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Dave Muhlbauer, a farmer and county supervisor out of western Iowa, "knows it’s time to rotate the crops in state government,” according to the Sand campaign.
Sheer Image closed their debut set at Raccoon Motel on Monday with a cover of Aus Rotten’s “Fuck Nazi Sympathy,” during which a mosh pit broke out.
"ICE costs taxpayers tens of billions of dollars annually, and for some, it costs them their liberties ... or their lives," writes Libertarian for Congress Marco Battaglia.
The decision to privatize yet another state service, with no guarantee of jobs or savings for Iowans, has come under fire from the IT workers' union and both nominees for governor.
The Stage III "water warning" from CIWW includes a mandatory ban on lawn watering, with some exceptions, due to ongoing toxicity issues with the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers.
After 25 years in the U.S., and two months after filing their lawsuit against the federal government, University of Iowa professor Sunday Goshit and his wife Regina can breathe a sigh of relief.
Vietnam Cafe owner and chef Brenda Tran has served mall patrons for 15 years, and is now racing against the clock to secure her restaurant's future.
“If I give up,” she said, “I feel like I’m betraying myself.”
You can catch Iowa Pride Ensembles marching at various Pride fests this month.
“People don’t belong in closets. Neither do your talents or your instruments," co-founder Rachel Gulick said.
In very brief comments today, Trump made it sound like he deserved credit for Zach Lahn's victory over the Trump-endorsed Randy Feenstra in Iowa, because Lahn was actually the more pro-Trump candidate. The president could not, however, remember Lahn's name.
Yang Lu and Olivia I-Hsuan Tsai returned to Zenith Chamber Music Festival with "a touching celebration of composers past and present who used music to understand and ease their internal struggles," writes Meghan Klinkenborg.
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Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Tuesday that she is outsourcing all of the state’s executive branch information technology (IT) work to an out-of-state corporation, eliminating the jobs of approximately 2...
Less than a week after officially becoming the Democratic nominee for governor, Rob Sand announced Dave Muhlbauer, a farmer and member of the Crawford County Board of Supervisors, as his choice for li...
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Central Iowa Water Works (CIWW) imposed a lawn-watering ban on Monday. This is the second year in a row the water utility has banned watering by its 600,000 customers in the greater Des Moines area an...
Amidst the growing humidity and heat of early June, a nearly sold-out crowd gathered on 2nd street outside and in of The Raccoon Motel in Davenport. The night’s enthusiasm was twofold. Not only did it...
By Marco Battaglia, candidate for U.S. House Iowa District 3 Representative Abolish ICE. If you don’t hold this position, do not claim to be a constitutional or fiscal conservative. For starters ICE ...
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“We didn’t know what to expect,” said co-founder Amanda Thomas-Murphy. “We said we would be happy if 10 people performed with us, but the response was huge! So many members of the community from all o...
Sitting at his desk in the Oval Office on Thursday, President Donald Trump responded to questions from reporters, including a question about the loss of Randy Feenstra in Iowa’s Republican primary for...
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Two months after they filed a federal lawsuit because their naturalization ceremony scheduled for January had been abruptly canceled for no apparent reason, longtime Iowa City residents Sunday and Reg...
If you have a good imagination or are a part of the generations edging towards geriatric, you can envision the way the Merle Hay Mall food court was meant to be enjoyed. No matter the entrance, the lo...
Zenith Chamber Music Festival offers audiences five nights of free concerts this week for their 12th annual summer series. Running Tuesday, June 9 through Saturday, June 13, these performances take pl...