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Iowa Congresswoman Hinson frustrated after Farm Bill stalls again radioiowa.com/2026/08/10/iow…
Iowa Congresswoman Hinson frustrated after Farm Bill stalls again - Radio Iowa

Iowa Congresswoman Hinson frustrated after Farm Bill stalls again - Radio Iowa

The Farm Bill was blocked last week in the Senate by Democrats who said they were concerned about fraud measures in the SNAP program. Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion, was...

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Iowan confirmed as USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development radioiowa.com/2026/08/09/iow…
Iowan confirmed as USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development - Radio Iowa

Iowan confirmed as USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development - Radio Iowa

The U.S. Senate has confirmed an Iowan to serve as the U.S. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development. Glen Smith of Atlantic is now in charge of the distribution of USDA loans and grants...

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Belgium official talks about Iowan Herbert Hoover's lasting legacy radioiowa.com/2026/08/07/bel…
Belgium official talks about Iowan Herbert Hoover's lasting legacy - Radio Iowa

Belgium official talks about Iowan Herbert Hoover's lasting legacy - Radio Iowa

The Herbert Hoover Library and Museum reopened in a ceremony Thursday and one of the guests at the event talked about Hoover’s accomplishments outside the presidency. Belgium legal scholar Jan...

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Manning woman shot to death, suspect in custody radioiowa.com/2026/08/03/man…
Manning woman shot to death, suspect in custody - Radio Iowa

Manning woman shot to death, suspect in custody - Radio Iowa

A Manning woman is dead and a Shenandoah man is charged with first-degree murder after a shooting Sunday morning in Lake View. The Sac County Emergency Communication Center received a 911 call...

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Lahn favors waivers for Iowa public schools shifting to 'learner driven' model radioiowa.com/2026/08/02/lah…
Lahn favors waivers for Iowa public schools shifting to 'learner driven' model - Radio Iowa

Lahn favors waivers for Iowa public schools shifting to 'learner driven' model - Radio Iowa

Republican Zach Lahn says if he’s elected governor, he will push to offer public schools “innovation waivers” from things like mandatory testing or some high school graduation requirements, so...

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Rob Sand backs ban on social media accounts for kids radioiowa.com/2026/07/27/rob…
Rob Sand backs ban on social media accounts for kids - Radio Iowa

Rob Sand backs ban on social media accounts for kids - Radio Iowa

Rob Sand, the Democrat running for governor, says it’s time to ban social media accounts for children under the age of 16 and to require parental consent before 16- and 17-year-olds may have their...

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'Iowa needs to go first again,' Harkin says radioiowa.com/2026/07/26/iow…
'Iowa needs to go first again,' Harkin says - Radio Iowa

'Iowa needs to go first again,' Harkin says - Radio Iowa

Former U.S. Senator Tom Harkin says the Iowa Democratic Party’s Caucuses should be the first event of the 2028 presidential campaign. Iowa lost the lead-off spot in 2024 and, on Friday, party leaders...

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Sioux City crews pull woman, out for a swim, from Missouri River radioiowa.com/2026/07/21/sio…
Sioux City crews pull woman, out for a swim, from Missouri River - Radio Iowa

Sioux City crews pull woman, out for a swim, from Missouri River - Radio Iowa

Someone called authorities in the Sioux City metro early Monday afternoon to say a young woman they saw get into the Missouri River had disappeared. Rescue teams from both sides of the river launched...

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Passenger killed, four injured when SUV struck by train in western Iowa radioiowa.com/2026/07/19/pas…
Passenger killed, four injured when SUV struck by train in western Iowa - Radio Iowa

Passenger killed, four injured when SUV struck by train in western Iowa - Radio Iowa

A woman was killed and four other people were injured when a SUV was struck by a train early Sunday morning in a small town about eight miles from Denison. The crash happened at a railroad crossing...

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Ex-Iowa nurse sentenced to federal prison on drug-related charges radioiowa.com/2026/07/16/ex-…
Ex-Iowa nurse sentenced to federal prison on drug-related charges - Radio Iowa

Ex-Iowa nurse sentenced to federal prison on drug-related charges - Radio Iowa

A former registered nurse from LeMars will spend over two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to drug-related charges. Forty-nine-year-old Chad Hoppe is a former employee of the Floyd...

