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Tapestry Farms Executive Director Ann McGlynn on bringing joy to the Quad Cities’ refugee community

December 15, 2025

Tapestry Farms provides resources to the Quad Cities’ refugee community. We spoke with executive director Ann McGlynn about how its mission has changed lives for the better.

Quiz: How Well Do You Know Iowa history?

November 15, 2022

What year did Iowa become a state? 1846 1833 1852 1861 The world’s first electronic digital computer was built at which Iowa college in the 1930s? Iowa State University University of Iowa University of Northern Iowa Grinnell College Who was the first governor of Iowa? Samuel J. Kirkwood James Clarke Stephen P. Hempstead Ansel Briggs…

Centerville clinic to close in July amid growing rural healthcare concerns

May 12, 2026

MercyOne Ottumwa closed in February. MercyOne South Des Moines will close in June. Now a federally qualified health center in Centerville is closing this July citing the declining sustainability of rural health services.

UAW president unloads on CNH after Burlington closure

November 13, 2025

News about and for the working class Share with a friend As I mentioned last week, Case New Holland (CNH) announced it would close its Burlington plant by mid-2026, with 200 workers laid off as a result. The company blamed it on the agricultural industry downturn broadly affecting sales. (US Sen. Chuck Grassley said…

10 extreme Iowa weather events that were caught on tape

August 4, 2025

From historic floods to destructive tornadoes, discover extreme Iowa weather events that were caught on tape (and watch the footage for yourself).

The economy is great again (LOL): Iowa Worker’s Almanac layoffs and news, Jan. 29, 2026

January 30, 2026

The economy is great again? That’s what US Rep. Ashley Hinson, running for US Senate, wrote in a Des Moines Register opinion piece this week in advance of President Donald Trump’s speech where he tried saying the same thing while he was in Clive Tuesday.

Conservative Iowa mom denied care during fatal pregnancy

December 16, 2025

Plus: Protests, rallies, and more Share with a friend Amie here. Happy week-before-Xmas! In this issue: Candidate meet-ups, protests and rallies, and this week’s viral post. What is nitrate, and why is it my problem? Prairie Rivers of Iowa has launched a new short video series explaining it all. Amie Rivers Newsletter Editor,…

Iowa Senate Democrats hold up Reynolds’ appointees

April 22, 2026

Now that Iowa Democrats have broken Republicans’ supermajority in the Senate, they’re using it to trip up Gov. Kim Reynolds’ choice for a key department lead. Starting in 2022, Republicans enjoyed a supermajority in the Iowa Senate. This meant that Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds’ state agency appointees, which require a two-thirds majority in the Senate…

What if this made crisis intervention better in Iowa?

May 14, 2026

Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Welcome to Thursday’s Almanac—by, about, and for Iowa workers! If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: Solving a crisis without armed police? This Ottumwa woman thinks it could work; Upcoming Iowa layoffs and labor news briefs; Can you get your boss to…

2 new Iowa bills to lower grocery prices: Iowa Worker’s Almanac layoffs and news for Feb. 12, 2026

February 12, 2026

Iowa Worker’s Almanac news briefs, Feb. 12, 2026: Pushing workers out of Iowa: Workers are leaving Iowa in droves. One Iowan confronted Republican lawmakers about how striking state affirmative action policies and allowing for discrimination in professional licensure would only make the problem worse. Two new grocery store bills to keep prices down: State Sen. Zach Wahls this week introduced two bills…