Editor's Note: This story was updated Dec. 9, 2021, to include news
that Darcy Havel-Sturdevant contracted COVID-19 again.
The migraines, exhaustion and shortness of breath have
There’s a big birthday coming up in Iowa in about a month.
This place we call home — these 55,800 square miles of farm fields, wooded land, and clusters
In the rolling hills of northeast Iowa, amid fields of cattle and corn, sits a simple, cream-colored building.
The gravel road leading to the dwelling climbs an incline. A
Iowa’s Buddhist population grew in the last several decades with new places to practice -- Cedar Rapids, Clive, Decorah. Now Indianola.
The latest is in Warren County’s county seat
You have to marvel at the capacity of the human spirit — especially the ability of people who remain optimistic and upbeat in the face of challenges most of us can’
STEPHEN BERRY FREE PRESS CHAMPIONS
(For current journalist or journalism educator)
2021: Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch
2020: No awards due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019: Carol Hunter, Des Moines
IowaWatch honored an outstanding investigative journalist and a former public health spokesperson, both judged to be advocates for open and transparent government, during the Virtual Storytelling Event on Friday, Nov.
You can find adventure just about anywhere, from exploring your own neighborhood to getting lost in the wilderness. IowaWatch.org will celebrate adventures big and small in a virtual storytelling
The Iowa Legislature’s “to do” list should be a little longer after last week.
And people need to contact their senators and representatives in the Legislature to make sure
On the eighth floor of Iowa Methodist Hospital in downtown Des Moines, 56-year-old Russell Braley watched daytime TV in one of the recovery units, breathing through a tube
The requirements for becoming a teacher were always straightforward: Earn a college degree in education, take enough classes in your area of specialty, practice your teaching skills for a semester
URBANDALE, Iowa – IowaWatch is taking nominations for the Stephen Berry and Randy Brubaker Free Press Champion awards. The awards are being presented this year after a break in 2020 due