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Why More Students Are Walking Out At Iowa Schools

April 17, 2022

In light of recent education bills at the Iowa Legislature, whether it’s promoting vouchers for private schools or restricting what teachers are allowed to mention in class, many Iowa students are getting fed up. And they’re standing up. Friday afternoon in Johnston, a group of close to 100 students walked out of class and stood…

Why More Students Are Walking Out At Iowa Schools

25 Must-Visit Hidden Gems from Across the US (Including Iowa!)

April 28, 2023

Sometimes the most memorable trips happen when you seek out unexpected, under-the-radar spots that you never would’ve known about without some prior research.

25 Must-Visit Hidden Gems from Across the US (Including Iowa!)

New Billboard Attack GOP Candidates’ Extremism

August 10, 2023

As more than a dozen GOP presidential candidates descend on Des Moines for the Iowa State Fair, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) wants to send them a message they won’t miss. The DNC is placing a billboard in Iowa’s capital city attacking Republican candidates for supporting the MAGA agenda, which Democrats said includes hurting working…

New Billboard Attack GOP Candidates’ Extremism

Fox News seems to think it’s all white people getting laid off in Perry plant closure

March 21, 2024

Fox News Host Jesse Watters was irate when he found out about Tyson Foods closing its pork plant in Perry. Not because 1,276 people were losing their jobs, but because he seemed to think that white people were losing their jobs to be replaced by undocumented migrants. In a recent segment on his show, Watters…

Fox News seems to think it’s all white people getting laid off in Perry plant closure

He tried to scam her. He didn’t know her husband was a journalist

May 15, 2024

A Central Iowa woman almost fell for a believable scam about missing jury duty. If you get the same phone call, here’s how to tell it’s a scam. When she went to check her voicemail, Adriana Torres Martínez freaked out. It was “in regards to some legal documentation that I would need to go over…

He tried to scam her. He didn’t know her husband was a journalist

2 Waterloo Parks Get $1M Funding Boost

March 6, 2023

Gates Park and Byrnes Park in Waterloo are one step closer to construction, thanks to a $1 million grant from the Iowa Economic Development Authority. Gates Park will be able to add a splash pad, an inclusion park (a playground accessible to people with disabilities), an amphitheater and lighted basketball courts with a roller-skating track…

Biden invests $5 billion to support rural communities, including in Iowa

November 7, 2023

Golden Grain Energy LLC will use a $2.2 million grant to create infrastructure to expand the sales and use of renewable fuels by installing an above ground ethanol storage tank and a loading rack at the company’s location in Mason City.

Biden invests $5 billion to support rural communities, including in Iowa

GOP bill that promotes anti-abortion propaganda in Iowa schools advances

January 30, 2024

Republican lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a bill to teach anti-abortion curriculum to elementary, middle and high schoolers. This bill, HF 2031, would require the human growth and development curriculum to include a three-minute animation showing organs developing in a fetus. It also requires showing a rendering or animation like one developed by an extreme anti-abortion…

GOP bill that promotes anti-abortion propaganda in Iowa schools advances

Read Gov. Kim Reynolds Condition of the State

January 14, 2025

An Iowa DOGE. Statewide bans on cell phones in classrooms. And incentives for practicing medicine in Iowa. Read Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Condition of the State address. Tuesday night, Gov. Kim Reynolds delivered her annual Condition of the State address to a joint conference of the Iowa Legislature. Shortly before the speech, reporters were given…

Read Gov. Kim Reynolds Condition of the State

Positively Iowa: How This Small Iowa Team Became a Dynasty

December 21, 2023

And more good news from Iowa! Share with a friend It’s Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. Hey folks, it’s Amie, and it’s our last good news roundup from Iowa of 2023! Today is the winter solstice—the shortest, darkest day of the year (for those of us in the Northern hemisphere). But that just means the…

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