Sunday Talk: Protecting Iowa Hog Farmers

MY WEEKLY COLUMN: FIGHTING BACK AGAINST CALIFORNIA’S HARMFUL PROP 12 MANDATES ON IOWA HOG FARMERS On Wednesday, July 23rd, I spoke at a House Agriculture Committee hearing to discuss the harmful impacts of California’s Proposition 12, or Prop 12, on Iowa …

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Who Has the Best Chicken Wings in Eastern Iowa? [GALLERY]

With National Chicken Wing Day coming up on the 29th, we went on a mission to figure out the Corridor-area restaurants that have the most delicious wings! My Favorite Wings Before we get into the recommendations from Eastern Iowans, I wanted to share a few …

Minnesota State Fair vs. Iowa’s: Which one is truly best?

“Our State Fair is a great state fair. Don’t miss it, don’t even be late. It’s dollars to donuts, that our State Fair is the best state fair in our state.” – Title song for the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “State Fair” This is a tale about an …

Area Students Named To The President’s List At Iowa State University

The following students were named to the President’s List at Iowa State University. Makenna Reese Shackelford of Blue Springs, Interior Design Undergraduate Pre-Major Eagan Ellis Kirk of Lee’s Summit, Chemical Engineering, B.S. Students achieving this …

Iowa State Football Opponent Preview: Kansas State Wildcats

The Iowa State Cyclones could be a sleeping giant in the Big 12 this season, a conference primed to get multiple College Football Playoff bids. While there's no guarantee several from the conference make the playoffs, there is no denying that the Big …

Iowa football QB receives underwhelming spot in CBS' Big Ten rankings

It's been a long decade for Iowa fans hoping to watch decent quarterback play. From Spencer Petras to Alex Padilla to Cade McNamara, it's been a plethora of swings and misses for the Hawkeyes at the position over the past five years. And now Mark …

Explore the Bridges of Madison County: Iowa’s most…

Madison County, Iowa, once home to 19 covered bridges, now has six, five of which are on the National Register of Historic Places. The bridges gained fame after Robert James Waller's 1992 novel, "The Bridges of Madison County," and the …

Iowa State Fairgoers will have more chances to donate blood at the fair 

Visitors to the Iowa State Fair will have many more opportunities to help save lives as LifeServe Blood Center greatly expands its presence at the fairgrounds. The Johnston-based LifeServe has hosted one-day blood drives at the fair before in 2023 and 2024 …

Don't privatize prison health care. Iowa can't afford the cost.

Thomas Hansen is a Burlington-based software engineer, husband, and father whose friends and family care for patients in Iowa’s Department of Corrections. The state of Iowa is quietly moving toward a decision that would harm hundreds of dedicated public …