In 2020 and 2021, IowaWatch focused on the state parks system, sending reporters to visit more than 50 of the parks. We learned a lot during those visits as well
Minnesota and its government officials delivered an important lesson recently on how to provide justice — and their lesson should be taken to heart by their neighbors in Iowa.
The contrast
In 2021, Kelli Greenland and her two children used food pantries more often than they ever have. As the year closes, the Des Moines mom is filled with uncertainty.
Greenland
Wanting to know their new state after moving to Iowa in 2014, Dave and Karen Miglin and their two children went to the Field of Dreams movie site outside of
Reflecting a national trend, rural counties in Illinois have seen an exodus of, primarily, white residents. Increases in Hispanic residents have fueled an uptick in diversity.
The past couple of years have been challenging for Iowa’s 327 public school districts.
Parents have become very engaged with their schools — and enraged, too, at times. This has
The death Sunday of Robert Dole was a potent reminder of what we have lost as a nation.
Another member of the Greatest Generation has left us — another of those
