posted on November 21, 2008 at 12:59 PM
They are a hidden population in a state dominated by the native-born. But the people who have willfully moved to Iowa could be the engines of new growth.
“Transplants” to Iowa is the focus of this Iowa Journal.
Tags: Iowans brain drain non-Iowans jobs entrepenuers children
posted on November 20, 2008 at 11:11 AM

They are a hidden population in a state dominated by the native-born. But the people who have willfully moved to Iowa could be the engines of new growth.
“Transplants” to Iowa is the focus of this Iowa Journal.
Tags: Iowans brain drain non-Iowans jobs entrepenuers children
posted on October 23, 2008 at 3:30 PM

"The Iowa Journal" takes a look at the issues facing the state's 1st congressional district. This district is comprised of 12 counties.
The district is often called the John Deere district and Deere and Company has operations in the biggest cities of the district, Davenport, Dubuque and Waterloo.
Tags: floods politics water rebuilding science research Campaign 2008 immigration tourism brain drain
posted on October 23, 2008 at 1:32 PM

"The Iowa Journal" takes a look at the issues facing the state's 1st congressional district. This district is comprised of 12 counties.
The district is often called the John Deere district and Deere and Company has operations in the biggest cities of the district, Davenport, Dubuque and Waterloo.
Tags: floods politics water rebuilding science research Campaign 2008 immigration tourism brain drain
posted on October 17, 2008 at 7:12 PM

Janeane Beck of Iowa Public Radio discusses State Congressional Races, Voter Turnout, and the Smoking Ban.
Tags: politics smoking news analysis
posted on October 17, 2008 at 3:01 PM

"The Iowa Journal" discusses world hunger with the 2008 Laureates, former U.S. Senators Robert Dole and George McGovern.
Tags: hunger politics economy children science research starvation international world food prize
posted on October 17, 2008 at 2:46 PM

The contributions of U.S. Senators Robert Dole and George McGovern are summarized.
Tags: hunger politics economy children science research starvation international world food prize
posted on October 10, 2008 at 1:52 PM

"The Iowa Journal" takes a look at the issues facing the state's 4th congressional district. The Iowa Journal speaks with Trent Rice, KASI Radio News Director from Ames, and Dr. John Epperson, Political Science Professor from Simpson College, in Indianola, to find out what might be major motivations for the voters and citizens this year.
Tags: floods politics economy rebuilding science research Campaign 2008 immigration tourism
posted on October 10, 2008 at 12:25 PM
Radio Iowa reporter Kay Henderson and host Paul Yeager discuss the state of the national economy and how it affects Iowa.
Tags: economy politics Campaign 2008
posted on October 8, 2008 at 2:12 PM

"The Iowa Journal" takes a look at the issues facing the state's 4th congressional district. This district is comprised of 28 counties.
Geographically, it looks like a sideways stocking, with the toe encompassing Indianola and Winterset, the heel in north-central Iowa including Mason City and Estherville, and the ankle about two counties wide on the north eastern Iowa tier reaching to the Mississippi River.
Tags: floods politics water rebuilding science research Campaign 2008 immigration tourism
posted on September 11, 2008 at 4:45 PM

Experts from flood and disaster agencies answer viewer questions on this live hour-long episode of The Iowa Journal, hosted by Paul Yeager.
Tags: floods tornadoes environment economy global warming Iowa water rivers weather Iowa-storms-08 FEMA
posted on September 11, 2008 at 3:39 PM

Experts from flood and disaster agencies answer viewer questions on this live hour-long episode of The Iowa Journal, hosted by Paul Yeager.
Tags: floods tornadoes environment economy global warming Iowa water rivers weather Iowa-storms-08
posted on September 5, 2008 at 5:31 PM

The lively discussion of politics in Iowa's 5th Congressional District continues with reporters Art Cullen from the Storm Lake Times, and Mike Peterson, news director at KMA Radio.
Tags: floods politics water rebuilding climate change smoking ban Campaign 2008
posted on September 4, 2008 at 6:17 PM

A profile of Iowa's 5th Congressional District.
Tags: floods politics water rebuilding climate change smoking ban Campaign 2008
posted on September 4, 2008 at 6:16 PM

The Iowa Journal profiles Iowa's 5th Congressional District and looks towards the issues that will color voter's decisions during the election campaign of 2008.
Tags: floods politics water rebuilding climate change smoking ban Campaign 2008
posted on September 4, 2008 at 6:14 PM

