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.
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Rob Sand: I Had A Fairly Good Time At The Iowa State Fair
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...
Warren County Has A New Auditor. It’s Not The Conspiracy Theorist
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...
Advocates: Iowa’s ‘Vague Law’ Harms LGBTQ Youth, Schools
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...
The 39 Best Diners in Iowa, According to Iowans
Where are the best diners in Iowa? Here’s the list, as chosen by Iowans.
Feds Give Warning About Iowa’s Child Labor Law Rollback
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).
Tim Scott Tells Iowans He Supports Nationwide Abortion Ban
Presidential hopeful Tim Scott told an Iowa audience he would support a nationwide 15-week abortion ban if elected, despite the fact that abortion bans have been a losing policy for Republicans across the country in a series of post-Roe voter referendums. The subject...
How Des Moines Metro Schools Are Applying Anti-LGBTQ Law
New laws passed by Republicans in the Iowa Legislature this year restrict bathroom access for transgender students, forcibly out students to their parents if they express a different gender identity or ask to go by a different name from the one on their birth...
Iowa Voters Oust Conspiracy Theorist From County Elections Post
Voters in Iowa's Warren County voted Tuesday to remove their recently-appointed county auditor who had shared false conspiracy theories about the 9/11 terrorist attacks, QAnon, and the 2020 presidential election, replacing him with the deputy auditor he had placed on...
Urbandale Schools Trying To Navigate Iowa’s Anti-LGBTQ Law
The Urbandale School District provided no further clarity on how it will enforce the new state-mandated teaching restrictions for LGBTQ topics at Monday's school board meeting. Superintendent Dr. Rosalie Daca said, “If your major concern is the gender identity book...