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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 31st President of the United States, when he…

Residents and those who have been inside an 80-unit apartment building that partially collapsed Sunday say they were not surprised by it, as the building was in such poor shape.

Henry Riding—spelled Ridings in some instances—was born into enslavement in Missouri and died as the wealthiest Black man in Sioux City. Born in Lexington, Missouri, in 1839, Riding literally fought for his freedom as a Union soldier during the Civil War. He served in the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment, the first Black unit to…

What will Iowa’s road and bridges look like without enough construction workers to repair them? We could soon find out. Iowa’s new unemployment law goes into effect Friday and it limits workers to just 16 weeks of unemployment, a 10-week reduction from the previous 26. It also tries to push workers into lower-paying jobs—requiring job-seekers…