In the News Analysis, reporter Jeneane Beck and host Paul Yeager talk about the final report from Rebuild Iowa, the possibility of a special session and a bar in West Burlington that has drawn the attention of a the Attorney General's office with 48 complaints about Iowa's smokefree air act.
Tags: floods politics water rebuilding climate change smoking ban
posted on August 27, 2008 at 3:20 PM

Associated Press reporter David Pitt talks with host Paul Yeager about the possibility of a special session of the Iowa General Assembly to deal with 2008 flood relief. Discussion also focused on the upcoming Rebuild Iowa report and the drop in tax revenues.
Tags: floods politics water environment/ecology climate change
posted on August 27, 2008 at 3:20 PM

Two-thirds of the water reaching Iowa's landscape goes directly to rivers, streams and lakes often causing flooding the likes of which were seen this summer in much of Iowa.
"The Iowa Journal" will explore flood prevention measures, such as prairies, wetlands, rain gardens and other landscaping and construction techniques currently in use in several parts of the state.
Tags: rain garden bio swale conservation Okoboji Sprit Lake Arnolds Park floods stormwater water environment/ecology HEAT climate change
posted on August 19, 2008 at 11:31 AM

Two-thirds of the water reaching Iowa's landscape goes directly to rivers, streams and lakes often causing flooding the likes of which were seen this summer in much of Iowa
"The Iowa Journal" will explore flood prevention measures, such as prairies, wetlands, rain gardens and other landscaping and construction techniques currently in use in several parts of the state.
Tags: rain garden bio swale conservation Okoboji Sprit Lake Arnolds Park floods stormwater water environment/ecology HEAT climate change
posted on July 18, 2008 at 11:46 AM

News analyst Kay Henderson of Radio Iowa and host Paul Yeager talked about Gov. Culver's executive order on contractors' misclassification of employees, Iowa GOP state convention election of members of the Iowa Christian Alliance and Iowa Right to life and Mike Huckabee's speech to the GOP convention and his political and work future.
Tags: Republicans politics convention campaign 2008
posted on July 11, 2008 at 11:35 AM
David Pitt and Paul Yeager discuss new flood clean-up cost estimates and the growth of Iowa's population in the past 7 years.
Tags: rivers politics environment/ecology disaster water flood
posted on July 11, 2008 at 11:33 AM

Before the floods and tornadoes hit Iowa, the legislature passed and the governor signed a $12 million appropriation to help communities improve and reinvigorate their riverfronts for economic development. The Iowa Journal will examine the efforts to attract canoeists, kayakers and others to Iowa's rivers for recreation.
Tags: rivers politics environment canoe kayak water Boone Fraser flood recreation low-head dam dam
posted on July 7, 2008 at 9:57 AM

Before the floods and tornadoes hit Iowa, the legislature passed and the governor signed a $12 million appropriation to help communities improve and reinvigorate their riverfronts for economic development. The Iowa Journal will examine the efforts to attract canoeists, kayakers and others to Iowa's rivers for recreation.
Tags: rivers politics environment canoe kayak water Boone Fraser flood recreation low-head dam dam
posted on June 27, 2008 at 9:38 AM

Experts discuss how to help kids deal with the losses they and their towns have incurred in recent Iowa storms.
Tags: post-traumatic stress floods Cedar Rapids children parents Iowa-storms-08
posted on June 26, 2008 at 3:24 PM

Natural disasters, like tornadoes and floods, can take an emotional toll on adults and may be even more traumatic to children. The Iowa Journal takes a look at a group of Cedar Rapids children taking a break from dealing with the flood by having "fun". Studio guests will discuss how adults can help children deal with their emotions after the initial crisis is over.
Tags: floods educators parents emergency post-traumatic stress Cedar Rapids Iowa-storms-08 kids
posted on June 19, 2008 at 9:33 PM

This is an overview of flooding in towns across Iowa.
Tags: floods tornadoes environment economy global warming Iowa water rivers weather Iowa-storms-08
posted on June 18, 2008 at 4:33 PM

Experts from flood and disaster agencies answer viewer questions on this live hour-long episode of The Iowa Journal, hosted by Paul Yeager.
Tags: floods tornadoes environment economy global warming Iowa water rivers weather Iowa-storms-08
posted on June 12, 2008 at 11:25 AM

The economic impact from the storms is assessed with David Swenson, an Iowa State University economist and L.D. McMullen, retired CEO and General Manager of the Des Moines Water Works. He now consults on water resource planning with the engineering firm Snyder & Associates.
Tags: floods tornadoes environment economy global warming Iowa water rivers weather Iowa-storms-08
posted on June 12, 2008 at 11:22 AM

