IowaWatch's Kathryn Susik spoke about the dangers of tanning when she and executive director-editor Lyle Muller were the guests on the Tuesday, Nov. 18, "Your Town" show on KXIC radio, AM 800, in Iowa City.
As companies and landowners continue to settle on agreements to begin fracking, a handful of federal reports and studies have suggested fracking for gas and oil may present certain health risks.
Southern Illinois farmers and landowners have started leasing their land to major fracking companies to draw additional income. In just one southern Illinois county, Wayne County,property owners have signed more than 3,000 leases with oil and gas companies in the last two years, though some leases m
The number of methamphetamine labs reported in Iowa has decreased, but increased meth use and the higher potency of the drug available to users means meth is still impacting Iowa communities and children. Kids raised in a home with a parent addicted to the drug face higher risks for neglect and a nu
Two IowaWatch forums, on Nov. 19 and 20, based on the documentary "Breaking the Cycle: Meth Addiction in the Heartland [http://www.iowawatch.org/2014/06/05/breaking-the-cycle-meth-addiction-in-the-heartland/]" will seek solutions to Iowa's cycle of meth abuse.
Although the number of methamphetamine labs found in the state of Iowa has decreased, a recent report shows usage rates and the potency of meth available in Iowa have increased.
IowaWatch executive director-editor Lyle Muller talked on WMT radio host Bob Bruce's Thursday, Nov. 13, program about the IowaWatch Connection, net neutrality and a collaboration about proposed "Waters of the U.S." rules that the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting produced and which IowaWatc
The public comment window for the controversial Waters of the U.S. rule is set to close on Friday, Nov. 14 – more than half a year after the regulation was introduced.
The public comment period for a proposed rule defining "Waters of the U.S." is set to close on Nov. 14, more than half a year sine the rule was first introduced. During that time, thousands of national lawmakers, state authorities and agriculture officials have criticized the rule.
The forums, open to the public, are to take place on Nov. 19, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Register Media’s Community Room in Des Moines and on Nov. 20, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the Iowa City Public Library Meeting Room A in Iowa City.
Another record harvest is almost complete. Agriculture is Iowa’s top business, but it’s also the state’s most deadly.
“There’s a cultures out there that persists, and
What war did the largest number of Iowa's living veterans serve in? Do you know what Midwest state has the highest number of living women veterans? Find out this and more in the IowaWatch news quiz.
