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Regardless of what you think of his political positions, Terry Branstad knew instinctively what being governor entailed.
A core duty is looking out for people when they most need help
In 2008, residents of Iowa waited a day for a major disaster declaration when an EF-5 tornado struck Parkersburg.
That twister cut through Black Hawk and Butler counties, killed
COVID-19 has Iowans wanting more information from federal, state and local governments to guide life-or-death decisions raised by the unprecedented pandemic.
Is it safe to go to
Fifty years ago Wadena, Iowa, hosted a rock festival that now is part of Iowa history. Iowa has other ties to rock music, as you can learn in this news quiz.
Even before coronavirus hit American colleges and universities, even before their budgets imploded because of the pandemic, questions were being asked nationally about how these institutions spend their money.
Some
We're digging into the stressful toll of wildfires, hurricanes and floods — and now COVID-19 on top of them. We need your help.
Every year, weather-related disasters
We always can use more humor. Even during a pandemic.
At least that was my justification for a “thought” I shared with the world on social media last week.
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Paige Marsh went through five interviews before getting a job offer from a national insurance company, headquartered in Des Moines, back in January.
“I have been in touch with the
The relationship between government and the governed is a delicate arrangement, even in the best of times.
Government wants us to pay our taxes. It wants us to obey its
University of Northern Iowa professor Anelia Dimitrova expected the coronavirus would cause a two-week spring break extension – not a swift end to campus life and the beginning of teaching online. She thought it was odd, she said, when one of her students noted in March that their last class before
There would be no large, family birthday celebration for Jing Htun’s 7-year-old son, thanks to COVID-19 social distancing restrictions. But she made sure there would be
