Isabella Murray

With little guidance from national and state officials, many of Iowa’s school districts are themselves determining reopening plans before children enter classrooms this fall. President Donald Trump and Gov. Kim Reynolds have both said recently that they prioritize opening schools—Iowa classrooms have been closed since mid-March when COVID-19 spread throughout the state. Many of Iowa’s…

The majority of older Iowans support absentee voting, and many plan on voting absentee this November as the COVID-19 threat persists, according to a new AARP poll. Conducted with Selzer & Company, AARP Iowa polled over 800 registered Iowa voters age 50 and over between July 6 and 8 about Secretary of State Paul Pate’s…

The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors on Thursday refused to condemn the use of local militia members who stood guard at the county courthouse in late May during the initial aftermath of the George Floyd murder. At a morning board meeting, the Concerned Citizens of Pottawattamie County, a coalition group formed in support of Black…

When Steve King’s name was once trending on Twitter in late June, C.J. Petersen, the Democratic candidate for the Iowa Senate seat King once held, said he thought it’d be a good time to introduce himself to the state with a campaign video. The spot was unique among political videos in that it began in…

Iowa became the first state in the nation to restart high school sports amid the pandemic, allowing baseball and softball high school teams to resume their summer seasons in early June. It was believed to be the first return of organized sports in the country, following many professional and school leagues’ shut-downs. But now over…

A $100,000 reward is on the market today for anyone able to turn in whoever placed the noose found in late June at the Altoona Facebook Data Center construction site. In an effort to gather tips that will lead to an eventual arrest in the now FBI and the Department of Justice-aided investigation, a group…

A $100,000 reward is on the market today for anyone able to turn in whoever placed the noose found in late June at the Altoona Facebook Data Center construction site. In an effort to gather tips that will lead to an eventual arrest in the now FBI and the Department of Justice-aided investigation, a group…

A $100,000 reward is on the market today for anyone able to turn in whoever placed the noose found in late June at the Altoona Facebook Data Center construction site. In an effort to gather tips that will lead to an eventual arrest in the now FBI and the Department of Justice-aided investigation, a group…

The Iowa Department of Public Health cracked down on the circulation of zip-code specific COVID-19 positive case numbers after an Allamakee County local official began publishing biweekly reports online. That data pointed to the rural county’s coronavirus outbreak centering in the meatpacking plant town of Postville. At-large Waukon City Council member John Ellingson in early…

Brownells, the Grinnell-based international gun manufacturer and firearm supplier, was one of Iowa’s leading recipients of the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program. Data released Monday by the federal agency shows that Brownells was one of 50 Iowa businesses and nonprofit groups, mostly comprised of hospitals, manufacturing or agricultural corporations, to receive a loan in…