The question mark seems to be an appropriate choice -- especially after the troubling news from our

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 9 Feb 2021

Evans: There are more questions than answers in Iowa these days

Ten months into pandemic, Rochelle Foods and Illinois health department still at odds over COVID-19

An infected worker allegedly told the plant's manager he was feeling better after his positive test. He told the county health department the opposite.

By Madison McVan, Investigate Midwest and Derek Kravitz, Brown Institute for Media Innovation

/ 9 Feb 2021

Ten months into pandemic, Rochelle Foods and Illinois health department still at odds over COVID-19

OSHA and USDA waited months into pandemic to coordinate effort into COVID-19 crisis in meatpacking plants, emails show

OSHA and USDA waited until April of last year — more than three months into the pandemic and after a plant shut down because workers fell ill — to plan a response to the rising number of COVID-19 cases at meatpacking plants, according to emails obtained by Public Citizen.

By Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest

/ 5 Feb 2021

OSHA and USDA waited months into pandemic to coordinate effort into COVID-19 crisis in meatpacking plants, emails show

GRAPHIC: More meatpacking companies are using temporary visa labor

The number of companies using these visas is small compared to the entire industry, but a trend has emerged over the past several years.

By Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest

/ 3 Feb 2021

GRAPHIC: More meatpacking companies are using temporary visa labor

Wisconsin’s No. 1 mink farming industry now seen as a COVID-19 risk

State officials knew little about the secretive industry until the pandemic struck; now they are scrambling to keep mink farmers and their animals safe

By Kate Golden for Wisconsin Watch

/ 1 Feb 2021

Wisconsin’s No. 1 mink farming industry now seen as a COVID-19 risk

16.6 million visit Iowa’s state parks in 2020; Lake Manawa, Gull Point top the list

A record 16.6 million visitors frequented Iowa’s state parks in 2020, according to data from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Iowans turned to the outdoors with indoor

By Danielle Gehr / IowaWatch

/ 28 Jan 2021

16.6 million visit Iowa’s state parks in 2020; Lake Manawa, Gull Point top the list

Opinion: Time for journalist introspection

No, I'm thinking about the silos that have created a journalistic us vs. them mentality. The last four years of verbal combat in Washington D.C., and to be honest just about everywhere, has exacerbated a toxic atmosphere akin to the Hatfields and McCoys. It is partisanship on super-steroids.

By Dave Dickey, Columnist

/ 27 Jan 2021

Opinion: Time for journalist introspection

COVID on Campus: Tracking and isolating students was hit-and-miss

Students report a wide variety of experiences after testing positive for COVID-19 on Midwest campuses. Some were held in university facilities where food was scarce; others were placed in hotels with regular meals. Some said their personal contacts were notified; others say no one even asked who the

By Hali Tauxe/For The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, Danielle DuClos/For The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, Chris Martucci/For The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, Gavin Good/For The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting and Julia Morrison/For The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 26 Jan 2021

COVID on Campus: Tracking and isolating students was hit-and-miss

GRAPHIC: One in six U.S. residents get sick from food poisoning each year. These are among the costliest germs.

Rural areas face challenges in COVID vaccine rollout

And the beat goes on (but did you expect different?)

Farmers already felt isolated. The COVID-19 pandemic made it worse.

Evans: There are more questions than answers in Iowa these days

Ten months into pandemic, Rochelle Foods and Illinois health department still at odds over COVID-19

OSHA and USDA waited months into pandemic to coordinate effort into COVID-19 crisis in meatpacking plants, emails show

GRAPHIC: More meatpacking companies are using temporary visa labor

Wisconsin’s No. 1 mink farming industry now seen as a COVID-19 risk

Opinion: Time for journalist introspection

COVID on Campus: Tracking and isolating students was hit-and-miss

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