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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.
Young candidates winning their elections say they stand for kids who grew up under the cloud of mass shootings; ballot measures show divide.
Listeria illnesses were reported in six states. Most people were hospitalized, and one illness resulted in a pregnancy loss, the CDC said.
Voters set aside their concerns about Democratic President Joe Biden and denied Republicans the sweeping midterm victory they expected.
Walmart, Aldi and Lidl are among stores that are rolling back prices on Thanksgiving dinner fixings to 2021 or pre-pandemic levels.
AMC’s discounted tickets are good on “Black Adam,” “Till,” “Ticket to Paradise,” “One Piece Film Red” and other new releases.
Players had to wait 10 hours to find out the winning numbers for the ginormous $2.o4 billion Powerball jackpot.
Democrats held off a predicted “red wave,” and in the most heartening of wins, flipped a Pennsylvania seat that had been held by the GOP.
Final 2020 election wasn’t called for two weeks. A decentralized voting system with different rules in states could cause a repeat in 2022.
The record $1.9 Powerball drawing on Monday lured both veteran and first-time players. The delayed drawing may take place Tuesday morning.
The November “rut” is mating season for deer, which are so fixed on continuing their species that they may run right into your vehicle.
“Powerball envy”: Residents of five states without lotteries cross state lines to get chance at the biggest lottery prize in U.S. history.
Total lunar eclipses only happen during full moons. The eclipse lasts about 6 hours, but it will be at its best early Tuesday before dawn.
The secrets to longevity, according to a pair of centenarians, is to eat well and help others, but stay away from alcohol and tobacco.
One poll finds voters fall nearly equally in three camps — “Democrats, Republicans and neither side” — as campaigns enter the home stretch.
The pandemic has changed tipping etiquette. Do you find yourself wondering who, when and how much to tip? Is tipping out of control?
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North Dakota alone saw no Prosperity Index gains in 2022, but progress eluded rural and Black Americans, according to report.
What is up with this? In Maryland, “peak life satisfaction” comes at age 37, but in Vermont, the magic number is 63, according to survey.
The program includes $4.5 billion to help Americans pay home heating costs that could be as much as 28 percent higher this winter.
No one matched the winning numbers, bringing the Powerball jackpot to $1.6 billion — the largest prize in U.S. lottery history.
CVS, Walgreens and Walmart — criticized for not flagging inappropriate opioid prescriptions — tentatively agree to settle lawsuits.
