Politics
The Other Time Steve King Pleaded Ignorance About a White Supremacist — Six Years...
Earlier this month, Congressman Steve King once again vaulted his name into national news headlines with his staunch anti-immigrant views, this time for retweeting...
Steve King Compares Immigrant Children Detention Centers to “Playgrounds”
Congressman Steve King on Tuesday defended the detention of immigrant children at the US-Mexico border, tweeting a link to a video of what he...
Retirement Party: State Sen. Mark “Chickenman” Chelgren, R-Ottumwa
Mark Chelgren is a man of many hats: wheelchair parts inventor, AR-15 manufacturer, state senator. In a past life, before he was at the...
Leann Jacobsen: The Informer Interview
Leann Jacobsen is a coffee shop and wine bar owner and City Council member in Spencer, a town of about 11,000 in northwestern Iowa's...
Iowa GOP’s Bungling of Sexual Harassment Scandals Highlights Importance of #MeToo Movement
IN RECENT MONTHS, two high-profile scandals have put the Iowa GOP’s inability to adequately address sexual harassment complaints into stark relief against the backdrop...
The Story County GOP’s Deafening Silence on Steve King
IN OCTOBER 2016, the Story County Republican Party hosted its seventh annual Wendy Jensen Memorial Chili Supper, named in honor of a local volunteer...
Kim Reynolds Attended Private Event in Rhode Island with Parkland Shooting Conspiracy Theorist
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds made a last-minute schedule change this week, cancelling a trip to New York for a series of Iowa economic development...
Weekly News Roundup: Prominent Conservatives Criticize Ames Library Drag Workshop
The Informer’s weekly news roundup, presented in partnership with KHOI community radio.
The Ames Public Library recently announced plans for a four-day youth workshop in...
An Evening at the Holiday Inn Ballroom
John Guandolo is a former FBI agent who resigned in disgrace over a series of ethical violations including an affair with a confidential source...
John Paschen: The Informer Interview
Back in town after a recent trip to Sioux Center, where he joined a protest outside a town hall meeting hosted by his would-be...
