Governor says it was right decision not to privatize Iowa prison medical care

State officials have rejected bids from companies applying to provide medical care inside Iowa’s nine prisons and Governor Kim Reynolds says “it made sense” to check to see if a private company could provide those services more efficiently than state-paid prison staff. “Making sure that we’re using taxpayer dollars wisely,” Reynolds told reporters on Tuesday […]

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Beverly J. Hopkins, 87, Pocahontas

Beverly J. Hopkins, age 87, of Pocahontas, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 13, 2026, in her home in Pocahontas, surrounded

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