Spencer Council Member Leann Jacobsen Joins Race Against Steve King
Leann Jacobsen, Spencer's sole woman council member and a business owner who had been considering entering the Democratic primary in Iowa's 4th Congressional District...
Former Baseball Standout J.D. Scholten to Challenge Steve King in CD4
J.D. Scholten, a paralegal and former baseball standout who recently returned to his home of Sioux City, has announced that he will challenge Congressman...
Iowa State Econ Department Working to Finalize Koch Deal for Market Research Program
Iowa State University’s economics department is working to finalize a multimillion-dollar funding agreement with the Charles Koch Foundation and another donor to expand a...
Russia-Tainted Ignoramus Sam Clovis Faces Opposition over USDA Science Post
Last week, President Trump made official months-long expectations that Sam Clovis, a former talk radio host and Morningside College business professor with no previous...
White WDM Couple Opening Hip Hop-Themed Cafe Serving Chicken and Waffles
Update, 7/20: In a Facebook post Wednesday, Me So Hungry announced it has changed its name to Eggs & Jam. "We have officially renamed...
Islamophobic Polk County Sheriff’s Deputy Fired, Says He’ll Appeal Decision
Dan Charleston, the Polk County Sheriff's Office deputy who became the subject of an internal investigation earlier this month after posting comments on Facebook...
Trump Trashes Wind Energy, Promotes Solar Border Wall During Iowa Visit
On his first — delayed — trip to Iowa since his election victory tour stop last December, Donald Trump visited Cedar Rapids, where he...
Bakken Pipeline Foes Return to Des Moines River for Second Flotilla
On Saturday morning, members of the Bakken Pipeline Resistance Coalition returned to the Norton's Ford put-in site along the Des Moines River in Boone...
Pipeline Opponents Request IUB Revoke Dakota Access Permit
Opponents of the Dakota Access pipeline in Iowa are seizing on a federal district court ruling yesterday in Washington DC to request that the...
IUB’s Lozier Recuses Himself from Dakota Access Rulings
Richard Lozier, the most recent Branstad appointee to the three-member Iowa Utilities Board, has recused himself from all decisions involving the Dakota Access crude...
