2021
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Meet The Volunteers Cleaning Iowa’s Rivers, One Plastic Bottle At A Time
Thousands of miles of water run through Iowa, and every year an outpouring of hundreds of volunteers fan out to take care of them. One of those efforts is Iowa Project AWARE (A Watershed Awareness River Expedition), an annual volunteer effort to remove trash from a section of river. Volunteers of all ages board canoes…
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The Scoop On Sioux City’s #Fudgegate
If you ask people in Sioux City, there is no such thing as too much hot fudge on a sundae. Sioux City area residents unified for a pretty sweet cause over the last week when they came to the defense of a Trinity Ackerly, a local Dairy Queen employee. An upset customer tried to admonish…
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Reynolds: Wage Increases Not State’s Responsibility
The issue of worker shortages at restaurants has come up again as nine Burger King employees quit en masse over working conditions in Lincoln, Nebraska. The workers’ actions went viral after they put up on the restaurant’s sign “We all quit,” later explaining to local news that they were working 50 to 60 hours a…
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Thrane: Reynolds Sending Troopers To Border Nothing But A Political Stunt
Iowa Gov.Kim Reynolds followed the lead of other Republican governors loyal to the former president when she announced on June 24 she was sending Iowa State Patrol officers to the U.S. Southern Border. “My first responsibility is to the health and safety of Iowans and the humanitarian crisis at our nation’s southern border is affecting…
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Meet Our New Editor, Ty Rushing
I like to pretend the “Godfather III” does not exist; however, it gave us a line that has truly resonated with me as of late: “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!” So without going into much backstory on a movie you truly should never watch, the quote resonates with…
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Iowa Transgender Athletes Ban Would Only Add To Mental Health, Isolation Problems
Though it was defeated earlier this year, the ban on transgender girls from participating in school sports still looms in Iowa. In late April, Gov. Kim Reynolds mentioned her interest and support for passing the legislation on Fox News, despite the Iowa legislature never taking it up as a serious topic. The session ended without…
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How Cedar Rapids Plans To Use Its Rescue Plan Funding
Cedar Rapids Mayor Brad Hart announced Thursday how the city will spend its share of the American Rescue Plan funding. According to the National League of Cities, Cedar Rapids is expected to receive about $28 million. The funds are meant to be used for cities and counties to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Hart announced…
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Axne, Families Tout What Coming Child Tax Credit Can Do For Iowans
Four out of five Iowans with children will start seeing more money in their bank accounts as the first payments of a new child tax credit go out July 15. To showcase the benefit, U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne, Iowa state Sen. Zach Wahls and Iowa state Rep. Jennifer Konfrst, along with three Iowa parents, spoke…
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Delta Variant Dominant In Iowa Now, Risks New Wave Of Spread
The highly transmissible Delta variant is now the dominant strain of COVID-19 in Iowa, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health. In the past two weeks, the variant was responsible for more than half of the positive COVID-19 tests that included variants. To measure the presence of variants, the State Hygenics Lab randomly selects…
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Miller-Meeks Votes Against Local Projects She Requested Funds For
A bill to provide billions for infrastructure projects across the country passed the House of Representatives this past week. Iowa Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks voted no. Nonetheless, the projects Miller-Meeks requested money for will still get it. Some of those projects include road work, bridge replacement and trail work in Iowa’s 2nd District. The cost for…
