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Where all the candidates will be this week
Plus: Your emails and Positively Iowa 🗣️ It’s Friday; time for reader replies (and rallies and event listings are BACK)! Iowa news briefs: We can all finally get a COVID vaccine in Iowa: Yes, it took way longer this year because of the anti-science doofuses in charge, but the CDC finally approved a…
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The most popular banned books among Iowans
Plus: When’s the last time you checked out your local library? Share with a friend Amie here. This week, we’re taking time to recognize Banned Books Week—a reminder that book bans are still happening and remain a growing concern, especially here in Iowa. Iowa school districts, worried about a vague law prohibiting “sex acts”…
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‘His fight is now my fight’: Iowa families carry cancer’s weight
The Hot Spot: Investigating Cancer in Iowa Share with a friend Amie here. Before we wrap up our series on cancer in Iowa, I wanted to make sure we heard from a group of folks we don’t normally hear from: The caregivers. When someone is diagnosed with cancer, it’s natural for us to…
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‘We Crapped in Our Nest’ spills the truth about Iowa’s pollution
Plus: National Voter Education Week kicks off next week Share with a friend Amie here. We’re big on educating voters around these parts, and since next week is National Voter Education Week, we thought we’d get an early start and remind you to make sure you’re registered. While we won’t be casting ballots for statewide…
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Iowans tested their water for nitrates. Here’s what they found
The Hot Spot: Investigating Cancer in Iowa Share with a friend Amie here. I have been looking forward to publishing everyone’s nitrate test results from around the state. Until I realized I got everyone a test that measures completely differently from how the US measures nitrate. My bad, y’all. It’s a good…
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Iowa City man abducted at work by ICE agents
Plus: Your emails and Positively Iowa Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday; time for reader replies! My take: These people are world-class idiots who make up their own science to fit their beliefs, and don’t care if women feel pain. (Also, shout out to all our readers with autism; the world is a…
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Fighting Iowa’s cancer crisis will take policy—here’s how
The Hot Spot: Investigating Cancer in Iowa Share with a friend Amie here. There are things we Iowans can do to cut our cancer risk ourselves—we can decide to put on sunscreen more often, drink less, exercise more, and not smoke tobacco. But not everything is a personal decision. If we want cleaner…
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Best gravel drive in Iowa?
Plus: Your emails and Positively Iowa Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday; time for reader replies! Iowa news briefs: Did you see the Iowan on Wheel of Fortune this week? Read all about Nick Oswald of Ankeny’s appearance (no spoilers, don’t worry!). The best gravel drive in Iowa: A car dealership in Florida ranked…
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In Iowa, we love to drink. But no one told us alcohol causes cancer
The Hot Spot: Investigating Cancer in Iowa Share with a friend Amie here. I grew up in Iowa, where we’re steeped in a heavy drinking culture. Kids I grew up with drank by (at least) their early teens. I remember drinking in high school: bottles of Smirnoff Ice and Mike’s Hard Lemonade (what…
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🍁 Haunts, hikes, and corn mazes: The best of autumn in Iowa
Plus: Haunted cemeteries in Iowa—a scary good time Share with a friend Amie here. Kids are back to school, pumpkin spice is on all the menus, signs for mayor are sprouting on lawns in my neighborhood, and it was even down to the 40s a couple of days last week. It’s fall, y’all! So…
