State records show that Compassion North America, a home health provider based in Cedar Rapids, was incorporated in 2017 with M’balu Madlene Kebbie, a registered nurse, as its director, but was not ...

Iowa Capital Dispatch July 11, 2025 State regulators say they have never inspected and are not investigating a home health agency alleged to have falsified records, billed for services never delivered ...

by Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch July 3, 2025 Amid allegations of “gamesmanship” and forum shopping, a federal judge has blocked, at least for now, President Donald Trump’s attempt to move his ...

Common sense says we can’t judge an outcome before a program begins, but I wasn’t surprised to read a guest essay in the Sept. 3 Des Moines Register proclaiming that “it’s safe to say we were wrong” ...

Amid allegations of “gamesmanship” and forum shopping, a federal judge has blocked, at least for now, President Donald Trump’s attempt to move his lawsuit against the Des Moines Register and its ...

Amid allegations of “gamesmanship” and forum shopping, a federal judge has blocked, at least for now, President Donald Trump’s attempt to move his lawsuit against the Des Moines Register and its ...

The upward trend for the Pleasant Valley property tax rate mirrors a similar increase in enrollments in the district, which now exceeds Bettendorf. In addition to enrollment growth pushing up the tax ...

Bettendorf aldermen will begin discussing next year's capital spending plan later this month after closing the books on the past fiscal year with a mountain of debt – $132.2 million to be precise.

December 23 by editor A request to obtain a permanent special use permit for a concrete redi-mix plant along Highway 67 in Bettendorf is drawing objections from neighbors along Valley Drive and the ...

Bettendorf's Middle Park lagoon is getting a makover to remove years of silt from runoff into the shallow pond. In addition to dredging, the lagoon walls and sidewalks are being rebuilt and a series ...

What else to do? Nobody wants your opinion and you can’t just sit there. Origami requires concentration, dexterity, 3-dimensional thinking, and is endlessly rewarding. No two of even the simplest ...