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How plastic and petrochemicals harm Iowans
Plus: Protests and reader soundoff Share with a friend Amie here. Please don’t begin this email without silently saying the Pledge of Allegiance to yourself. ‘No War with Iran’ emergency rallies were held across Iowa yesterday and Sunday in response to the peace president’s unilateral (aka, not authorized by Congress) declaration of war with the…
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Closing Monday, we want to hear your opinion
Help today, your voice matters to us Dear Iowa Starting Line reader, This survey will close end-of-day, Monday, March 2, 2026 Iowa Starting Line is surveying our readers to inform our work for 2026. Our audience grew significantly last year, and we’d like to learn more about who we’re reaching—and how we can serve you…
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Got cabin fever? Here are 7 Iowa escapes
Plus: Positively Iowa & pet photos! Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday. Time for Only in Iowa, this week’s pet photo, and news you can use. Monday is National Read Across America Day. Reply and tell me a good book you’ve read lately! An Iowa judge ruled that, no, you can’t be kicked out of…
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State of the Union v. State of the Swamp?
Plus: Protests and reader soundoff Share with a friend Amie here with your Tuesday events! If you’re in Mason City, go vote today. The televised Trump rally State of the Union is tonight, which you can watch here live. Or, you can watch The People’s State of the Union from MoveOn.org, or State of the Swamp…
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🗞️ Please, we want to hear your opinion again
What’s one thing you’d change about how you get news here? Dear Iowa Starting Line reader, Thank you for being a part of the community we’re building here at Iowa Starting Line. As a reader supported news organization, you’re at the center of everything we do. Our audience grew significantly last year, and we’d like…
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Where to find fish frys in NE Iowa
Plus: Positively Iowa & pet photos! Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday. Ramadan Mubarak to our Muslim readers! Time for Only in Iowa, Positively Iowa, this week’s pet photo, and news you can use. It’s Public Schools Week next week, but Iowa public schools aren’t doing great. Maybe we should fund them? Nah,…
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Hope you haven’t changed your last name, women!
Plus: Meet a candidate, protests, and a viral post Share with a friend Amie here. As someone who has changed my last name from what it was at birth, the current SAVE Act currently in the US Senate is a tad worrisome. (Scroll down for more on that.) New map for Iowa cancer rates by…
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Iowa’s Winter Olympians and Paralympians to watch
Plus: Positively Iowa & pet photos! Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday the 13th, and Galentine’s Day: Time for Only in Iowa, Positively Iowa, this week’s pet photo, and news you can use. (NOTE: I am moving reader replies to Tuesdays to shorten this one up a bit, so find them there next week!)…
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Valentine’s Day? In THIS economy?
Plus: Meet a candidate, protests, and a viral post Share with a friend Amie here. We’re still having Valentine’s Day? In THIS economy? (Link goes to the most depressing candy heart messages you’ve ever seen.) Where’s the beef? Beef industry groups are once again looking for nominations for Iowa’s Best Burger. Nominations opened yesterday and…
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🗣️ Your letters: ‘Communist bastards’ and Buxton stories
Plus: Your emails and Positively Iowa Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday: Time for Only in Iowa, Positively Iowa, this week’s pet photo, and reader replies. I give it three stars: Want to help fight increasing light pollution? Check out the Orion constellation this month or next, then report your findings to the Globe…
