refugees

An Afghan parolee reflects on her life in Iowa one year after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan

The drivers license written exam isn't readily available in Afghan languages. So, resettlement organizations in Sioux City are working with the Iowa Department of Transportation to change that.

More Iowa businesses want to hire refugees amid a statewide labor shortage. IowaWORKS is working to train those companies on how to do it right.

More than 100 Afghan refugees moved to Sioux City to work at the meat processing plant across the border in Nebraska. But, the resources they needed to resettle in Iowa weren’t always quick to follow.

Charity Nebbe talks to Debra Marquart, Iowa’s Poet Laureate, about her book The Night We Landed on the Moon: Essays Between Exile & Belonging.

Four diverse Iowa communities discussed how policy-makers can better serve immigrant and refugee communities at a panel hosted by the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council on Wednesday.

The governor's education plan meets resistance. The state prepares to reduce unemployment benefits. And the push to license midwives hits a snag.

President Joe Biden has announced the U.S. would accept up to 100,000 refugees from Ukraine. Refugee resettlement organizations in Iowa are trying to prepare amid challenges.

Lutheran Services in Iowa has expanded its refugee resettlement services to western Iowa. They hope to bring 150 more refugees into the region this year.

As more refugee children from Afghanistan settle in Iowa, a woman noticed one of the items they most lacked was toys. Here's the story of what she’s doing to change that.