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Escape the heat at these retro Iowa barcades
Plus: Bad air quality could be headed for us Share with a friend 📅 It’s Friday and July 17—otherwise known as World Emoji Day. Time for Only in Iowa, this week’s photo, Positively Iowa, and news you can use. Tornado Alley has shifted east over the years, and is now squarely in Iowa. The upper Midwest,…
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ICE going after workers, not the ones hiring them
Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Welcome to Thursday’s Almanac, for and about Iowa’s workers. If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: ICE detains 4 Iowa workers on way to Fairfax construction site; Upcoming Iowa layoffs and worker news; Their website was shut down, so these workers started…
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Ames crowd has thoughts on data centers….
Plus: Protests and reader soundoff Share with a friend Amie here. Another hot week is upon us! How are you beating the heat? Reply and tell me. In this issue: Events and protests, this week’s viral post on an Ames data center listening session, and readers keep telling me why they’re totally gonna unsubscribe…
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Best Iowa kayaking spots for beginners
Plus: Upcoming book giveaway in Waterloo Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday! We’ve got the best places to paddle for beginners on Only in Iowa, this week’s sleepy reader photo, plus I interviewed THEE Nikole Hannah-Jones (Pulitzer Prize winner/Iowa native!) about her children’s book giveaway for Positively Iowa. Want to join the Bumble Bee Atlas…
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ICE raids rising in Iowa. Here’s why
Inside: Rob Sand would raise minimum wage Share with a friend Welcome to Thursday’s Almanac, for and about Iowa’s workers. If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: ICE, flush with new cash, is increasing raids in Iowa; Upcoming Iowa layoffs and worker news; A rural Iowa town bets on investing in the trades to…
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Iowa egg company scrambles over price-fixing suit
Plus: Events and your thoughts on a wealth tax Share with a friend Amie here. How do your pets do around fireworks? I have two cats and a dog, all with different reactions—Phoenix pants and paces, Bron huddles in his safe space, and (per usual) Bear don’t care. (A very close neighbor set off a…
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River Hills Centerville worker speaks out on sudden closure
Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Welcome to Thursday’s Almanac, for and about Iowa’s workers. If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: Workers suspicious of timing of River Hills Centerville closure Upcoming Iowa layoffs and worker news Is Iowa making an already serious problem even worse? A healthcare…
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‘Dude needs to go back to Kansas’
Plus: Protests and lots of your letters Share with a friend Amie here. Dammit, heat wave, it is still June! (Yes, we can blame the corn—somewhat.) In this issue: Events and protests for the Fourth, this week’s viral post with Zach Lahn, and lots of different letters in this week’s reader sound off. Amie…
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Fireworks and other July 4 activities next weekend
Plus: Cute baby eagles! Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday. Time for Only in Iowa, this week’s photo, and news you can use: Over 2,000 Iowans now have a “certified wildlife habitat” in their yard, and you can too. The University of Iowa tried changing a private scholarship meant for Black students majoring in chemistry or…
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Laid-off Amana worker speaks out with Bernie in DC
Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Welcome to Thursday’s Almanac, for and about Iowa’s workers. If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: A laid-off worker from Whirlpool in Amana went to Washington, DC, this week to call out corporate greed. Plus: Upcoming Iowa layoffs and news briefs. Iowa’s…
