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Iowa’s reproductive rights landscape: Get ready for 2025
Your 2025 guide to potential reproductive rights legislation in Iowa
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ISU students brew winning IPA for Backpocket Brewing
ISU students brewed up “Alien Juice Party” IPA, winning a challenge with Backpocket Brewing. Find out how to try it yourself!
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The 9 most dazzling holiday light displays in Des Moines
Check out these sparkling holiday light displays around the Des Moines metro area to bring some twinkling magic to your holiday season.
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9 holiday train & trolley rides in Iowa
Get in the holiday spirit by hopping aboard a festive train or trolley ride in Iowa.
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Where to take a horse-drawn sleigh ride in Iowa
To add some magic to your Iowa winter, consider dashing through the snow in a horse-drawn sleigh.
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1,599 Iowans laid off at John Deere in 2024; more coming in January
Another round of layoffs at John Deere is coming to Iowa.
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Longtime Iowa Congressman Jim Leach dies at 82
In a political environment marked by partisanship, former US Rep. Jim Leach, who died this week, pushed back on his party’s acceptance of Trumpism.
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Iowans removing fallopian tubes, getting long-term birth control as threats to reproductive freedom loom
From getting long-lasting birth control to removing fallopian tubes, some Iowans are taking drastic measures as Iowa begins a six-week abortion ban and President Donald Trump takes office next month.
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I’m helping my college-age kid fill out the 2025-2026 FAFSA. Here’s what to know.
If the financial aid fiasco last year had you, like me, coming up with creative alternatives for the FAFSA acronym, you can take a big, deep breath. This year, the process is so much easier. Or maybe you’re a FAFSA newbie, and you have no knowledge of 2023’s drama—you just want the quick ‘n’ easy…
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Johnston cross-country team goes to nationals for 1st time ever
The Johnston High School varsity team will compete at Nike Cross Nationals in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday, Dec. 7, after qualifying at Nike Cross Regional in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in November.
