A new report finds racial disparities persist across Iowa’s health care system. The non-profit Commonwealth Fund found white Iowans ranked in the 82nd percentile nationally for healthcare outcomes, while black and Hispanic Iowans ranked in the 18th and 19th percentiles respectably. Jess Maksut, the fund’s director of health equity research, says recent federal policy changes […]
Spencer will pay to rebuild 15 flood-damaged houses, FEMA will tear down 25
A northwest Iowa community is still waiting for FEMA to buy out flood-damaged homes after historic flooding two years ago. Eighty
