Tom Barton

4 days ago | thegazette.com | Tom Barton

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Jordan Hauck felt a lump in his armpit. The healthy, active, then-single 27-year-old at first dismissed it as benign. But the lump continued to grow. He was diagnosed in 2013 with stage 4 metastatic melanoma. A biopsy revealed the cancer had spread to his lungs and liver. The Huxley resident said there was talk of removing a lung and possibly amputating his right arm.

5 days ago | thegazette.com | Tom Barton |Erin Murphy

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — Emotions ran high Friday in the Iowa Senate chamber as carbon capture pipeline opponents shouted at lawmakers — including chants of “Shame!” — as the senators concluded their work for the week without debating pipeline-related legislation as expected.

5 days ago | qctimes.com | Tom Barton

DES MOINES — Gov. Kim Reynolds this week announced the appointment of a new director to lead the Iowa Department for the Blind after a monthslong search. The search was launched to fill the role after the former director resigned last July while battling Stage 4 kidney cancer. Stacy Cervenka will lead the Iowa Department for the Blind starting July 7. Cervenka most recently worked as senior director of policy with the nonprofit Disability Belongs, formerly RespectAbility, in Virginia.

5 days ago | siouxcityjournal.com | Tom Barton

DES MOINES — Iowa will spend roughly $9.43 billion from the general fund in the state budget year that begins July 1, according to an agreement announced Thursday by legislative leaders. The spending level was agreed upon by Republican leaders, who have agenda-setting majorities in both chambers of the Iowa Legislature, and Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds. The compromise falls between the $9.45 billion proposed by House Republicans and the $9.42 billion proposed by Senate Republicans and Reynolds.

5 days ago | thegazette.com | Tom Barton

Stacy Cervenka will lead the Iowa Department for the Blind, starting July 7. (Photo courtesy of the Iowa Governor's Office) The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — Gov. Kim Reynolds this week announced the appointment of a new director to lead the Iowa Department for the Blind after a monthslong search. The search was launched to fill the role after the former director resigned last July while battling Stage 4 kidney cancer.