A report prepared by independent firm Atchison Consulting Service recommends improved communication and training -- including increasing understanding of how to request sources and of the National Guard’s capabilities.
Though maps outlining “undesirable” areas were only produced by the federal government from 1935 to 1940, the effects on seven Iowa cities live on to this day.
Cara Briggs Farmer, a local artist and business owner, has spent the last few years designing public art pieces for various communities in Eastern Iowa
The regulatory relief comes at a time when the governor has declined to reinstate some of the mitigation efforts – like business and school closings, limits on public gatherings, restrictions on hours of operation – intended to slow the spread of the virus.
It’s not that health care facilities lack PPE or other necessary supplies to care for patients. They lack enough staff with the training to care for critically ill patients.
Iowa meat lockers that make in-demand specialty products often struggle to get enough skilled workers. Which is why the Iowa Legislature created a task force to study whether the state should start an artisanal butchery program at a state community college or university.
Wear a mask in schools, remain home when sick or if in close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, and get tested.
In addition to the new roughly 17,000-square-foot City Hall building, North Liberty has opted to add a “pedestrian plaza” to the civic campus plan.
With the University of Iowa about to make good on its promise to resume in-person Hawkeye football this fall, campus administrators Thursday issued messages promoting COVID precautions and general good fan behavior heading into the weekend.
Jeremy Michael Berg would not put down a knife after being rescued from a fire inside his grandparents’ machine shop. “I think he pushed the limit to get the officers to shoot him,” his mother said.
After months of decline following the winter spike, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are once again rising in Iowa and many other areas of the country. Both measures are higher than they have been since January, which was the tail end of the pandemic’s worst and deadliest stretch so far.
The Legislative Services Agency plans to release its first redistricting map by Sept. 16. An advisory panel has two weeks to gather public input before recommending a plan to the Legislature, which must wait three days before taking an up-or-down vote on it.
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