Iowa’s senior citizens face a number of challenges, from resisting those who want to take advantage of them to making proper plans for passing down the family farm or planning for long term care.
downtown Iowa City
Fringe: True Stories From Outsiders, Live Storytelling Event March 29
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ORDER TICKETS HERE.IowaWatch.org and Flyover Fest are banding together for a live storytelling event on Thursday, March 29, at Old Brick in Iowa City. The event, “Fringe: True Stories from Outsiders,” will explore, through a group of hand-selected speakers telling personal stories, people who feel marginalized in society. Speakers will tell short stories from their lives at this event, which is modeled after the National Public Radio program, The Moth. The program will begin at 7 p.m. Old Brick is at 26 E. Market St. Iowa Public Radio’s Lindsey Moon will be the program emcee.
herbicide drift
Dicamba Drift Puts Natural Areas At Risk, Environmental Groups Warn
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After drift from the herbicide dicamba harmed millions of acres of soybeans in 2017, environmental groups are worried that it could damage sensitive ecological areas, particularly habitats for monarch butterflies.
Iowa History
Women Supply Vermin-Proof Underwear to Soldiers: A Story From WWI
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“What better investment can one make for 60 cents than for a garment which has a double purpose, that of an under garment and one that is vermin proof?” the question was posed by a Des Moines clubwoman in August 1918.
Sidebar: Fast Food Restaurants Drive Drop In Antibiotic Use In Chickens
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In recent years, major chicken companies, such as Perdue Farms and Tyson, and fast food restaurants, such as Chik-Fil-A and McDonald’s, have gone antibiotic-free, which largely explains why antimicrobial sales in the chicken industry are significantly lower than those of cattle and swine. Dr. Chris Rademacher, a swine extension veterinarian at Iowa State University, said it is easier for the chicken industry to go antibiotic-free because broiler chickens have shorter lifespans. The longer an animal is alive, the more an animal risks becoming ill and needing antibiotics. “In the broiler industry, where chickens are hatched and born … those lifespans are usually within the period of six to seven weeks.
entrepreneurship
Iowa, My Second Home, From Those Who Chose The State
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Iowans like to tell others how great their state is. How do you measure that?
Iowa's Opportunity Gap
IowaWatch Connection Report: Closing Iowa’s Opportunity Gap
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White Iowans made strong gains in high school and college graduation rates, poverty, median family income and home ownership from 1960-2010 but black and Latino achievements in these areas grew far more slowly, or in some cases declined. This IowaWatch Connection radio podcast looks at ways some are trying to level the playing field.
intellectual freedom
Brooke Gladstone at Iowa City’s Englert Sunday: Carol Spaziani Intellectual Freedom Festival Schedule
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IowaWatch is a supporter of the Iowa City Public Library‘s 2017 Carol Spaziani Intellectual Freedom Festival that begins on Sunday, Sept. 17. A highlight of the event will be an appearance Sunday, Sept. 24, at the Englert Theatre by noted author and public radio commentator/journalist Brooke Gladstone.
trucking insurance
Feds Reject Insurance Hike for Big-Rigs, Pleasing Independent Truckers, Rankling Safety Advocates
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Graham Brown was headed to his job as a computer technician when a drowsy big-rig driver swerved into his path and struck his car, sending it flying off a rural Illinois road and into a field. The effect of the trucker’s firm not having enough insurance coverage was devastating.
Iowa government
Kim Reynolds’ Speech After Being Sworn In As Iowa Governor
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ remarks after being sworn into office on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, as the state’s first female governor.
The Shifting Narrative
Podcast: Hot Political Rhetoric Remains After 2016 Election
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The 2016 political campaign may be behind voters but the high awareness of its results and the rhetoric it spawned has, in many ways, not disappeared. This IowaWatch Connection radio report brings the voices of voters, post-election, to you.