New York Times Ranks Ames Among Nation’s Likeliest COVID-19 Outbreak Sites
A New York Times analysis of nationwide coronavirus data, last updated Wednesday morning, ranked Ames as one of the cities with the highest average...
Polk County GOP Promotes QAnon Conspiracy Theory Days After Claiming Account Was Hacked to...
Three days after the Polk County Republican Party dubiously claimed that a post on their official Facebook page defending the display of the Confederate...
Audio Shows Governor Reynolds Backed Out Of Agreement to Provide Felon Voting Rights Language
In a Tuesday morning press release accusing Republican Governor Kim Reynolds of breaking her promise, organizers with the Des Moines branch of the Black...
The Iowa Connection to the Viral Story of the Man Who Died from Chloroquine...
In late March, after President Trump began touting the anti-malarial drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as potential “miracle" cures for the coronavirus against the advice...
Story County GOP Chairman Decries “Medication Misuse” As His Local Party Promotes Trump’s Handling...
As the Republican Party of Story County boasted of President Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has included his repeated promotion of the...
Ames USDA Lab Confirms Bronx Zoo Tiger Tests Positive for COVID-19
Update, 4/5: Since the Informer (and many other news outlets) covered this story earlier today, a number of readers have questioned why a COVID-19...
ISU College Republicans Embrace the Nativism of Trump
As part of an effort to fill administration positions with Trump loyalists, the White House in early March hired Anthony Labruna, who at the...
Dakota Access Pipeline Request to Double Crude Flow Granted By IUB
The controversial Dakota Access Pipeline that transports crude oil from North Dakota to a hub in Illinois will be allowed to double its flow...
Cityview, Iowa Living Magazines Suspend Publication, Citing Coronavirus Pandemic
Update, 4/26: Earlier this month, Cityview changed its plans to fully suspend publication, releasing a digital-only edition of its monthly for April.
Original post: Cityview,...
Smartphone Location Data Suggests State, Story County Could Do More to Limit Coronavirus Spread
Update, 4/5: Since this article was published, Unacast has downgraded Iowa's rating from a C to an F. Story County's rating has dropped from...
