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What’s Next for 1,276 Laid Off Tyson Workers?

March 20, 2024

News for working Iowans Share with a friend The newsletter for the Iowa worker. It’s Wednesday, Mar. 20, 2024. I’m still closely following the news that 1,276 Iowans will lose their jobs when the Tyson pork processing plant in Perry closes in June. It will be the state’s largest plant closure in a decade,…

What’s Next for 1,276 Laid Off Tyson Workers?

Reynolds’ Unemployment Cuts Will Hit Construction Workers Hard

July 1, 2022

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…

Reynolds’ Unemployment Cuts Will Hit Construction Workers Hard

Get to know 12 endangered species in Iowa

September 15, 2024

Learn more about 12 endangered species in Iowa and what you can do to help protect them.

Get to know 12 endangered species in Iowa

Henry Riding: Sioux City’s Shotgun-Wielding Black Hotelier

February 27, 2022

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…

Henry Riding: Sioux City’s Shotgun-Wielding Black Hotelier

This Union Just Won The Largest-Ever Wage Increase In Iowa

March 22, 2023

A small eight-person police department in western Iowa just won what’s believed to be the largest collectively bargained wage increase in Iowa history. The Carter Lake Peace Officers Association, the union covering the eight police officers of the City of Carter Lake, won 12% raises for new hires and up to 42% raises for their…

This Union Just Won The Largest-Ever Wage Increase In 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

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…

Positively Iowa: How This Small Iowa Team Became a Dynasty

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

12 of Iowa’s wackiest roadside attractions

October 4, 2024

Among the many roadside attractions in Iowa, these 12 are by far the weirdest.

12 of Iowa’s wackiest roadside attractions

Iowa Misses Out As People Cross Border For Legal Illinois Marijuana

May 4, 2022

While Iowans are increasingly flocking across the Mississippi River to obtain legal marijuana at Illinois dispensaries, Iowa’s legislative majority seems stuck in a “Reefer Madness” mindset when it comes to marijuana legalization. The growing disconnect between Iowa voters and their state government may put more pressure on Republican legislators over their anti-legalization stances, which is…

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