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Reopening Indiana schools last fall did contribute to the spread of COVID-19 cases, a new study found, but not as much as researchers expected to find. The study from a team of Indiana University researchers, doctors, statisticians and educators, found that in-person school did result in additional cases of COVID-19 but the number of cases attributable to in-person school was very low compared to total new cases. “Opening schools we knew would have risk,” Dr. Gabriel Bosslet, associate professor of clinical medicine in the IU school of medicine, said. “People would be infected and peo...

School Board hears plans for new classes Jessica Stölen-Jacobson Montevideo School Board members who are part of separate committees reported to the remainder of the board the news from the committee meetings over the past month at the regular monthly meeting Monday evening. One of the topics discussed was the Technology Committee meeting, in which board member Andrew Stenson was in attendance. He noted that one of the biggest topics of discussion at that meeting was the phone system that is currently 20 years old and will be upgraded this summer. Superintendent Luther Heller added that “I...

The Waverly City Schools Board of Education's regular meeting on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. in the High School study hall will now be a special meeting for

Looking for a future beyond print in western Iowa The Western Iowa Journalism Foundation was formed amid the pandemic to try to address the decline of journalism in the region. The foundation’s goal is to funnel philanthropic aid toward local publications with ever-decreasing margins so that those outlets can survive––and also plan for the future. It looks to do the work of connecting donors and grants to local outlets in western Iowa, so that news publishers can focus on the work of reporting. “After a century plus of the drain out of rural America, maybe there’s a way to claw back...

Inside stories Rahsaan “New York” Thomas met freelance journalist Emily Nonko at San Quentin State Prison in 2018. Thomas is 50, co-host of the Pulitzer-nominated Ear Hustle podcast, and currently incarcerated at the prison. He had decided to write years earlier, contributed numerous stories to San Quentin News, and was interested in connecting incarcerated people with those outside. Nonko, a New York-based freelance journalist who typically focuses on cities and urban policy, developed a friendship with Thomas, and started covering San Quentin more often. “As a liberal person who felt...