Cheryl Mullenbach, whose columns about Iowa history were a weekly feature at IowaWatch.org in 2015, is returning to her old spot with new columns each Saturday, beginning June 4. Her new column will be called “Iowa History.”
Saigon had fallen and Vietnamese refugees needed a new home. Iowa opened its arms in the 1970s. A former IowaWatch reporter's story rekindled memories for one Iowan whose family took in some of those refugees. This five-part series by Clare McCarthy tells that story.
A 2015 rise in motorcycle fatalities follows years of advocacy by biker groups to prevent regulators from promoting or enforcing tough requirements for safe helmets, this Fairwarning.org report shows.
Each year countless numbers of elderly people are scammed out of billions of dollars by people who prey on them with tactics ranging from being questionable to outright criminal.
An estimated 17 different Native American tribes have lived in Iowa, according to Iowa’s Official Register, a 2011 document by the State Library of Iowa. How familiar are you with the history surrounding the tribes that lived in Iowa?
Data shows the results of school district equity reviews conducted by the Iowa Department of Education based on the letter of findings sent to districts as well as the date upon which school districts became compliant. Documents from reviews starting in the fall of 2010 through February 2016 were re
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Most Iowa School Districts Don’t Comply With Americans With Disabilities Act
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When Cael Rudkin was in first grade at West Marshall Elementary School he got stuck outside one day because none of the school’s doors had handicap accessible push buttons. Fact is, the majority of Iowa school districts reviewed by the Iowa Department of Education do not meet Americans with Disabili
