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Over 700 people in Polk County are waiting for help getting into housing as homeless shelters continue to operate at overflow capacity. But finding affordable housing isn’t the only challenge — there’s also the problem of staying housed.

The White House stopped funding refugee resettlement agencies. Federal funding made up roughly 80% of their budgets.

Through reporting in Iowa, Nebraska and other states, The Midwest Newsroom has found a pattern of rural school districts relying on nonprofit organizations and community members to provide support and services where federal funding fails to meet needs.

Iowan Jim Leach, who served in U.S. Congress for 30 years, passed away Wednesday at the age of 82.

Officials with the Iowa Dental Association want state lawmakers to address a major shortage of dentists who accept Medicaid patients. Health officials in northwest Iowa say children and the poor are especially impacted.

Polk County supervisors face a sudden and unexpected hit to their budget as the number of people experiencing homelessness continues to climb.

YSS, a youth social services provider in Iowa, is opening the Ember Recovery Campus with a residential addiction treatment program, crisis stabilization and crisis recovery services.

After facing an urgent deadline, the Mirrorbox Theatre in Cedar Rapids' Time Check neighborhood raised enough money to pay back its rent and stay open through the end of the year.

The Little Sioux River reached unprecedented levels in late June, forcing the evacuation of several residents of Correctionville. More than three months later, some in the northwest Iowa community continue to seek assistance.

Residents and staff say they were saddened by the news that the Warming Shelter in Sioux City was planning to cease operations. They wonder what will happen next.