A lack of board-certified physicians is hampering efforts to staff residency sites under a state-funded psychiatry residency program created by lawmakers to address a shortage of mental health professionals.
DES MOINES — A lack of board-certified physicians needed to provide supervision, training and evaluation is hampering efforts by University of Iowa Health Care to staff residency sites under a
A former therapist at the Iowa State Training School had sexually explicit phone calls with a teen assigned to her and they talked about having sex while he was on a home visit from the school, records show.
A 15-year-old was waived in adult court for attempting to kill a 17-year-old when a fight broke out during a basketball game in August. The 15-year-old fired 11 times at the other teen, striking him 4 times.
Dubuque County has seen costs to pay for juvenile detention services spike in recent years, and local youth are spending longer stints in detention, as well.