The Iowa Journal takes a look at the widespread effects of extreme weather on Iowa so far this year.
Tags: floods tornadoes environment economy global warming Iowa water rivers weather Iowa-storms-08
posted on June 12, 2008 at 11:21 AM

In the News Analysis segment, David Pitt of the Associated Press updates host Paul Yeager on the aftermath of tornado that killed four Boy Scouts at the Little Sioux Scout Ranch in western Iowa on June 11, 2008. The two also discuss how the Midwest floods are affecting corn prices.
Tags: floods tornadoes environment economy global warming Iowa water rivers weather Iowa-storms-08
posted on June 6, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Kay Henderson of Radio Iowa, and Ken Larson of the Marshalltown Times-Republican update host Paul Yeager on Iowa's recent headlines. Topics include news in the CIETC trial, flooding in Iowa, and comparisons between the immigration raids in Postville and Marshalltown.
Tags: CIETC Postville raid agriculture floods/flooding immigration Hispanic workers farmers
posted on May 30, 2008 at 1:06 PM

Barry Campbell, Vice President of Delivery from MidAmerican Energy, and David Miller, Director of Iowa Homeland Security discuss short-term and long-term recovery strategies for communities affected like Parkersburg.
Tags: tornadoes/tornados global warming weather disaster
posted on May 30, 2008 at 1:02 PM
Associated Press reporter David Pitt discusses Iowa's current news with host Paul Yeager.
Tags: sex offenders Postville raid agriculture tornadoes Parkersburg Iowa-storms-08
posted on May 30, 2008 at 10:23 AM

The twister that ripped apart Parkersburg featured winds speeds in excess of 200 miles an hour. Seven Iowans were killed in the storm, and the damage to this Iowa community is significant.
Tags: tornadoes weather disaster global warming Iowa-storms-08
posted on May 23, 2008 at 12:24 PM

The Iowa Journal will examine the debate over whether corn should be used for food or fuel.
Tags: news analysis politics corn beans farmers farming ethanol environment/ecology gas prices
posted on May 22, 2008 at 6:09 PM

The Iowa Journal will examine the debate over whether corn should be used for food or fuel.
Tags: news analysis politics corn beans farmers farming ethanol environment/ecology gas prices
posted on May 22, 2008 at 5:26 PM

Senator Jack Kibbie talks about his experiences as a Korean War Sergeant First Class, and about legislation he's working on for Iowa veterans.
Tags: Korean War veterans history Heartbreak Ridge
posted on May 22, 2008 at 5:22 PM

President of the Iowa Senate, Jack Kibbie, tells of his experiences during the Korean War.
Tags: Korean War veterans history
posted on May 22, 2008 at 5:21 PM

Radio Iowa's Kay Henderson talks about the past year's legislative measures regarding veterans' benefits with host Paul Yeager.
Tags: news analysis politics veterans benefits legislation cemetery
posted on May 22, 2008 at 10:31 AM

The bloodiest foreign war in U.S. history is also its least-known. Learn about the Korean War on The Iowa Journal.
Tags: Korean War veterans history
posted on May 19, 2008 at 5:23 PM
Associated Press reporter David Pitt joins host Paul Yeager for an analysis of headline news affecting Iowans: Sen. Barack Obama's visit to Iowa.
Tags: news analysis politics economy Barack Obama Democrats campaign 2008 immigration
posted on May 19, 2008 at 5:22 PM
Associated Press reporter David Pitt joins host Paul Yeager for an analysis of headline news affecting Iowans: CIETC CEO Ramona Cunningham's mental competency hearing.
Tags: news analysis politics economy
posted on May 19, 2008 at 2:06 PM

On this Iowa Journal, we discuss ridership on buses, alternatives to driving your car and what other gas-price-related items are quickly heading to the front- burner of many households across Iowa.
Tags: public transportation buses gasoline infrastructure ethanol
posted on May 19, 2008 at 2:03 PM

On this Iowa Journal, we discuss ridership on buses, alternatives to driving your car and what other gas-price-related items are quickly heading to the front- burner of many households across Iowa.
Tags: public transportation buses gasoline infrastructure ethanol Mason City
posted on May 19, 2008 at 2:02 PM
Associated Press reporter David Pitt joins host Paul Yeager for an analysis of headline news affecting Iowans: the immigration raid at Agriprocessors in Postville - one week later.
Tags: news analysis politics economy
posted on May 15, 2008 at 3:19 PM

Host Jeneane Beck and Kay Henderson, of Radio Iowa, discuss about the aftermath of the immigration-related raid at the Agriprocessor meat processing plant in Postville.
Tags: immigration news analysis politics
posted on May 15, 2008 at 2:35 PM

