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Cedar Rapids 50+ team wins 3rd-straight title

September 11, 2026

Plus: Positively Iowa and the photo of the week! Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s the 25th anniversary of 9/11. I was 17 years old, a senior in high school, when our teachers turned on the TVs so we could watch the horror unfold: the World Trade Center towers and Pentagon on fire and then…

Sand, Turek just told Kamala Harris ‘no thanks’

September 11, 2026

A national star can fill a gym for an afternoon. Only local candidates live in your community after election day.

Nate Willems doubles down on attack ad despite POET legal threat

September 11, 2026

POET Biorefining threatened legal action this week and is alleging Willems’ commercial falsely implies its CEO bribed Republican Attorney General Brenna Bird, Willems’ opponent.

ICE agents smash windows of Des Moines man’s truck Sept. 9, 2026

September 10, 2026

Juan Lopez was on his way to work at Iowa Irrigation on Wednesday when ICE agents in unmarked vehicles surrounded him, demanded he get out of his truck, and smashed in his windows before carting him off to the Polk County Jail, according to Escucha Mi Voz Iowa.

Iowa farmers warn Save Our Bacon Act could lead to more farm consolidation

September 10, 2026

In 1998, hog prices collapsed and Chris Petersen lost the family farm. This week, he stood in a barn near Elkhart and said US Rep. Ashley Hinson’s “Save Our Bacon Act” could do it again to the Iowa farmers still standing.

ICE smashes in Des Moines man’s truck windows, detains him

September 10, 2026

“ICE agents smashed his windows, and my mom had to hear it happening over the phone before the call went dead.”

Amendment 1: a tax on Iowa’s workers?

September 10, 2026

Inside: news about and for the working class Share with a friend Welcome to Thursday’s Almanac, for and about Iowa’s workers. If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: Will Amendment 1 in Iowa prevent us from raising taxes on the rich? Rents are rising faster in Cedar Rapids Read about the Norma Rae of…