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Pet owners know the look well: Just as you’re handing over your dog’s leash to the kind caretaker at the boarding facility because you’re getting ready to leave town for a fun trip, Bingo turns to you, his eyes staring you down. They say: How dare you abandon me. It never feels good to leave…

A boil order was issued for most of Warren County on Monday because of a ruptured water line. Affected cities include Milo, Martinsdale, New Virginia, Truro, and Saint Mary’s, according to an Iowa Department of Natural Resources press release. The city of Indianola is not affected. This order impacts approximately 5,900 rural customers. The damage…

Iowa remains one of the states least friendly to labor organizing and worker power. But the cracks are starting to show. Iowa workers filed 14 representation cases with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in the 2022 fiscal year, an increase of 180% compared to the previous fiscal year, according to the Economic Policy Institute…

To help the country rebound from the economic and human devastation caused by COVID-19, President Joe Biden and Congress have allocated significant funding support from the federal government. The American Rescue Plan includes money for states and local governments to use for recovery, and Iowa cities will receive around $335 million in total, according to…

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 now being pushed to more mainstream right-wing networks, emboldening such groups. Crew 319 describes itself on…

Through days topping 90 degrees with no shade and days at 11 degrees below zero coupled with dangerous wind chills, unionized workers in Cedar Rapids held the line for nearly six months despite the pressures of being out of work. On Sunday, after 175 days on the picket line, it all paid off. Eighty-eight workers…