Water pollution's effects on aquatic life and the humans who recreate in the river are discussed by Susan Heathcoate, Water Program Director with the Iowa Environmental Council, and Wayne Gieselman, Division Administrator of the Environmental Services Division of the Iowa DNR.
Tags: sewage environment septic water quality rivers creeks
posted on May 6, 2008 at 3:03 PM

The Iowa Journal visits Boone and Sheldahl, two communities facing fines until they moved forward with costly upgrades of their underground municipal and industrial wastewater treatment facilities.
Tags: sewage environment septic water quality rivers creeks
posted on May 6, 2008 at 1:27 PM

author and consultant Linda Mason Hunter and Lynnae Hentzen, Executive Director of the Center on Sustainable Communities in Iowa, discuss ways to breathe easier in our homes.
Tags: green global warming health air quality water quality cancer ecology environment
posted on May 6, 2008 at 12:51 PM

Indoor air quality is often worse than outdoor air quality. A toxic brew of synthetic chemicals found in building materials, furnishings, and cleaning products may be making you sick.
Tags: green global warming health air quality water quality cancer ecology environment
posted on April 28, 2008 at 5:41 PM

"The Iowa Journal" explores legal addictions in Iowa—alcohol, nicotine, and gambling.
Tags: smoking alcohol law gambling taxes
posted on April 25, 2008 at 10:49 AM

"The Iowa Journal" visits Iowa City for a look at the University of Iowa’s alcohol prevention efforts.
Tags: smoking alcohol economy law gambling taxes college University of Iowa
posted on April 14, 2008 at 5:25 PM

LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) quantifies the amount of energy savings in building design and construction. This is a list of the Iowa buildings currently registered, the first step towards certification. Compiled April 11, 2008.
Tags: green ecology global warming construction energy/environment energy policy LEED
posted on April 11, 2008 at 1:59 PM

Architect Kevin Nordmeyer introduces Iowans to LEED certification, a method of measuring how sustainable a new building is.
Tags: green ecology global warming construction energy/environment energy policy architecture
posted on April 10, 2008 at 10:48 AM

Bob Haug, Executive Director of the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities, and Curt Klaassen, of the Iowa Energy Center, meet with Paul Yeager to discuss how Iowans and Iowa institutions can save money on energy costs, and simultaneously help save the planet's ecosystems.
Tags: green ecology global warming construction energy/environment energy policy
posted on April 1, 2008 at 11:12 AM

Jeneane Beck studies the news with David Pitt, Associated Press reporter. Topics include Iowa's crop planting intentions and legislative action on the state budget.
Tags: politics corn farmers
posted on April 1, 2008 at 11:08 AM

Jeneane Beck's discussion with John McCalley, Director of Elder Affairs, and Anthony Carroll, AARP Iowa Associate State Director for Advocacy, summarizes a few options for caregivers and also focuses on the status of several pieces of legislation dealing with long-term care.
Tags: aging parents healthcare Ames nursing medical
posted on March 31, 2008 at 4:10 PM

Find out about Heartland Adult Day Center in Ames, with Elizabeth Buchwald who cares for her mother in-law and her mother in-law’s sister in her home. Her mother in-law Katherine Buchwald attends the day center 3 days a week.
Tags: aging parents healthcare Ames nursing medical
posted on January 31, 2008 at 7:36 PM
Rich Leopold and L.D. McMullen discuss important issues concerning Iowa's water quality and management.
Tags: water quality disease floods discussion
posted on January 30, 2008 at 10:06 AM
David Pitt of the Associated Press discusses Iowa's economy, the new head of Iowa's Republican party, and proposed changes in the judicial system with host Jeneane Beck.
Tags: politics economy judicial news analysis
posted on January 30, 2008 at 9:39 AM
Kay Henderson of Radio Iowa discusses financial issues in the Iowa legislature, health care initiatives on the state level, and Ed Fallon's chances in the upcoming senatorial race.
Tags: politics Iowa legislature health taxes news analysis
posted on January 26, 2008 at 5:11 PM

Coming to peace after loss and tragedy can be a difficult journey. Forgiveness expert Mary Hayes Grieco has years of experience teaching people how to forgive and move on with life. This special Iowa Journal is a lesson in her technique.
Tags: forgiveness health mental health grief healing
posted on January 11, 2008 at 4:52 PM

