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What makes it autumn in Iowa?
Plus: Your letters and the post that got the most comments Share with a friend Amie here. I don’t think it even got to 70 degrees yesterday in Waterloo. I was actually contemplating busting out the space heater at one point. To me, IT’S FALL Y’ALL. 🍁 But what makes it fall to you?…
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Cedar Rapids 50+ team wins 3rd-straight title
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…
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7-year-old with medical condition kicked out of 2 private schools
Plus: News bites and reader soundoff Share with a friend Amie here. It’s my birthday and I’m feeling very sure of the answer to life, the universe, and everything today! In this issue: One-sentence news bites, this week’s most talked-about post, and readers had a lot to say this past week, and I’m letting…
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Show your work: Inside this week’s mailbag
Plus: How to vote in Iowa—from Australia Share with a friend Special Edition Reader Mailbag: Show Your Work Two town halls, two very different answers to the same basic question—plus everything you asked me this week. I have a theory about public officials, and it’s not a complicated one: If you want to…
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Best fall hikes in NE Iowa
Plus: Only in Iowa and the photo of the week! Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday and many of us get a three-day weekend coming up (thanks to the workers who fought for it). Get thee to an Iowa Labor Day picnic or parade here. Time for Only in Iowa, this week’s photo, Positively Iowa,…
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How Iowa’s gubernatorial candidates stand on the issues
Plus: Your letters and this week’s most-talked-about post Share with a friend Amie here. I HAVE A COMPUTER AGAIN! I don’t know if you all have had to work exclusively on a mobile device (I switched between an old iPad and my phone), but boy am I glad to be typing this on a laptop…
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Following the money in Iowa’s Senate race
What voters should know heading into September Share with a friend Special Edition: Reporter’s Notebook A closer look at the people, records, and political histories shaping Iowa’s 2026 races. Last week in our Reporter’s Notebook series, you met Zach and got a closer look at the issues at the center of Iowa’s election…
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11 fun (and free!) Labor Day weekend activities
Plus: Only in Iowa and the photo of the week! Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday and the last weekend in August. Summer’s flown by, but before it’s over, scroll for 11 fun and free things to do next weekend! Time for Only in Iowa, the photo of the week, and quick news you…
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Why did this Iowa official cover for a child molester?
Plus: Reader soundoff Share with a friend Amie here. It’s late summer, but yesterday I walked by my neighbor’s house, which was ALL decked out for fall. When’s the best time to decorate for fall/Halloween? Reply and tell me. In this issue: This week’s most talked–about post and reader soundoff. Amie Rivers Newsletter…
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Iowans are asking Hinson the hard questions
Tell us: What do you want to know before Election Day? Share with a friend Special Edition: Reporter’s Notebook A closer look at the people, records, and political histories shaping Iowa’s 2026 races. Three weeks ago, I published a story that started, like a lot of these things do, with a spreadsheet. I’d…
