by Dar Danielson | Feb 11, 2015 | Health & Medicine, News
A partnership between the Iowa Department of Public Health and the Meridian Health Plan of Iowa will target four Iowa counties to see they can cut the number of infant deaths. Doctor Meghan Harris with Meridian says the program is called “Cribs for Kids.”...
by Matt Kelley | Dec 4, 2014 | Health & Medicine, News
Parents of children suffering from mental illness rallied at the Statehouse Wednesday. Tammy Nyden of Iowa City is chairperson of a statewide children’s mental health committee of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. “There are so many services that do...
by Dar Danielson | Aug 20, 2014 | Human Interest, News, Top Story
The Department of Human Services says a baby has been turned over to the state — the third use of the Safe Haven law in four months. DHS spokesperson, Amy Lorentzen McCoy, says the baby was turned over one week ago. “An individual brought a healthy newborn...
by Dar Danielson | May 8, 2014 | Crime & Courts, Human Interest, News
Thousands of Iowans file for divorce every year, but there’s little help for the children of those couples. A non-profit known as Kids First Law Center in Cedar Rapids is believed to be the only organization in Iowa providing support for such children, who often...
by Matt Kelley | Apr 29, 2014 | Education, Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News, Weather
Tornado season is underway in Iowa and this week’s severe weather can cause a lot of anxiety for children who aren’t so familiar with loud claps of thunder, flashes of lightning and the sound of the howling wind. Urbandale social worker Yolanda Dixon says...