Rep. Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) introduced what he hopes will become a bipartisan piece of legislation to combat youth suicide on Tuesday. Nunn, who represents Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District, announced the “Prevent Youth Suicide Act” during a press conference at YSS’s...
There are numerous species of ticks, fewer than 10 of which are known to bite humans. Keep reading to learn more about 11 tick-borne illnesses.
What was the weather like for your very first summer? Take a look, and you may remember more than you think—or learn something new about summers before your time.
For 34 years straight, Johnny and Barbara Long never missed a West Des Moines City Council meeting.
Some say the food tastes better and the flowers are more beautiful when you pick them yourself. So grab a sun hat and a bushel basket and check out these u-pick farms across Iowa.
One of the things I love about the Iowa State Fair is that you always run into someone you didn’t expect to meet. This year was no different: while refilling drinks for folks at the Iowa Pork Tent, I encountered an organ donor wearing a t-shirt promoting the...
Kimberly Sheets was all smiles as she was sworn in Tuesday to take what she and others felt was her rightful place as interim Warren County auditor. There were murmurs in the community that the Warren County Board of Supervisors would not certify the results of the...
Representatives of two Iowa LGBTQ advocacy organizations said the start of the school year is going exactly as expected—and many predicted—after Republican lawmakers passed a slew of anti-LGBTQ legislation targeted at public schools and queer kids. Schools are...
Where are the best diners in Iowa? Here’s the list, as chosen by Iowans.
Iowa’s new rollbacks on protection for children in dangerous occupations fly in the face of federal labor law in two specific ways, according to a new letter this week from the US Department of Labor (DOL).
