Gov. Kim Reynolds has created an interesting distraction from Iowa’s dirty water problem.
Instead of directly confronting the issue, which is increasingly a national embarrassment, she’s proposed a contest for Iowans to create videos promoting …
I was standing on the Grand Avenue bridge surveying the site of the future federal courthouse when my friend K.C. joined me.
“It’s quite a hole,” he said.
“Not yet,” I replied. “But it will …
My mother was born the day after Andrew Carnegie died, not that they had much in common beyond the fact that both were born at home in sparse surroundings.
Last Monday was the 100th anniversary …
When I asked Marty Peak what surprised him about the steel-paneled Lustron home he bought six years ago, he smiled.
“They never had any locks on these doors,” he said, referring to the sliding pocket …
Mike Lipsman has good and bad news for Iowa policymakers, including Gov. Kim Reynolds.
Lipsman, a former numbers cruncher for the Iowa Revenue Department who now analyzes financial trends for private clients, has studied the …
The next time you’re south of downtown on Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, imagine what the area would look like if the road had been built as an elevated, six-lane expressway, like Interstate 235, instead …
“When people my age get nostalgic, the place we often go to is the 1950s.
I was born in 1947. My first exposure to television was Jan. 20, 1953, the day Dwight Eisenhower was sworn …
“Democrats are missing a huge opportunity,” said a familiar voice from a bench in the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park.
I couldn’t see his face in the shadow of a wide-brimmed straw hat, but …
July marks the 10th anniversary of the economic recovery that began in 2009 following the mortgage market meltdown that nearly shattered our financial system. It is now officially the longest recovery on record, which makes …
Here’s some little-known Iowa history from Rosa Snyder, an artist and lecturer who spent a portion of her career helping restore the interior of the Iowa Capitol and learning its story.
In 1846, the …
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