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Beth Dalbey, a longtime award-winning community journalist, is Patch’s national editor. She has been with Patch since 2011 when she launched sites in Iowa and provided national Iowa Caucus and swing-state general election coverage. She worked as a regional manager before moving to the national desk in 2017. Throughout her time at Patch, she has reported and written about local topics of national interest and is currently focusing on exclusive Patch content, including Block Talk, an only-on-Patch neighborhood etiquette column for which readers supply advice.
Dalbey and the newspapers she has edited have earned numerous awards for news, feature and government coverage, editorial and column writing, and overall general excellence from the Iowa Newspaper Association, the National Newspaper Association and the Associated Press Media Editors. In 1992 in Iowa, she led the weekly Dallas County News to win the INA's prestigious Newspaper of the Year award, competing against metro newspapers many times its size. She was the youngest recipient ever of the INA’s Distinguished Service Award in 1994. At Patch, she received the Todd Richissin Award for Excellence in Reporting and Writing for the “Menace of Bullies” project.
In Iowa, Dalbey’s byline has also appeared in the Fairfield Daily Ledger, where she was editor for five years; and in the Des Moines Business Record, Cityview, dsm magazine and other publications under the umbrella of Business Publications Corp., where she was the editorial director for several years. Dalbey also freelanced for the Des Moines Register and other print and digital publications
Dalbey grew up in Missouri and majored in journalism at Northwest Missouri State University. Except for a three-year stint as communications editor for a scientific institute doing ape language research, she has spent her entire career in community journalism. At the former Great Ape Trust of Iowa, she wrote about the world-famous resident bonobos Kanzi and Panbanisha.
Dr. Toni Brayer draws on 40 years as a physician and teacher in literacy and math programs inside San Quentin Rehabilitation Center.
“I had this whole big family in less than six months,” Annemarie Landry said. “It was 360 degrees of wild and crazy, but pretty awesome.”
More potentially radioactive shrimp added to massive recall; frozen vegetables may be tainted with listeria; 3 million attic fans recalled.
After the European Union banned an ingredient that gives gel nails high gloss and durability, will the United States do the same?
Vibrio vulnificus bacteria can lead to illnesses that can require intensive care and limb amputations, and about 1 in 5 people die.
The Powerball jackpot in Saturday night’s drawing grew by $100 million to an estimated $1.8 billion, with a cash payout of $826.4 million.
Readers cleared the air on dryer sheets and other scented laundry products. Some said they should be banned. Get over it, others implored.
A weakening La Niña, the peak of Solar Cycle 25, shifting atmospheric winds and an unstable polar vortex all influence the forecast.
The Food and Drug Administration is continuing its investigation of potentially radioactive shrimp tied to an importer from Indonesia.
In Monday’s drawing, the 40th without a jackpot winner, 10 tickets worth $1 million prizes were sold in nine states.
The $1 billion jackpot, with an estimated cash value of $453.1 million, ranks as the game’s sixth-largest prize in the game’s history.
Turtle smuggling in bras and pants; bat flies into woman’s mouth; man lets deadly snake bite him 200 times; far from Farfrompoopen Road.
Labor Day, always observed on the first Monday in September, was declared a federal holiday in 1894 after a pair of violent labor disputes.
A neighbor’s scented dryer sheets can cause a host of problems for others, including migraines and respiratory problems. What should you do?
With La Niña’s end, ideal conditions may prevail for leaf peeping; weather and climate have a big effect on the brilliance of fall foliage.
Millions of working Americans outside the retail sector get a paid holiday on Labor Day, a federal holiday since 1894 to honor workers.
The Orionids and Geminids top five meteor showers peaking this fall, and the “great pumpkin” harvest moon is the first of three supermoons.
Google has rolled out a new tool that lets users customize their searches to include more news from Patch and other favorite sites.
Patch readers were split on the etiquette of fire pits and outdoor fireplaces, vehemently so.
The recall of potentially radioactive shrimp expands and bottles that keep carbonated drinks may suddenly explode.
