Catherine Wheeler
Catherine Wheeler was Iowa Public Radio's All Things Considered host and a reporter from 2021 to 2023.
Before joining IPR, Catherine was a reporter for Wyoming Public Radio, covering northeast Wyoming, education, and statewide politics. She has won a regional Edward R. Murrow for sports reporting and a Public Media Journalists Association award for short documentary.
Catherine has a bachelor's degree in English from Fort Lewis College and a master's in journalism from the University of Missouri, Columbia.
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The report showed K-12 enrollment across the state dropped by close to 6,000 students from the year, the first time numbers had dropped since the 2011 school year.
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Tonight's lunar eclipse will cover most of the moon around 3 a.m.
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DART On Demand will replace the On Call program. It allows riders to use an app and choose their pick up and drop off location within a set area, similar to ride share apps
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The groups that rescued 514 dogs from a licensed breeder in Iowa say current policies made it difficult to get the dogs to safety sooner.
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Des Moines Public Schools says they’ve seen a decline in COVID-19 cases following the district’s mask mandate
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Iowa State University is offering the opportunity for students who couldn’t graduate in-person because of the pandemic to walk across the stage this Saturday, Oct. 9.
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Some public school districts are enacting mask mandates following a federal judge's ruling to temporarily stop the enforcement of the state's ban on mask mandates in schools.