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Lyle Muller writes for IowaWatch, "for all the dire trends facing some of these places, saying that small Iowa towns no longer can thrive misses a few points."
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State Parks Struggle To Sustain Adequate Funding Despite Landmark Legislation And Increased Usage
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Iowa schools received $30 million in CARES Act money, which helped some districts provide mental health services for kids.
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Some Ankeny parents are frustrated after receiving a letter Wednesday night that the Ankeny Community School District will not require students to quarantine if they have been exposed to a person who has tested positive for COVID-19.
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Pedati Talks COVID Vaccine, Demands Of Public Health, Test Iowa Closings And More
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Woodbury County is seeking to use American Rescue Plan Act funds to cover cost increases in its new jail project.
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Waterloo’s high rank comes in a state that received a ‘D-’ rating for its civil forfeiture laws in 2013 from the Institute of Justice, a libertarian nonprofit in Arlington, Virginia. Iowa’s grade was based on factors such as no former conviction being required, poor protections for third-party property owners and that 100% of profits go toward law enforcement, the institute says.
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Seventy-six of Iowa’s 82 critical access hospitals ended the last fiscal year for which they’ve reported financial data with negative operating margins, new data IowaWatch analyzed revealed. The new data include 50 rural hospitals whose fiscal years ended June 30, 2020, and their finances after the onset of COVID-19 and the distribution of federal stimulus money to stem the financial losses.
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IowaWatch's John Naughton investigates how an Iowa school is dealing with the challenges of COVID-19.