2021
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Axne, Becerra Hold Roundtable to Pitch Build Back Better Act
A member of President Joe Biden’s cabinet joined US Rep. Cindy Axne for a Thursday roundtable at the Southside Senior Center in Des Moines to explain how the Build Back Better Act will improve the lives of older Iowans. Specifically, Axne and US Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra discussed expanded Medicare benefits, the…
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Chuck Grassley Discusses Mask Science at Town Hall With Nurse
Chuck Grassley seemed to question whether science has proven that masks help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 after being asked about it during a Keokuk County town hall on Tuesday. Family Nurse Practitioner Barbara Coffman posed the question to Iowa’s senior US senator after sharing her concerns that the health care system could be overwhelmed…
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Iowa’s Disability Community Feels Left Behind in the Pandemic
Iowans with disabilities are fed up and sounding the alarm on the way the state has essentially moved on from the pandemic as COVID-19 continues to spread. For a number of reasons, people with disabilities are more vulnerable to COVID than able-bodied people, even if they are vaccinated. Some need caretakers to come into their…
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Iowa Doctor Breaks Down Register Guest Columnist’s COVID Claims
A guest column written by a budding science teacher and published by The Des Moines Register titled “COVID-19 is not a concern for young people” quickly drew ire on social media after going online on Wednesday. Colin Coulter, who wrote the piece, earned an undergraduate biology degree from Iowa State University in 2012 and is…
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Woodbury Co. Residents Criticize Using Rescue Plans Funds On Jail Cost Over-Runs
You could call Tuesday’s Woodbury County Board of Supervisors meeting an airing of grievances as activists, community members, and union officials clashed with board members over the use of American Rescue Plan funds. The reason for the conflict is the upcoming Woodbury County Law Enforcement Center, which voters approved last year to replace a 34-year-old…
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Ghana Native Helps Other Iowa Immigrants Reach Their Dream at Evelyn K. Davis Center
Ahmed Agyeman is living his American Dream and works to help others achieve theirs. In June, the Ghana native was chosen to lead the Evelyn K. Davis Center for Working Families at Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) Urban Campus where he continues to do what he does best: Make Iowa better every day. The…
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Reynolds Defends Mask Mandate Ban as will of Iowa Parents
When asked about signing legislation that prevented schools from instituting mask mandates, Gov. Kim Reynolds said she was acting on the concerns of Iowa parents. “We had kids being isolated because they couldn’t wear a mask,” Reynolds told WHO 13’s Dave Price in an interview that aired Sunday. “They were having reactions from the mask—it…
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Iowa Parents who Made COVID Sacrifices Tired of School Risks Caused by Others
Many COVID-conscious Iowa parents were mostly worried about the new school year a month ago, but now they’re frustrated too. For many, they’ve spent the past year at home with their children, limiting trips outside and wearing masks when they did. When they were able, many got vaccinated. And now they’re facing a school year…
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Kim Reynolds Responds to ‘COVID Kim’ Nickname
Last year, Iowans unimpressed with Gov. Kim Reynolds’ handling of the COVID-19 pandemic gave her a new moniker: “COVID Kim.” Since then, the name has become common among Reynolds’ critics online. WHO 13’s Dave Price asked her about it in an interview that aired Sunday. “People never 100 percent agree with the decisions I make,”…
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Iowa Insurrectionist may go Back to Jail Over Mike Lindell Video
Iowa’s most infamous Capitol insurrectionist may go back to jail because of Mike Lindell. According to federal court documents, Doug Jensen of Des Moines violated his home-monitoring release, a condition of which prohibits the use of the internet, so he could stream Lindell’s cyber symposium, which promised and failed to deliver evidence the 2020 election…
