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Iowa Worker’s Almanac news, unionizing, layoffs and more: Sept. 12, 2025

September 12, 2025

Miller-Meeks said she liked clean energy tax credits, but her vote for the Big Beautiful Bill shows she didn’t care, writes Stefanie Warnick, a union construction worker with the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA) Local 43. “Our state needs leaders who will fight for the livelihoods of Iowans, not just sign letters and then vote…

Iowa Worker’s Almanac news, unionizing, layoffs and more: Sept. 12, 2025

7 totally free (& fun!) things to do in Sioux City

July 4, 2025

Having a blast doesn’t have to cost you an arm and a leg. Here are seven totally free and fun things to do in Sioux City this summer.

7 totally free (& fun!) things to do in Sioux City

Geo Treasure Hunting in Iowa: Your Guide to Rockhounding in the Hawkeye State

August 3, 2023

Iowa is home to some of the best geode hunting in the US. Here’s how to find them—and lots of other rocks—on your next treasure hunt.

Geo Treasure Hunting in Iowa: Your Guide to Rockhounding in the Hawkeye State

Cedar Rapids’ Rhodes Scholar to Nobel Nominee: Iowa Poet Paul Engle

April 13, 2023

Did you know Iowa can boast one of its own as a Nobel Prize-nominated poet? April is National Poetry Month, and Iowa has had its fair share of noteworthy poets. But perhaps our most successful is Paul Engle. Paul Engle was a lifelong Iowa poet who cared so much about writing he created programs to…

Cedar Rapids’ Rhodes Scholar to Nobel Nominee: Iowa Poet Paul Engle

Iowa Worker’s Almanac layoffs and news for Nov. 6, 2025

November 7, 2025

Iowa Worker’s Almanac news briefs: China agrees to buy soybeans, ending monthslong standoff: The world’s largest buyer of soybeans refused to buy anything from the US for months because of Trump’s punitive tariffs. Last week, after Trump lowered his tariff to 10%, China agreed to buy 12 million tons this year, less than half of what it usually…

Cash for crowds at a Vance rally? We’ve got the scoop

May 12, 2026

Plus: Protests and reader soundoff Share with a friend 👽 Amie here. Files were released this weekend! (Ope, not the files we really wanted released, though.) In this issue: Candidate events and protests, this week’s viral post, and reader soundoff. Amie Rivers Newsletter Editor, Iowa Starting Line Email me Featured protests and rallies:…

Cash for crowds at a Vance rally? We’ve got the scoop

This week’s Iowa layoffs and more working news you can use

July 2, 2025

This week’s working news you can use: Job Corps cuts hurt Iowa’s employment: Despite its success, Ottumwa Job Corps—which offers free education and vocational training for at-risk youth ages 16 to 24—is among the 99 programs the Trump Administration is shutting down. The closure eliminates over 100 jobs in small-town Iowa, and displaces the 240…

This week’s Iowa layoffs and more working news you can use

How Iowans are supporting Minnesota’s ICE strike

January 23, 2026

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 reader replies. Okoboji is still holding its annual Winter Games this weekend, despite the below-zero temps. You may be unaware of the true context of MLK’s “I Have a…

How Iowans are supporting Minnesota’s ICE strike

13 of Iowa’s Scariest Haunted Houses and Creepy Attractions of 2023

October 11, 2023

By Katie Mills Giorgio, Starting Line contributor Spooky season is officially here, and if you’re the type of Iowan who likes a good scare, we’ve got you covered. This list of 13 haunted houses around the state of Iowa is sure to freak you out. Located throughout the state, these awfully frightful attractions will leave…

13 of Iowa’s Scariest Haunted Houses and Creepy Attractions of 2023

Biggest Snowstorms In Iowa History

December 20, 2022

Living in Iowa and the rest of the Upper Midwest comes with enjoying or surviving—depending on your perspective—long winters that come with copious amounts of snow. Yet, some winters come with massive snowstorms that dump several inches of snow and bring high winds that cause blizzard conditions. In fact, the Estherville Vindicator was the first…

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