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IowaWatch spring 2017 intern Julia Davis talking with high school student staff of the Iowa City West High West Side Story newspaper on Feb. 10, 2017.
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Caspar Dowdy, a University of Missouri student, and Paloma Sanchez-McGee, a recent University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate, have joined Investigate Midwest as summer interns.
At Investigate Midwest, we're a regional newsroom with national reach, but much of our reporting begins with local people who trust us to take a closer look at
Investigate Midwest’s editor-in-chief Ben Felder appeared Feb. 19 on Iowa Public Radio’s River to River with the launch of his latest investigation into pesticide use and
This chart shows the population of every city, town and unincorporated village with fewer than 5,000 people reported in the 2020 Census. The chart is in alphabetical order.
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This chart shows the population of every city, town and unincorporated village reported in the 2020 Census. The chart is in alphabetical order.
A four-month IowaWatch investigation that included
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Fifty years ago Wadena, Iowa, hosted a rock festival that now is part of Iowa history. Iowa has other ties to rock music, as you can learn in this news quiz.
