Lyle Muller

Podcast: Long-time Iowa Press Host Dean Borg Reflects On All Of Those Programs

After practicing radio and television journalism in Iowa for parts of seven decades, Dean Borg is retiring as host of Iowa Public Television's "Iowa Press" program. He talks about that and his career in this IowaWatch Connection report.

By Jeff Stein and Lyle Muller

/ 9 Jan 2017

Podcast: Long-time Iowa Press Host Dean Borg Reflects On All Of Those Programs

Podcast: Behind-The-Scenes Look at IowaWatch's Most-Read 2016 Stories

The most-read stories IowaWatch from 2016 included a look at free speech rights on college campuses, legislation covering medication to treat drug overdoses and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The IowaWatch Connection radio program brings you up to date on those stories and reveals behind-the-s

By Jeff Stein and Lyle Muller

/ 2 Jan 2017

Podcast: Behind-The-Scenes Look at IowaWatch's Most-Read 2016 Stories

IowaWatch Fund Drive Thank You

A little more than one month ago we challenged you to help us raise $1,809 in personal donations by the end December. That would put donations $1 above what you gave the 501(c)(3) nonprofit IowaWatch the last month of 2015. We could not have imagined then what was to happen in the following 30 days.

By Lyle Muller

/ 30 Dec 2016

Podcast: Looking Forward After The 2016 Elections In Iowa

owa voters have spoken, and loudly. Beyond the high-profile presidential election, though, they shifted the balance of power inside the state, too. What will the change in control of the Iowa Senate mean for public policy in Iowa?

By Jeff Stein and Lyle Muller

/ 14 Nov 2016

Podcast: Looking Forward After The 2016 Elections In Iowa

Podcast: Iowa Voters Set The Stage For Election Day Decision

In the last report of a year-long IowaWatch effort to speak with voters about what matters to them we heard frustration with how presidential candidates were address issues and, after the summer nominating conventions, presidential candidates themselves: Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donal

By Lyle Muller, Jeff Stein and IowaWatch College Media Reporting Team

/ 7 Nov 2016

Podcast: Iowa Voters Set The Stage For Election Day Decision

Iowa Voters Want Solutions From Next President, Mixed On Hearing Them

Voters in battleground state revealed mixed feelings about whether or not they’ve heard Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton talk about issues about which those Iowans care.

By Lyle Muller, Krista Johnson, Mackenzie Rappe and Kiley Wellendorf/The Tack, for IowaWatch

/ 3 Nov 2016

Iowa Voters Want Solutions From Next President, Mixed On Hearing Them

Podcast: The Voices Of Tired Voters

Election Day on Nov. 8, 2016, marks the end of a long, long presidential campaign in Iowa, where the presidential campaign began well before the first presidential precinct caucuses in

By Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein

/ 24 Oct 2016

Podcast: Helping Homeless Veterans In Iowa Still A Struggle For Some

Some homeless veterans in Iowa and parts of northwest Illinois are missing out on shelter, food, health care and counseling services because they do not know about the services or simply choose not to use them. Homeless veterans help tell the story in this podcast.

By Thomas Nelson, Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein

/ 17 Oct 2016

Podcast: Helping Homeless Veterans In Iowa Still A Struggle For Some

Iowa Voters Say They're Tired Of Presidential Campaign, But Still Show High Interest

Iowans lament the long U.S. presidential campaign that started in their state with the first-in-the-nation precinct caucuses. The ads and constant bickering are a toll. But they still are tuning in to what's happening.

By Julia Davis, Bethany Lobberecht and Lyle Muller

/ 13 Oct 2016

Iowa Voters Say They're Tired Of Presidential Campaign, But Still Show High Interest

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Winning Pulitzer An "Obituary Changer" In Already Notable Career

Michael Gartner received the Pulitzer Prize in editorial writing in 1997 for editorials published in The Daily Tribune in Ames. He was co-owner and editor of the newspaper at the time. The Pulitzer board praised his "common sense editorials" for covering "issues deeply affecting the lives of people

By Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein

/ 1 Aug 2016

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Winning Pulitzer An "Obituary Changer" In Already Notable Career

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Large Money Gap, Few Dark Money Contributions So Far In Grassley-Judge Senate Race

A big money gap marked the U.S. Senate race between incumbent Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley and his Democrat challenger Patty Judge, according to the latest campaign disclosure reports available earlier this week at the time of production. Grassley's campaign had $5.2 million on hand back in May, 2

By Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein

/ 25 Jul 2016

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Large Money Gap, Few Dark Money Contributions So Far In Grassley-Judge Senate Race

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: The Moment Of Rescue - Reaction To Winning The Prize

One split second captured in a photograph defined the dramatic rescue of Patricia Ralph-Neely below Des Moines' Center Street Dam on June 30, 2009.

By Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein

/ 23 May 2016

Podcast: Long-time Iowa Press Host Dean Borg Reflects On All Of Those Programs

Podcast: Behind-The-Scenes Look at IowaWatch's Most-Read 2016 Stories

IowaWatch Fund Drive Thank You

Podcast: Looking Forward After The 2016 Elections In Iowa

Podcast: Iowa Voters Set The Stage For Election Day Decision

Iowa Voters Want Solutions From Next President, Mixed On Hearing Them

Podcast: The Voices Of Tired Voters

Podcast: Helping Homeless Veterans In Iowa Still A Struggle For Some

Iowa Voters Say They're Tired Of Presidential Campaign, But Still Show High Interest

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Winning Pulitzer An "Obituary Changer" In Already Notable Career

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: Large Money Gap, Few Dark Money Contributions So Far In Grassley-Judge Senate Race

IowaWatch Connection Podcast: The Moment Of Rescue - Reaction To Winning The Prize

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