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If the Mayor is unaware of current social justice issues and major historic events, it is because he’s choosing to be, not because he genuinely doesn’t know.

This is Adam Young, founder of a music group with several multiplatinum singles in the 2010s. He’s from Ottumwa, Iowa. Which group is he part of? Owl City Black Eyed Peas twenty one pilots Slipknot This is the band fun., famous for songs like “We Are Young” and “Some Nights.” One of these band members…

Tuesday’s election results were a mixed bag for public school advocates in Iowa; however, one highlight for many was Democrat Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott’s defeat of Republican Sen. Jake Chapman. “I’m going to change my middle name to bright spot,” Trone Garriott joked. “The first election was the same thing. It was awful for everyone…

In her Condition of the State address Tuesday evening, Gov. Kim Reynolds called for more taxpayer money to go toward a program aimed at preventing abortions. Passed last year, the More Options for Maternal Support bill (MOMs), directed $500,000 in state funding to nonprofit organizations that “have a commitment to promoting healthy pregnancies and childbirth…

The past is starting to catch up with an Arizona company whose traveling taco festivals have left a sour taste in the mouths of its attendees. Organizers in Wisconsin canceled the upcoming Madison Taco Festival citing complaints from other cities and media reports— including from Iowa Starting Line—about AZ Food Festivals LLC, the fly-by-night operation…

True or False: “The Day The Music Died” plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa happened AFTER the publication of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird. True False Order these Iowa sports events. Nile Kinnick receives the Heisman Award. Iowan Bob Feller became the only pitcher to ever throw a no-hitter on Opening Day. Randy Duncan…

Meatpacking workers in southeast Iowa are now—officially—gearing up to organize into labor unions at their respective workplaces.