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Montezuma woman is recovering from quadruple organ transplant surgery radioiowa.com/2026/07/15/mon…
Montezuma woman is recovering from quadruple organ transplant surgery - Radio Iowa

Montezuma woman is recovering from quadruple organ transplant surgery - Radio Iowa

An Iowa woman will head home this week after organ transplant surgery that was the first-of-its kind in the U.S. Thirty-six-year old Elizabeth Wehrle of Montezuma has cystic fibrosis and was diagno...

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'Corn sweat' could make Iowa hot and sticky soon as temperatures ramp up radioiowa.com/2026/07/13/cor…
'Corn sweat' could make Iowa hot and sticky soon as temperatures ramp up - Radio Iowa

'Corn sweat' could make Iowa hot and sticky soon as temperatures ramp up - Radio Iowa

A steamy summer week is ahead as forecasters say most of Iowa will see high temperatures in the low 90s today (Monday), with highs creeping up over the next several days, and Friday may be the...

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Springbrook Park Conservation Education Center to be torn down radioiowa.com/2026/07/10/spr…
Springbrook Park Conservation Education Center to be torn down - Radio Iowa

Springbrook Park Conservation Education Center to be torn down - Radio Iowa

The Iowa Natural Resource Commission has approved the demolition of Springbrook State Park’s Conservation Education Center. The DNR closed the center in Guthrie County in 2017, citing budget constr...

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Iowa man charged after Waterloo girl dies in South Dakota crash radioiowa.com/2026/07/09/iow…
Iowa man charged after Waterloo girl dies in South Dakota crash - Radio Iowa

Iowa man charged after Waterloo girl dies in South Dakota crash - Radio Iowa

A central Iowa man is charged with vehicular homicide and drunk driving after a Waterloo girl died and a teenager was injured in an accident in South Dakota on the 4th of July. South Dakota’s...

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Julian Garrett, Iowa legislator since 2011, has died at age 85 radioiowa.com/2026/06/09/jul…
Julian Garrett, Iowa legislator since 2011, has died at age 85 - Radio Iowa

Julian Garrett, Iowa legislator since 2011, has died at age 85 - Radio Iowa

State Senator Julian Garrett of Indianola has died at the age of 85. Garrett announced in March he was being treated for prostate cancer and would not seek re-election this year. Garrett, a Republi...

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Governor hires private companies to manage executive branch IT services, computer networks radioiowa.com/2026/06/09/gov…
Governor hires private companies to manage executive branch IT services, computer networks - Radio...

Governor hires private companies to manage executive branch IT services, computer networks - Radio...

Governor Kim Reynolds has hired two private companies to manage and maintain all state government websites and computer systems. Reynolds has announced all the data centers and computer servers in...

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Grassley supports Trump's $1.5-trillion defense spending request radioiowa.com/2026/06/09/gra…
Grassley supports Trump's $1.5-trillion defense spending request - Radio Iowa

Grassley supports Trump's $1.5-trillion defense spending request - Radio Iowa

Another deadline to avoid a federal government shutdown looms in September and there’s already bitter division between the two parties over defense spending. President Trump is asking for $1.5...

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UI Center for Intellectual Freedom advisors discuss expansion plan radioiowa.com/2026/06/09/ui-…
UI Center for Intellectual Freedom advisors discuss expansion plan - Radio Iowa

UI Center for Intellectual Freedom advisors discuss expansion plan - Radio Iowa

The University of Iowa’s Center for Intellectual Freedom will have to dramatically expand to fulfill a new state law. It will soon require all students at the three state-supported universities to...

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600,000 central Iowans are now barred from watering their lawns radioiowa.com/2026/06/09/600…
600,000 central Iowans are now barred from watering their lawns - Radio Iowa

600,000 central Iowans are now barred from watering their lawns - Radio Iowa

Lawn watering in central Iowa is now banned, except for newly-installed sod or seed placed during the current growing season. Central Iowa Water Works says the ban is needed to preserve the region’s...

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Defenders of Sioux City homeless shelter rally outside City Hall radioiowa.com/2026/06/09/def…
Defenders of Sioux City homeless shelter rally outside City Hall - Radio Iowa

Defenders of Sioux City homeless shelter rally outside City Hall - Radio Iowa

Sioux City Council Member Rick Bertrand reportedly called the community’s homeless shelter a “public nuisance,” which prompted a demonstration in front of City Hall on Monday to show support for the...

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