Iowa's Burmese Community Devastated By COVID-19 Iowa's tight-knit Burmese community is inundated by the coronavirus. Many work at meatpacking plants and estimates are as high as 70% being infected, with entire families struggling to cope.Heard onKate PayneFromToggle more optionsIowa's tight-knit Burmese community is inundated by the coronavirus. Many work at meatpacking plants and estimates are as high as 70% being infected, with entire families struggling to cope.LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST:Meatpacking plants continue to drive coronavirus outbreaks across rural America. In Iowa, refugees...…Iowa's Burmese Community Devastated By COVID-19 Iowa's tight-knit Burmese community is inundated by the coronavirus. Many work at meatpacking plants and estimates are as high as 70% being infected, with entire families struggling to cope.Heard onKate PayneFromToggle more optionsIowa's tight-knit Burmese community is inundated by the coronavirus. Many work at meatpacking plants and estimates are as high as 70% being infected, with entire families struggling to cope.LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST:Meatpacking plants continue to drive coronavirus outbreaks across rural America. In Iowa, refugees...WW…

Hundreds Of Iowa Polling Places Shuttered Due To COVID-19 As many as 30% of Iowa voters could be affected by polling place closures, according to a new analysis by NPR, the Center for Public Integrity and Stateline.Heard onPratheek RebalaCarrie LevineFromToggle more optionsUpdated on Oct. 30 at 9:32 p.m. This story was co-reported by Iowa Public Radio News, the Center for Public Integrity and NPR. The New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Waterloo. The senior high school in Fort Dodge. The Masonic Temple in Council Bluffs. won't be able to cast their ballot at those locations this Election...…Hundreds Of Iowa Polling Places Shuttered Due To COVID-19 As many as 30% of Iowa voters could be affected by polling place closures, according to a new analysis by NPR, the Center for Public Integrity and Stateline.Heard onPratheek RebalaCarrie LevineFromToggle more optionsUpdated on Oct. 30 at 9:32 p.m. This story was co-reported by Iowa Public Radio News, the Center for Public Integrity and NPR. The New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Waterloo. The senior high school in Fort Dodge. The Masonic Temple in Council Bluffs. won't be able to cast their ballot at those locations this Election...WW…

© 2022 Iowa Public RadioPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsLast week, implemented a curfew and shut down three interstate exits while armed civilians equipped themselves with to , waiting for the rioters who were rumored to be coming to destroy the city.Main street businesses closed early, boarding up their windows, in advance of the violent outsiders that they had read about on Facebook, or heard about from friends.Residents feared that anger in neighboring Omaha over would spill over the river and into their downtown.According to Mayor Matt Walsh, all three shifts of the city...…© 2022 Iowa Public RadioPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsLast week, implemented a curfew and shut down three interstate exits while armed civilians equipped themselves with to , waiting for the rioters who were rumored to be coming to destroy the city.Main street businesses closed early, boarding up their windows, in advance of the violent outsiders that they had read about on Facebook, or heard about from friends.Residents feared that anger in neighboring Omaha over would spill over the river and into their downtown.According to Mayor Matt Walsh, all three shifts of the city...WW…

© 2022 Iowa Public RadioPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsGet the latest news about the novel coronavirus from Iowa Public Radio and NPR News.The Cedar Rapids nursing home where more than 100 residents and staffers have tested positive for COVID-19 has a history of not meeting for infection control and prevention. An Iowa Public Radio analysis shows state inspectors found a pattern of issues at dating back more than a decade. One expert told IPR the reports show the facility wasn’t adequately prepared for the new coronavirus., housed in a long, red brick building shaded by...…© 2022 Iowa Public RadioPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsGet the latest news about the novel coronavirus from Iowa Public Radio and NPR News.The Cedar Rapids nursing home where more than 100 residents and staffers have tested positive for COVID-19 has a history of not meeting for infection control and prevention. An Iowa Public Radio analysis shows state inspectors found a pattern of issues at dating back more than a decade. One expert told IPR the reports show the facility wasn’t adequately prepared for the new coronavirus., housed in a long, red brick building shaded by...WW…

© 2022 Iowa Public RadioPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsGet the latest news about the novel coronavirus from Iowa Public Radio and NPR News.Some older Iowans who spend part of the year in Florida are having to decide where they’ll be safer from the new coronavirus. Now’s the time when many are choosing whether to come back to Iowa or ride out the crisis where they are. Retirees Deb Wernli and her husband Dennis split their time between Iowa and southwest Florida. They’re well-aware the Sunshine State is lighting up with cases of COVID-19, after the governor there .Still,...…© 2022 Iowa Public RadioPlay Live Radio0:000:00Available On Air StationsGet the latest news about the novel coronavirus from Iowa Public Radio and NPR News.Some older Iowans who spend part of the year in Florida are having to decide where they’ll be safer from the new coronavirus. Now’s the time when many are choosing whether to come back to Iowa or ride out the crisis where they are. Retirees Deb Wernli and her husband Dennis split their time between Iowa and southwest Florida. They’re well-aware the Sunshine State is lighting up with cases of COVID-19, after the governor there .Still,...WW…