Ty Rushing

A guest column written by a budding science teacher and published by The Des Moines Register titled “COVID-19 is not a concern for young people” quickly drew ire on social media after going online on Wednesday. Colin Coulter, who wrote the piece, earned an undergraduate biology degree from Iowa State University in 2012 and is…

You could call Tuesday’s Woodbury County Board of Supervisors meeting an airing of grievances as activists, community members, and union officials clashed with board members over the use of American Rescue Plan funds. The reason for the conflict is the upcoming Woodbury County Law Enforcement Center, which voters approved last year to replace a 34-year-old…

Iowa’s most infamous Capitol insurrectionist may go back to jail because of Mike Lindell. According to federal court documents, Doug Jensen of Des Moines violated his home-monitoring release, a condition of which prohibits the use of the internet, so he could stream Lindell’s cyber symposium, which promised and failed to deliver evidence the 2020 election…

Iowans can remember 9/11 by spending time with My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell. Lindell, who has toured the country spreading false conspiracy theories about the 2020 general election being stolen from former President Donald Trump, will headline a Sept. 11 remembrance event in Davenport. The function is being put on by Davenport businessman David Pautsch,…

Bill Gerhard sees the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act as a path to the middle class for some Iowans. “There’s very few jobs that you can get that you don’t have to go to college for that can provide a living wage, health insurance, and a pension program, and construction is still one of those…

Waterloo residents know who their mayor is, how to reach him, and what he looks like, which is exactly how Quentin Hart wants it to be. A stroll with Hart through the city’s redeveloping downtown includes dozens of encounters with residents happy to greet the mayor and a few motorists honking or rolling down windows…

Alli Theulen and Beth LeValley are dying for people to give their Iowa-centric true-crime podcast a listen. The Hawkeye State natives and marketing professionals are hosts and creators of “DIEOWA.” The show’s tagline tells you everything you need to know about it: “99 Counties & A Murder in Every One.” The duo met while working…

No, California isn’t banning bacon or withholding ham from its residents. However, the Golden State is restricting where its swine comes from via Proposition 12. This measure is why it has become a topic of interest in Iowa, the country’s top-pork producer. Californians consume about 13% of America’s pork, according to the California Pork Producers…