Investigate Midwest (Page 249)

Thief Takes $20,000 from Jackson County

It was called “a robbery as mysterious as any that has happened anywhere.”

/ 21 Mar 2015

News Quiz: Updates on IowaWatch Stories

You’ve read about tanning beds, texting while driving and farm safety in IowaWatch stories this past year. This week’s news quiz brings you up to date as of March 20 on where these matters stand in the Iowa Legislature.

By IowaWatch

/ 20 Mar 2015

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

Podcast: IowaWatch On KXIC Radio Talk About Newspaper Preservation, Open Government, 5th Anniversary

IowaWatch's data analyst/journalist Lauren Mills talked about her recent story [http://www.iowawatch.org/2015/03/12/newspapers-piling-up-since-2009-while-state-historical-society-decides-how-to-preserve-them/] about Iowa newspapers piling up without being preserved by the state and Executive Directo

By IowaWatch

/ 18 Mar 2015

Podcast: IowaWatch On KXIC Radio Talk About Newspaper Preservation, Open Government, 5th Anniversary

IowaWatch Connection: Open Government

Iowa has some of the oldest and broadest laws favoring free information and open government, but sometimes those laws aren't followed. We'll talk with those charged with keeping the information flowing.

By Jeff Stein

/ 16 Mar 2015

Iowa Preacher Starts "War"

Rev. George Cyphert Tally of Keokuk County was described as having as a “rugged, forceful, crude” man with “more zeal than discretion” but also a gifted orator. In the midst of the Civil War, the preacher started a confrontation between local Copperheads and Union supporters that required interventi

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa Stories

/ 14 Mar 2015

News Quiz: Iowa Women Who Made History

Although Iowa's past is filled with women who have impacted the course of our history, we’ve selected a few to highlight in this news quiz in honor of National Women's History Month. Think you know all about the women in Iowa’s history? Try your hand at this quiz:

By IowaWatch

/ 13 Mar 2015

Newspapers Piling Up Since 2009 While State Historical Society Decides How To Preserve Them

Bundled stacks of newspaper fill shelves and overflow onto the floor in the archives of the State Historical Society of Iowa in Des Moines. How they will be archived is anybody's guess. And the piles grow.

By Lauren Mills

/ 12 Mar 2015

Newspapers Piling Up Since 2009 While State Historical Society Decides How To Preserve Them

IowaWatch Connection: The Impact of Video Games

Video games have come a long way since Pong and Frogger...and it's not just males who play them. Are the games themselves enhancing gender stereotypes? And do their realistic look add to reinforcing negative images?

By Jeff Stein

/ 9 Mar 2015

IowaWatch Connection: The Impact of Video Games

The Iron Man Battalion

Yank Magazine, a military weekly news magazine published during World War II, ran a lengthy spread on the 34th Division in March 1945. Although men from all over the United States comprised the 34th, at one time it had been densely populated with Iowan and the writer of the article titled “Iron Man

By Cheryl Mullenbach/Iowa Stories

/ 7 Mar 2015

News Quiz: Rock and Roll in Iowa

Rock music and pop culture aficionados are aware that Iowa is known as the place where the music died on Feb. 3, 1959, when an airplane crash near Clear Lake killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P “The Big Bopper” Richardson, along with pilot Roger Peterson. But Iowa has plenty of other ties to

By IowaWatch

/ 6 Mar 2015

IowaWatch Connection: Lottery Proceeds & Gambling Addiction

The Iowa Lottery turns 30 years old this year. Where does the money from lottery revenue go? And what about those who succumb to gambling addiction?

By Jeff Stein

/ 2 Mar 2015

IowaWatch Connection: Lottery Proceeds & Gambling Addiction

Thief Takes $20,000 from Jackson County

News Quiz: Updates on IowaWatch Stories

Data Show Democrats, Older Iowans Use Absentee Ballots Most

Podcast: IowaWatch On KXIC Radio Talk About Newspaper Preservation, Open Government, 5th Anniversary

IowaWatch Connection: Open Government

Iowa Preacher Starts "War"

News Quiz: Iowa Women Who Made History

Newspapers Piling Up Since 2009 While State Historical Society Decides How To Preserve Them

IowaWatch Connection: The Impact of Video Games

The Iron Man Battalion

News Quiz: Rock and Roll in Iowa

IowaWatch Connection: Lottery Proceeds & Gambling Addiction

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