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Why did the Ankeny Chamber pull out of hosting a school board forum?

October 24, 2023

The Ankeny Chamber of Commerce pulled out of co-hosting Tuesday’s Ankeny School Board candidate forum after it received unspecified “threats,” but the Ankeny Police Department says nothing has been reported. KCCI reported on Oct. 18 that the chamber withdrew its support from a school board candidate forum that was slated to feature all 10 candidates.…

Why did the Ankeny Chamber pull out of hosting a school board forum?

Iowa Senate Passes Bill to Allow Unpaid Volunteer Substitute Teachers

February 28, 2022

There’s a new potential solution for Iowa’s shortage of substitute teachers: unpaid volunteers. The Iowa Senate passed a bill Monday to allow school districts to accept volunteer substitute teachers to help with the shortage of paid teachers and substitutes in the state. The bill, Senate File 2356, is simple. People with substitute licenses or authorizations…

Iowa Senate Passes Bill to Allow Unpaid Volunteer Substitute Teachers

Here’s What’s ‘Affordable’ In Every Iowa Town

February 7, 2024

And more news for working Iowans Share with a friend The newsletter for the Iowa worker. It’s Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. Breaking news: There’s a hearing today on a new union-busting bill in the Iowa Senate. Read about it on my Twitter thread here, which includes the link to the Zoom at noon.) ———- Hey…

Here’s What’s ‘Affordable’ In Every Iowa Town

Best Places For College Grads To Start Their Careers (#6 Is In Iowa)

June 4, 2023

Graduation season is around the corner, and college seniors across the country are applying for their first jobs. About 1 in 4 Americans 25 years or older have a bachelor’s degree or higher, and thousands will walk the stage this season to grab their diplomas and start their careers.

Best Places For College Grads To Start Their Careers (#6 Is In Iowa)

Mouse droppings, ants, expired food found at these Iowa restaurants

May 27, 2025

by Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch May 21, 2025 Mouse droppings, ants and expired food found after Iowa restaurant inspections. State, city and county inspectors have cited Iowa restaurants and stores for hundreds of food-safety violations during the past five weeks, including offenses related to rodents, expired food and operating without a license. The findings…

Mouse droppings, ants, expired food found at these Iowa restaurants

Iowa’s 17 Award-Winning Historic Preservation Projects for 2023

June 23, 2023

Iowa is full of old buildings—some over a hundred years old, and some with significant impacts on the communities they’re in.

Iowa’s 17 Award-Winning Historic Preservation Projects for 2023

Meet the nonprofit director promoting birth control access in Iowa

January 29, 2024

Allison Smith’s outlook on birth control access completely changed when Donald Trump was elected in 2016. “I think around that time there was some really concerning rhetoric,” she said. At the time, Smith lived in Minneapolis and worked in health care administration at Whitecap Health Advisors. “There were major concerns about what [President Trump and…

Meet the nonprofit director promoting birth control access in Iowa

Nikki Haley says another Trump presidency would bring chaos

January 15, 2024

In her last event before the Iowa Caucuses, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said the United States can’t afford to elect former President Donald Trump a second time. “President Trump was the right president at the right time,” Haley said on Sunday. “I agree with a lot of his policies, but—rightly or wrongly—chaos follows…

Nikki Haley says another Trump presidency would bring chaos

Where To Find Some of the Best Mexican Desserts in Iowa

March 11, 2022

Ask anyone in Iowa, and they have their favorite Mexican restaurant. It is standard Iowan protocol. Every Iowan can make an argument for their favorite Mexican restaurant, be it they have the best chips and queso or the best margaritas. What is more surprising and underrated are Mexican dessert places and bakeries, where any Iowan…

Where To Find Some of the Best Mexican Desserts in Iowa

Hoover Museum Visit Sheds New Light On The Only Iowan To Be President

September 2, 2022

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…

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