Clapper Award News Today

Was it really a staff meeting or just a ploy to get Mike Haun into the Oelwein School District’s Central Office on Monday morning?

When Oelwein Chamber and Area Development Executive Director Deb Howard started digging through the city’s Christmas decoration archives last year, she found lots of treasures. Howard was particularly looking for

Dollar Fresh Market employee Diana Stewart was honored with a Clapper Award for outstanding customer service on Monday.

Oelwein Veridian Credit Union teller service rep Denise Higgins was celebrated doubly on Friday.

When Nick Wenner of Oelwein’s Dollar Fresh Market was called to the produce department late Thursday morning, he never expected to be greeted by the raucous applause of colleagues, friends

On July 25, 1972, Jean Heller shocked the world with a story of what is now known as the “Tuskegee Study.” Fifty years later, it still casts a long shadow

The study that left Black men with syphilis untreated for decades was exposed as one of the biggest medical scandals in U.S. history in 1972.

SOUTHPORT, N.C. (AP) — Jean Heller was toiling away on the floor of the Miami Beach...

How an AP reporter broke the Tuskegee syphilis story | 2022-07-25 13:47:31

How long did the Tuskegee study last, and what was its impact? It still fuels mistrust of the government and medical system among Black Americans.