Ozzy Osbourne has died. Heavy metal’s “Prince of Darkness,” who later had a second career as an avuncular reality TV star, was 76 years old. “It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning,” the Osborne family said in […]
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AG Bird drops her lawsuit against Winneshiek County over sheriff’s Facebook post
On Friday, Attorney General Brenna Bird dropped her lawsuit over a February Facebook post by Winneshiek County Sheriff Dan Marx. Bird had been seeking to strip Winneshiek County of all state funds, unless Marx publicly disowned his Facebook post and declared his support for ICE enforcement actions, using language provided by the AG’s office. Bird […]
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Poll: Kim Reynolds remains America’s most unpopular governor
Gov. Kim Reynolds remains the most unpopular governor in America, according to the latest poll by Morning Consult. Reynolds is once again the only governor whose disapproval rating is higher than their approval rating in the opinion research firm’s quarterly survey of the approval ratings of governors. Reynolds has ranked the least popular governor in […]
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‘Good Trouble Lives On’ in more than 20 Iowa cities on Thursday for a national day of action (Updated)
On Thursday, July 17, people will gather across the nation at more than 1,600 events for the fifth annual Good Trouble Lives On National Day of Action. The events will protest actions by the Trump administration while celebrating the legacy of John Lewis, a hero of the Civil Rights Movement who went on to serve in Congress […]
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Iowans rally in Davenport to demand action from Miller-Meeks, Grassley and Ernst after 20-year-old is deported with no due process
By the time Pascual Pedro Pedro’s grandfather began speaking about how his grandson had been unexpectedly seized by ICE last week and deported to Guatemala without a hearing, there were almost 200 people gathered on the sidewalk in front of 201 W 2nd St in downtown Davenport. More than a dozen were across the street. […]
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Peak Iowa: When Jumbo the geyser put Belle Plaine on the map
At the corner of 8th Avenue and 8th Street in Belle Plaine, there’s a boulder with a bronze plaque put there in 1954 to commemorate “Jumbo,” a well-turned-geyser that briefly made the Benton County city famous almost 70 years earlier. By the time the well that became Jumbo was dug, the Belle Plaine area already […]
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The Center for Worker Justice announces it is closing permanently
The Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa (CWJ) announced on Wednesday afternoon it is shutting down. “After 13 years of uniting low-wage immigrant workers to promote social and economic justice regarding workers’ rights, housing, and immigration laws, all with the support of allies in faith communities, unions, and community volunteers, we have made the […]
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Two more candidates announce runs: Democrat Taylor Wettach in IA-01 and Republican Matt Windschitl in IA-04
Another Democrat has entered the race for Congress in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District, while another Republican is running in the 4th District. The two candidates, like their districts, are very different. Attorney Taylor Wettach is the fourth Democrat to launch a campaign for his party’s nomination to take on three-term incumbent Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks. […]
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With no plan to manage groundwater in Iowa, Big Ag threatens the aquifer supplies most households rely upon
Friday the 13th was a lucky day this June for the southwest Iowa city of Avoca, pop. 1,700. Restaurants along Main Street had their best week since problems with the city’s water supply began. “It was the first time we hit our standard Friday mark in weeks,” Andrea Radd, owner of Raddberry’s Bakery and Cafe, […]
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‘Bring him back now’: Iowans plan rallies to demand return of young West Liberty resident seized by ICE, deported with no hearing
ICE deported Pascual Pedro Pedro, a 20-year-old resident of West Liberty, on Monday. Pedro came to the United States from Guatemala with his father when he was 13 years old. He lived with his grandparents, who have been in the U.S. for over 30 years, and attended West Liberty High School, where he was a […]
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Federal judge rejects Trump’s attempt to move his Iowa Poll lawsuit to state court
A federal judge has rejected President Trump’s attempt to withdraw his lawsuit against pollster J. Ann Selzer, the Des Moines Register and others over the final Iowa Poll before the 2024 election. Trump’s attorneys filed a Notice of Voluntary Withdrawal in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa on Monday, asking Judge […]
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Lack of funding causes Democrat Kevin Techau to end his campaign for Congress in IA-2
When Kevin Techau announced in April he was running as a Democrat in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, the former U.S. Attorney and first-time candidate said it was because “our state deserves better than the self-serving politicians who put corporate greed over the needs of everyday families.” Techau was the first, and so far only, candidate […]
