A lot of my work outside of the legislative session was made up of beat reporting and finding stories on my beats to cover. A lot of that work was in the realm of reproductive rights, but I also did a lot of environment stories with an emphasis on water quality. For a while in 2022 I also did an Iowa history series.

Water

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  Iowa is in its longest drought since the 1950s. Here’s why it’s ‘odd’, November 2023
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  Iowa River Clean-Up Project Growing In Popularity, Impact, July 2022
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  A Day On The River With Iowa’s Waterway Clean-Up Crew, July 2022 (first person story)
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  Heavier Downpours Are Worsening Iowa’s Water Quality Problem, October 2021
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  Iowa Paddlers Sick of State’s Green, Polluted Water, August 2021
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  Iowa Can Fix Its Water Quality Problem, But ‘Voluntary’ Actions Limit Progress, June 2021

Outdoor recreation

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  Meet Iowa’s Wander Women, Community for the Outdoors-Curious, May 2023
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  Renewed Hope For Outdoor Rec Fund To Actually Be Funded, March 2022
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  How Removing Some Dams Makes Life, Recreation Safer In Iowa, June 2021

History

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  5 Inspiring Facts About Iowa’s Trailblazing First Lady Lou Henry Hoover, March 2023
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  Hoover Museum Visit Sheds New Light On The Only Iowan To Be President, September 2022
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  Long-lost photographs capture Dubuque history in 1912, June 2022
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  Iowa History In Photos: The Civilian Conservation Corps, May 2022
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  Iowa Women Spent Decades Before 19th Amendment Fighting For Voting Rights, March 2022
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  Tour a Part of Iowa’s Underground Railroad History at West Des Moines Museum, February 2022
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  Buxton: Iowa’s Lost Black Utopia, February 2022

Halloween

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  Van Meter Visitor Festival Sept. 28 embraces spooky fun, September 2024
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  Seven Haunted Places In Iowa To Visit, October 2021