Senator Jack Hatch and John Gilliland, Senior Vice President of Government Relations for the Iowa Association of Business and Industry, discuss health insurance mandates and how they will affect the 2008 Iowa lesgislative session.
Tags: health health insurance taxes politics Iowa legislature
posted on January 9, 2008 at 8:53 AM
Tim Lane, Fitness Consultant for the Iowa Department of Health and part of the “Lighten Up Iowa” program, and Jim Hallihan, Executive Director of the Iowa Sports Foundation, discuss statewide issues relating to health, fitness and obesity with host Todd Mundt.
Tags: health fitness exercise obesity
posted on January 8, 2008 at 5:41 PM
Forty years ago at least half of school-aged children walked or biked a mile to school. Today the number is about 15 percent. There are myriad reasons for this trend, but the fact remains that kids don’t walk as much as they once did. There is, though, an emerging movement to make communities more walk-able. It is a blend of strategy, infrastructure, and government incentive.
Tags: fitness health exercise
posted on November 27, 2007 at 1:38 PM

The state of Iowa was recently given an 'F' for its mental health care coverage by the National Alliance on Mental Illness. What is the state doing to improve their grade? We visit one of the state's mental hospitals to see how care has changed there over the last century.
Tags: mental health health
posted on October 22, 2007 at 5:08 PM

Having held the state's highest office for a combined 24 years consecutively, Branstad and Vilsack discuss access to quality health care, long-term financial security and where they think the presidential candidates should stand on these issues. Across every generation access to health insurance is waning as the number of uninsured Americans has risen. Learn more about these issues that are key to the future of our country and critical to Iowans' voting decisions.
Tags: campaign 2008 health insurance healthcare Mitt Romney Mike Huckabee obesity
posted on October 19, 2007 at 3:31 PM

Democrat, Republican or Independent, nearly every poll of Americans reveals that the cost and availability of health care are big political issues. So too are other matters of family financial security, like pension viability, or mortgage regulations or even college tuition and loans. These issues are enduring and will persist through the 2008 elections.
Tags: health insurance healthcare debt health
posted on October 8, 2007 at 12:00 AM
In the headlines this week: There are worries about the market for Iowa's burgeoning ethanol industry, despite oil being at $80 a barrel; and the president has vetoed expanded funding for the health care of poor children. Dave Pitt of the "Associated Press" is here to brief us about these matters.
Tags: health insurance children politics Democrats Republicans ethanol business economy news analysis
posted on April 9, 2007 at 10:33 PM
Vernon Delpesce and Carol Voss tackle questions about how to handle the obesity epidemic in America.
Tags: health fitness nutrition obesity
posted on April 9, 2007 at 10:33 PM
Vernon Delpesce and Carol Voss discuss how obesity affects Iowa's children.
Tags: health fitness nutrition obesity
posted on April 9, 2007 at 9:06 AM

When Belle Plaine’s Matt Hoover was cast on NBC's “The Biggest Loser 2” the former 190-pound athlete had ballooned to a staggering 339 pounds. After losing a total of 157 pounds, he walked away with the grand prize of $250,000, but more importantly, he walked away with a new life.
Tags: obesity exercise fitness
posted on April 9, 2007 at 9:06 AM

Iowa Senator Tom Harkin talks about his work with health and wellness, particularly with children.
Tags: health children nutrition
posted on February 12, 2007 at 2:09 PM

Researchers at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are investigating whether a patient’s own stem cells can be used to repair cardiac arteries, helping to restore vital blood flow to the heart itself.
Tags: heart research technology
posted on February 12, 2007 at 10:55 AM

Maggie Rooney of Firehouse Yoga Studio in Des Moines takes us through three yoga poses she says are good for both the body and the mind.
Tags: yoga fitness health web exclusive
posted on February 12, 2007 at 12:00 AM

Stress and how we react to it may be a greater risk factor for heart problems than even high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
Tags: health stress yoga heart
posted on February 12, 2007 at 12:00 AM

After doctors found a serious heart defect during a routine insurance physical, Fred Hoiberg now calls himself lucky.
Tags: health heart basketball
posted on February 12, 2007 at 12:00 AM

Doctors at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and a dietician at the Iowa Heart Center talk about lifestyle factors that play a role in heart disease.
Tags: health heart
posted on February 12, 2007 at 12:00 AM

For nearly 30 years Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines has been donating time and expertise to help children with heart problems from Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
Tags: heart health children Mexico
posted on September 11, 2006 at 12:00 AM
In a post-9/11 world, Americans seem more willing to curb their own liberties to make themselves more secure from what they view as the world’s darker forces. Barbara Mack, Miriam Amer, and Dean Wright discuss the change in culture with Todd Mundt.
Tags: 9/11 civil rights culture