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Oct 2025 21

Changing the Channel: Des Moines bar puts women’s sports front and center

By Sam Cohen | LOCAL NEWS, COMMUNITY, Sam Cohen

Des Moines is on the precipice of becoming a safe haven for women’s sports.

Oct 2025 20

Shutdown could eliminate Iowa child nutrition assistance

By Public News Service | LOCAL NEWS, COMMUNITY, Public News Service

A new report from a prominent food and environmental advocacy group reveals that at least one in four Iowa children under the age of five and their families are at risk of losing critical nutrition assistance due to the government shutdown in Washington.

The government shutdown could eliminate Iowa child nutrition assistance.

Oct 2025 16

Davenport restaurant feeding federal workers for free amid government shutdown

By Ty Rushing | LOCAL NEWS, COMMUNITY, Ty Rushing

The only qualifier a federal employee has to meet to eat free at Flavors of India is to show a work badge to verify their employment. Flavors of India owner Apjeet Makkar wants federal employees...

Oct 2025 14

WATCH: This day in history: Anti-gay media personality Anita Bryant pied in Des Moines

By Iowa Production Staff | LOCAL VIDEO, COMMUNITY, Iowa Production Staff

On this day in 1977, gay rights activist Thom Higgins pied anti-gay media personality Anita Bryant at a press conference in Des Moines. Bryant was in town promoting her ongoing campaign against LGBTQ+ rights, including a plan for a network of conversion therapy centers.

Oct 2025 10

WATCH: Protestors chant ‘quit your job’ at ICE officers in Cedar Rapids

By Iowa Production Staff | LOCAL VIDEO, COMMUNITY, Iowa Production Staff

This video was posted to social media amid a growing presence of ICE across the nation.

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Oct 2025 10

WATCH: How Iowans can push back this Banned Books Week

By Iowa Production Staff | LOCAL VIDEO, COMMUNITY, Iowa Production Staff

Have a favorite banned book? Share it with us in the comments! We promise not to report you to Kim Reynolds.

Oct 2025 8

WATCH: UnityPoint spends millions on union-busting instead of safer workplace policies

By Iowa Production Staff | LOCAL VIDEO, COMMUNITY, Iowa Production Staff

2,000 nurses at UnityPoint Health are unionizing in what is considered the largest union effort in Iowa's history. They're also facing a multimillion-dollar union-busting campaign.