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Des Moines council candidates see tie with city, schools key to future
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Des Moines Register - Iowa
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As the community contends with the arrest of Des Moines Public Schools' former top official and weighs a $265 million bond measure to revamp the district, Des Moines City Council candidates are advocating for stronger collaboration between leaders...
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Trump’s lawsuit moves to Iowa State Court: What’s next in his case against pollster, Des Moines Register
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Fox News
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Danny Karon, a lawyer and author, details the ongoing case of President Donald Trump and The Des Moines Register. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump successfully got his lawsuit against Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer...
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Iowans face rising health insurance costs as ACA enrollment begins Nov. 1
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The Gazette - Iowa
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The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. From a small-business owner in Decorah, to a laid off worker in Des Moines, thousands of Iowans are facing hard choices this fall: pay more for health...
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Iowa food pantries brace for food gaps when SNAP benefits end
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The Ames Tribune - Iowa
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A government shutdown threatens to halt Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for millions of Americans. Hundreds of thousands of Iowans who rely on SNAP are facing uncertainty about how they will afford food. Iowa food banks...
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ELECTION 2025: Maynard ballot sees contested race
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Oelwein Daily Register - Iowa
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reporter@oelweindailyregister While the Maynard mayoral race is still up for grabs with no runners, the council’s at-large position will see four candidates with three open seats. This year’s Maynard city race has a total of five candidates:...
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Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein — Thu. Oct. 30, 2025
Full Shopping Bags For all the talk about a tight economy, we Americans are apparently looking forward to dumping some cash on holiday gifts again this year. Gallup conducted its first survey of 2025 holiday spending during the first part of this...
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KCCI Investigates: 7 out of 19 central Iowa counties don't record supervisor meetings
KCCI Investigates: 7 out of 19 central Iowa counties don't record supervisor meetings WE TAKE A LOOK AT HOW ACCESSIBLE IS YOUR LOCAL COUNTY GOVERNMENT. WHEN COVID 19 STRUCK FIVE YEARS AGO, EVERYTHING WENT VIRTUAL. THAT INCLUDES MEETINGS FOR...
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Why many are intrigued with Iowa wrestling's Massoma Endene
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Hawk Central - Iowa
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Over the last five seasons of college wrestling in the state of Iowa, it would be difficult to find anyone as dominant as Massoma Endene. After two years at Iowa Lakes Community College, where Endene was a two-time Junior College All-American,...
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Opinion: Looming health care policies will hurt Iowans
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The Gazette - Iowa
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The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The lingering shutdown of the federal government is not just political theater. It is driven by a standoff over health care that threatens working...
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Federal judge in northwest Iowa orders the release of an ICE detainee
A federal judge has decided in favor of a man in the U.S. without legal status who was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in northwest Iowa more than two months ago. Judge Leonard Strand ruled Armando Garcia Picazo should...
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Hines: Where might Iowa State athletics find additional dollars?
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The Ames Tribune - Iowa
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It’s looked for some time that the college football carousel was going to be especially wild, even by its own bonkers standards, this season. Marquee jobs are opening amid a landscape that is changing so dramatically and so quickly that no one,...
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Daycare at two Iowa Head Start programs ends Saturday due to gov’t shutdown
Hundreds of Iowa families will lose access to their childcare providers next week because of the government shutdown. The Head Start program at Community Action of Eastern Iowa runs out of funding on Saturday. CEO Daniel Sheridan says the...
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A new law was supposed to reveal who's detasseling Nebraska's corn. It didn't really
Scott Wilcox wasn’t surprised when Bayer, one of the largest seed corn producers in the world, did not renew its contract with the detasseling company he owned and operated out of Seward, Neb., after the 2020 season. In the nine years that Wilcox...
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Can sex offenders hand out candy for Halloween in Iowa?
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Des Moines Register - Iowa
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With Halloween right around the corner, children will put on costumes and pretend to be their favorite fictional characters while hoping to bag as much candy in the neighborhood as possible while trick-or-treating. The popular October holiday also...
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Nearly 1,750 mail ballots still unreturned as Linn County election day approaches
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KGAN - Iowa
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LINN COUNTY, Iowa — The combined city and school election will take place Tuesday, November 4, 2025, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. across Linn County. Voters should head to their regular general election polling locations, which can be...
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Pravin Mishra PhD MBA Named Chief Research Officer at Des Moines University (DMU) Medicine and Health Sciences
WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (October 29, 2025) — Des Moines University (DMU) Medicine and Health Sciences has promoted Pravin Mishra PhD MBA, to the role of chief research officer. In this role, he will continue to lead the university's strategic...
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Iowa River Church of the Brethren’s annual ‘Lord’s Acre’ sale set for Saturday
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The Times Republican - Iowa
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T-R PHOTO BY ROBERT MAHARRY Members of the Iowa River Church of the Brethren — Jerry Brothers, Betty Nicholson, Jean Drury, Newell Drury, Jerry Waterman, Kathy Waterman, Teddi Brothers, Jan Zal, Barb Plaehn and Janell Day — pose for a photo...
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Some Taco John's in Iowa to offer free meals amid SNAP delay | What to know
Iowa Health and Human Services says the state was told not to issue November benefits onto SNAP cards amid the ongoing government shutdown. IOWA, USA — Several Taco John's across Iowa are offering free food to anybody in need as the deadline to...
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Iowa Sen. Grassley urges action to restore SNAP benefits
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KWWL - Iowa
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Washington, D.C. [KWWL] — The federal government shutdown has now reached 28 days, with funding for SNAP benefits set to run out by the end of the week. Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley is urging lawmakers to restore food assistance programs. “This is a...
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Iowa Senator Grassley urges action to restore SNAP benefits
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KWWL - Iowa
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The federal government shutdown has now reached 28 days, with funding for SNAP benefits set to run out by the end of the week. Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley has urged lawmakers to restore food assistance programs.
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