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During the hot, sweltering summer Iowa days, ice cream always provides relief.  Fortunately, in Iowa, there is no shortage of the frozen treat. Iowans know how to make the best ice cream. Like snowbirds, some of these ice cream places come and go with the warm weather. Be sure to check their websites to make…

A public school board member told a Republican audience that he no longer trusts public schools as he successfully sought their vote to be the party’s nominee for an Iowa House seat. Dan Gehlbach emerged as the winner from a special nominating convention on Monday after coming in third place in a five-way GOP primary…

Priscilla Cunningham has been living at the Salvation Army’s homeless shelter in Waterloo for months, trying to get out. During the day, she calls rental companies around Waterloo, asking them about places to rent, taking down names, phone numbers, and the amount of rent they’re asking. Over and over, she finds out suitable places won’t…

There are state legislators who have fought hard for the working class and union workers in Iowa. And there are legislators who actively work to keep workers down—by passing legislation restricting collective bargaining rights, cutting into unemployment benefits for laid-off workers, and refusing to consider a raise in the abysmally low minimum wage. Mostly, Iowa…

Whether you are going it alone or you and your family would rather simply skip the hoopla of preparing Thanksgiving dinner and go out to eat, you will find several places in Iowa to enjoy dinner on Thanksgiving. You can always find some national chains that are open like Applebee’s, Perkins, IHOP, and Cracker Barrel.…

We all know the Iowa State Fair: Corn dogs, Ferris wheel, teenagers persuading ornery animals to walk around a ring in pursuit of an FFA championship. But it turns out that those in pursuit of natural places can find those among the hundred-thousand fairgoers as well! Thus, my somewhat tongue-in-cheek Amie Takes a Hike: State…

As a free state bordering a slave state, Iowa was poised to play an important role in the Underground Railroad, and many Iowans risked their safety to serve as conductors. Tensions ran high between the two states, with Missourians sometimes coming over the state line to try to capture Freedom Seekers or intimidate conductors. This…

Wednesday morning, Rep. Cindy Axne met with mayors in and around the Des Moines metro to discuss how to get more bang for their buck out of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. For the most part, every mayor and city manager mentioned how projects they want to see, whether it be water infrastructure, bridges…