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It’s really bad for Iowa farmers right now
News about and for the working class Share with a friend Amie here. Harvest time is upon us, and Iowa farmers are supposed to have the third-largest harvest on record. Yet it all amounts to a hill of beans (literally) if nobody’s buying them. Iowa soybean farmers—and those in the wider ag…
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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…
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Iowans can’t decide: supreme or meat lovers?
Plus: Your emails and Positively Iowa Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday; time for reader replies! My take: I don’t live in Avoca, so maybe y’all have been inundated with loud cars, and I’m off base here. But if it’s mostly four or five loud cars that are the problem, can’t law enforcement…
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Support for capitalism at record low
News about and for the working class Share with a friend Amie here. Americans are starting to sour on capitalism. That’s according to the latest Gallup survey, which found the number of US adults who say they support capitalism—”an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods,” per Merriam-Webster—is at…
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How Iowans can lower their cancer risk
The Hot Spot: Investigating Cancer in Iowa Share with a friend Amie here. This series on the various ways we can get cancer can be depressing, I know. Our water quality is crap! We’re the highest in radon! Our politicians don’t seem to care! But that doesn’t mean we’re all doomed to get…
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Flu is supposed to be bad this year; here’s what to do
Plus: Your emails and Positively Iowa Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday; time for reader replies! Iowa news briefs: It’s September, AKA the start of fall and flu season. And if the southern hemisphere’s flu season was any indication, we’re in for a bad one this year. (Go get your flu shot!) Have…
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Does your union’s endorsement matter?
News about and for the working class Share with a friend Amie here. Labor unions are just starting to endorse candidates for 2026. It’s still very early for this, but here are a few I’ve seen so far: Rob Sand, running for governor, was endorsed by Service Employees International Union Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa…
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The cancer risk hiding in most Iowa homes
The Hot Spot: Investigating Cancer in Iowa Share with a friend Amie here. Our cancer series is personal to all of us. But this week’s cancer story is especially personal for me. Longtime subscribers know I lost my mom to lung cancer in 2017, and doctors suspected (because she didn’t have a history…
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BREAKING: Joni Ernst won’t run, per CBS News
Plus: Your emails and Positively Iowa Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday; time for reader repl—WAIT, BREAKING NEWS: This might not be a huge surprise. Republicans were already souring on her, and prominent Democrats have been lining up to face her in November, with one candidate—state Sen. Zach Wahls—even besting her in…
