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6 Iowa waterfalls that are even more stunning in winter
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. RAGBRAI route announced: The annual cross-state party on wheels will start this July in Onawa and end up in Dubuque, organizers announced this week. It’s the shortest route…
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209 Burlington workers laid off—here’s when
Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend We knew this Southeast Iowa factory was closing. Now we know when layoffs are happening—and how many workers will be affected. (Watch this story on YouTube.) This week, Case New Holland filed notice that 209 workers will be laid off in…
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Trump comes to Iowa today. Here’s what to know
Plus: Meet a candidate, protests, and a viral post Share with a friend Amie here. President Donald Trump is in Iowa today and will be giving a speech at the Horizon Events Center in Clive at 3 p.m. (A link to register for the event has apparently been taken down.) Are you headed to the…
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How Iowans are supporting Minnesota’s ICE strike
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. Okoboji is still holding its annual Winter Games this weekend, despite the below-zero temps. You may be unaware of the true context of MLK’s “I Have a…
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More hoops to jump through for unemployed Iowans?
Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Another year, another chance for Iowa Republicans to decide whether they’ll choose to help their corporate donors or Iowa workers. (Want to watch this story instead? Click here.) The Iowa Legislature is officially back in session, and—despite recent Democratic gains—Republicans still…
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Are you walking out of work today?
Plus: Meet a candidate, protests, and a viral post Share with a friend Amie here. Happy 11th anniversary to Iowa Starting Line, started by Pat Rynard as a deep dive into Iowa politics on Jan. 19, 2015. We’ve grown and broadened our scope of news since then, but we still love our politics. Are…
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🗣️ ‘Listen, commie,’ and more angry reader letters
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. Iowa’s first women’s sports bar, Heroics, is now open, and they’re having an official launch party Saturday. Iowa is the first state to ‘gain more control…
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Big layoffs=bad press? Welcome to ‘forever layoffs’
Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend It’s the big, sudden layoffs or closings that really get our attention—when hundreds are let go at John Deere plants across the state, or Tyson closes in Perry. Companies don’t generally want the bad press that goes along with that. So some…
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Growing backlash to AI traffic cameras in Iowa
Plus: Protests, viral post of the week, and more Share with a friend Amie here. The Iowa Legislature started up for the year on Monday. We’ve still got the Republican trifecta we’ve had for years now, but thanks to special elections going Democrats’ way, there’s only a GOP supermajority in the House—meaning Senate Republicans need…
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🪧 Venezuela, ICE protests around Iowa
Plus: Your emails and Positively Iowa Share with a friend It’s Friday, January 9, 2026. 🗣️ It’s Friday: Time for Only in Iowa, Positively Iowa, this week’s pet photo, and reader replies. ICE and Venezuela protests: After a woman was shot and killed by a federal agent in Minneapolis this week (donate to a…
