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Mental Health Care Providers In Flood-Stricken Rural Areas Short-handed But Expecting More Demand

FLOODED SENSES: MEETING MENTAL HEALTH CARE DEMAND IN DISASTER-STICKEN IOWA. Iowa does not have enough psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists or other mental health care providers to handle an increasing need to care for farmers dealing with relentless flooding this year, several mental health expe

By Kelly Page

/ 23 Jul 2019

Mental Health Care Providers In Flood-Stricken Rural Areas Short-handed But Expecting More Demand

Dealing With The Stigma Of Seeking Mental Health Care

A stigma exists in agricultural communities when it comes to seeking mental healthcare. Moreover, Kyle Godwin, who recently researched patterns in farmer suicide for his University of Iowa School of

By Kelly Page

/ 23 Jul 2019

Dealing With The Stigma Of Seeking Mental Health Care

Evans: Iowans’ Wardrobes Don’t Need These Overalls

This is a good week for Iowans to put away forever what a friend once called our “mental overalls.” The label was his way of describing the tendency of Iowans

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 17 Jul 2019

Evans: Iowans’ Wardrobes Don’t Need These Overalls

Little Progress So Far On U.S. Goal Of Cutting Food Waste In Half

While one in eight Americans are considered to be “food insecure,” an estimated 40 percent of the nation’s supply of fruits, vegetables, dairy and meat goes to waste, discarded

By Susan Abram/FairWarning

/ 11 Jul 2019

Little Progress So Far On U.S. Goal Of Cutting Food Waste In Half

Evans: We Need These Reminders About Immigrants

Years ago, when I was a young pup of a reporter for the Des Moines Register, my assignment was covering state and federal courts. Normally, it amounted to reporting on

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 10 Jul 2019

Evans: We Need These Reminders About Immigrants

Solar Flare-Up: Utility Blocks Iowa Firm From Harnessing The Sun In Milwaukee

As solar energy has become more popular and cost-effective, this once fringe renewable source is now at the center of an energy turf war in Wisconsin. At issue is

By Sarah Whites-Koditschek/Wisconsin Public Radio

/ 7 Jul 2019

Solar Flare-Up: Utility Blocks Iowa Firm From Harnessing The Sun In Milwaukee

Evans: What’s Going On In Our School Classrooms?

One of the most common types of violence in Iowa’s K-12 schools does not involve fistfights or guns. This form of violence often flies under society’s radar,

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 3 Jul 2019

Evans: What’s Going On In Our School Classrooms?

Brazilian Firm A Big Winner For USDA Payments To Offset Trade War

A Brazilian-owned meat processing company undercut its competition by more than $1 per pound to win nearly $78 million in pork contracts through a federal program launched to help

By Christopher Walljasper, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

/ 2 Jul 2019

Brazilian Firm A Big Winner For USDA Payments To Offset Trade War

Most States Legalizing Pot Growing Have Yet to Grapple with Power Demand

Cannabis cultivation in the United States this year will consume 1.8 million megawatt-hours of electricity, about as much as the nation’s 15,000 Starbucks stores. And next

By Nate Seltenrich/Fairwarning

/ 27 Jun 2019

Most States Legalizing Pot Growing Have Yet to Grapple with Power Demand

Evans: Campaign Losers Should Be Thanked, Not Jailed

What in the world has gotten into us? Through the years, we poured ourselves into political campaigns, put out yard signs for our favorite office-seekers, and held “coffees” to

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 26 Jun 2019

Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney in Davenport, Iowa

News Quiz: Flooding Trends In Iowa

An analysis of rainfall patterns in Iowa, revealed in a 2014 White House National Climate Assessment report, showed a significant increase in the number of days with heavy rainfall, despite

By IowaWatch

/ 21 Jun 2019

Inside The Reporter's Notebook: Revealing Alarming Deaths At Institution For Severely Disabled Iowans

Several front-line state workers at the Glenwood Resource Center, a state-run institution in Glenwood, Iowa, that cares for severely disabled patients, have raised concerns about the quality of

By Kelly Page

/ 20 Jun 2019