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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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150+ job apps. Zero offers. One Iowa grad’s story.
News about and for the working class Share with a friend Amie here. I’ve written before about how the job market is abysmal right now, which is particularly hard on new graduates and those just trying to get started in their field. Now, one of those recent grads is confirming just how bad…
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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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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…
