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Residents of Zearing, Iowa, won't pay property taxes this fiscal year, but they aren’t exactly happy about it. “I hope the taxpayers in this town understand that, ‘yes,’ your taxes were reduced, ‘yay, we got some more money in our pockets,’’” said one Zearing woman...
One Iowa-based solar panel installer sees a bright future for the growing industry thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act. Todd Miller, President of 1 Source Solar in Ankeny, said his company is doing projects in all of Iowa's 99 counties, installing solar panels for...
Iowans love to tailgate! Being outside on cool, fall Saturday mornings to support their Hawkeyes, Cyclones, Panthers, Bulldogs, or another favorite school is an always enjoyable activity plenty of us have taken part in. While there are numerous parts of a tailgate...
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...
Guest post from Andy Suchorski, director of Democrats' Iowa Senate Majority Fund When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe and sent the ability to determine abortion policy back to state legislatures, we were all reminded that state legislatures are enormously...
He didn’t live here long, but Herbert Hoover did say he carried the brand of Iowa—literally in his case—from being barefoot in his father’s blacksmith shop. “The most formative years of my boyhood were spent here. My roots are in this soil,” said Hoover, who was the...
Iowa is one of five states that will receive new money to upgrade software, reduce backlogs, identify fraud and increase training at their state employment offices, thanks to a round of grants courtesy of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Iowa Workforce Development...
Turns out, Iowa is home to a few homegrown food chains, some of which span across the country. From mouth-watering burgers and pizzas to fast-casual burritos, Iowa restaurateurs have done their part to feed the masses and it’s time we celebrate them! Here are the...
As families are squeezing in last-minute shopping to get ready for back-to-school, Iowa schools are also scrambling to get ready. Across the state, shortages for positions such as bus drivers and classroom teachers still persist, and getting those positions taken care...
While the social media comments under Iowa news stories involving fireworks would lead you to think most people hate them, a recent poll conducted on behalf of Iowa Starting Line shows a majority of Iowans—of all political persuasions—enjoy fireworks being legal for...
The smell of the animal barns and the onslaught of the tacky T-shirts and motorized scooters zipping through crowds could only mean one thing: I'm at the Iowa State Fair. My mission was simple, I wanted to try as many of the new state fair foods as my stomach handle....
Gov. Kim Reyolds and nearly all the top Iowa Republicans were over the moon after Thursday’s Major League Baseball (MLB) held at the “Field of Dreams” movie site outside Dyersville. “Such a fun time at the Field of Dreams last night. Incredibly proud to see Iowa shine...
Eating absurd and sometimes bizarre foods is a right of passage for people who attend the annual Iowa State Fair. Fortunately for us, this year’s vendors seem to have outdone themselves with their gluttonous creations and there are 53 new foods this year! The first...
A debate about pit bulls has ignited an Eastern Iowa community after 10 dog owners were notified they had to get rid of their pets. All of this has boiled over in Keystone, a small town in Benton County, where residents have wondered what will happen to their dogs,...
More than 400 health care workers at Planned Parenthood locations across five Upper Midwest states including Iowa are now covered by a union. Across 28 Planned Parenthood clinics in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota, 429 workers—with 90% of...
Chris Pietropinto knows what it's like to have to choose between bills. For the last two decades, the Cedar Rapids woman and her husband have lived on one income, after a disability at 23 meant Pietropinto could no longer work. Instead, she did her best to balance...
The City of Waterloo committed to using only renewable energy sources citywide by 2035, only the fourth city in the US to pledge to do so. The resolution, which notes the city will achieve 24/7 carbon-free electricity, passed unanimously during Monday night's meeting....
Heidi Hopper held onto the canoe beside hers to brace it while her paddling partner, Amanda Losee, dragged a rusty hunk of metal toward the canoe. It was curved, almost as long as Losee, and probably came from the hood of an old car or maybe a tractor. Other...
By my count, there are at least six Iowa cities that have the name of a primary or secondary color in their name. Here’s a little refresher for those of us who can’t remember what we learned in elementary school art class: Red, yellow, and blue are primary colors,...
Neo-Nazi flyers pushing the "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory with antisemitic rhetoric were found hanging in an Oelwein city park in northeast Iowa recently. The "Great Replacement' conspiracy theory", long promoted by hate groups on the fringes of society, is...
From Starbucks baristas in Iowa City to Grinnell college student workers, workers in Iowa—and across the US—are forming workplace unions at a pace we haven't seen in decades. Maybe it's the reality of low wages of workers versus the astronomical pay and stock packages...
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...
What’s happening with airports across the country as airlines deal with staffing shortages, capacity constraints, and delayed and canceled flights is nothing new to Iowa’s smaller-commercial airports. In a three-part series, Twitter user @AirspaceIowa will explain...
What’s happening with airports across the country as airlines deal with staffing shortages, capacity constraints, and delayed and canceled flights is nothing new to Iowa’s smaller-commercial airports. In a three-part series, Twitter user @AirspaceIowa will explain...
What's happening with airports across the country as airlines deal with staffing shortages, capacity constraints, and delayed and canceled flights is nothing new to Iowa's smaller-commercial airports. In a three-part series, Twitter user @AirspaceIowa will explain...
After her second time having sex, Julie Brown began experiencing severe pain on the right side of her abdomen. It was 1979 and Brown, a now-Des Moines resident, was 16 and living in Dubuque. In the hospital, after blood tests, a nurse quietly asked if Brown could be...
New electric vehicle charging stations in places such as Mason City or Newton, which already have decent numbers of electric vehicle owners, could spark even more interest in them. That's what the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Biden Administration...
Riverside’s designation as the future birthplace of James T. Kirk is pretty well known to Iowans and Trekkies/Trekkers, but how did the southeast Iowa community gain the designation of being the origin point to arguably the most famous “Star Trek” captain? In an...
An Iowa businesswoman is considered a ringleader in a nationwide scheme to sell dogs bred at puppy mills to pet stores across the country, even in cities and states with puppy mill bans in place. A new podcast details how she did it. A seven-episode podcast series...
As a Midwesterner, there’s something special about seeing places we know and have lived depicted in movies and TV shows. A lot of times, those depictions are inaccurate as hell, but it’s still kind of cool that it happened. A perfect example of this is the fourth(!!!)...
