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Reynolds blames childhood obesity on decision not to feed poor kids

December 22, 2023

Iowa won’t participate in a federal program to feed underprivileged kids next summer, and Gov. Kim Reynolds cited “childhood obesity” as one of the reasons why. The state had until Jan. 1 to apply to the US Department of Agriculture’s Summer EBT program that would have provided Iowa with about $29 million in federal funding…

Reynolds blames childhood obesity on decision not to feed poor kids

The mysterious death of a Marshalltown movie star

November 14, 2025

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 of course, reader replies! The record-long government shutdown is over: Here’s when different things (air travel, back pay) should start getting back to normal. Des Moines bar apologizes for letting Nazi…

The mysterious death of a Marshalltown movie star

PrideFest Won’t Let Iowa’s Political Climate Ruin The Event

June 8, 2023

The juxtaposition of the Iowa Capitol and the section of Des Moines’ East Village where PrideFest takes place will be even more glaring this year after Republican lawmakers spent a bulk of the 2023 legislative session crafting and implementing anti-LGBTQ laws. The 44th annual PrideFest takes place June 9-11 and is put on by the…

PrideFest Won’t Let Iowa’s Political Climate Ruin The Event

8 Tough, Fun, and Wacky Iowa Running Events in 2023

July 7, 2023

Here are eight fun races over the next few months that are just a little bit off the beaten path.

8 Tough, Fun, and Wacky Iowa Running Events in 2023

12 Foods to Put on Your Iowa Foodie Bucket List This Summer

June 27, 2023

Whether you are new to the Hawkeye State, a lifelong resident, or just passing through, these are the foods you should try for a true Iowa summer experience.

Republican senators to poor Iowans: Work harder to escape poverty

March 13, 2024

According to two Republican state senators, participants in the UpLift—The Central Iowa Basic Income Program, just need to work harder and pull up their bootstraps to escape poverty. “It’s not the first job that gives you a raise to maybe $15 an hour that leads to the uplift for the rest of your life and…

Republican senators to poor Iowans: Work harder to escape poverty

🧑‍🏫 Hey Iowa Teachers: What Makes Your Job Harder?

May 10, 2024

Your weekly Iowa news roundup Share with a friend It’s Friday, May 10, 2024. 🛟 When life gives you potholes, Iowans just make swimming pools. 🏀 Plus: The WNBA regular season kicks off tonight. Will you be watching? (I will!) Tell us which team(s) you’ll be cheering on. Amie Rivers Community Editor, Iowa Starting…

🧑‍🏫 Hey Iowa Teachers: What Makes Your Job Harder?

Iowa’s use of flawed data in voter challenges results in confusion, lawsuit

October 31, 2024

Despite known issues with driver’s license records, the Iowa Secretary of State’s voter challenges targeted 2,022 registered voters—including naturalized citizens who can legally vote. Ruth Toomer will be the first to admit that WHO 13 News is on a little loud in the morning. Last week, the family was getting ready for work: her husband…

Iowa’s use of flawed data in voter challenges results in confusion, lawsuit

Fighting Iowa’s cancer crisis will take policy—here’s how

September 23, 2025

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…

Fighting Iowa’s cancer crisis will take policy—here’s how

Trump tells Iowa crowd US Civil War could have been negotiated

January 6, 2024

Donald Trump told a jam-packed crowd he thinks the US Civil War could have been solved through negotiation and that without it we wouldn’t know who Abraham Lincoln was. Trump made the remarks Saturday—on the third anniversary of the attack on the US Capitol by his supporters—during a rally at the DMAAC Newton Campus about…

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