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More than 20 Iowa communities will benefit from rural small business grant
Minden, Perry, West Branch and a collection of towns in southeast Iowa have been selected as pilot projects for the Rural Business Initiative, a project from Iowa Rural Development Council. The project will support existing small businesses in rural Iowa as they build back from disasters, forge regional collaboration and spiff up business districts. The […]
America’s Largest Truckstop Opens In Illinois Next Month
I hate to break it to the state of Iowa, but your days of sitting on top of the mountain by having the world's largest truck stop located in your state are going to be over in a little over one week from today. Walcott, Iowa has been the home...
Iowa Goes Over the Edge! Most Nervous I’ve Been in my Entire Life [VIDEO]
In my 33 years of existence, I've never once thought to myself "That looks like a nice building to jump off of" even though that is exactly what I did this past Friday (September 27). Over the Edge. Last week, there was an event held in Waterloo, Iowa, where the...
Iowa Is One Of The Most Festive States For Halloween
Even if you've waited until the beginning of October to kick off spooky season, it's finally here. I couldn't find the pumpkin and ghost sugar cookies in the grocery store this week. That's how you know. Halloween But Make It Boo-tiful. It's no secret the Midwest knows how to party...
Overdose deaths are falling, but not in Iowa
Data: CDC; Chart: Alex Fitzpatrick/AxiosOverdose deaths are rapidly declining nationwide, but Iowa is an exception, according to preliminary CDC data.Why it matters: Iowa is the sole Midwestern state with increasing overdose deaths, while others are decreasing, and current laws impede officials' ability to save lives.Health officials in Iowa, for example, cannot provide fentanyl test strips, because state law classifies them as illegal drug paraphernalia.Zoom in: Iowa had between 341 and 400 overdose deaths from 2000 to 2022, according to final CDC data.The most recent CDC data, ending in April, predicts a 1% increase in overdose deaths in Iowa, from 449...
New interchange means Greenbelt Trail closure through 2025
CLIVE, Iowa — The Clive Greenbelt Trail is closing under the interstate on October 1. Contractors have begun carving the hillside east of Interstate 35/80 in Clive and Urbandale. The work is preliminary earth moving to prepare a wider footprint to build a new interchange at Hickman Road. “There’s a whole lot of work that […]
Iowa Democrats and Republicans encourage absentee voting even though it’s gotten harder
This year is the first presidential election since Iowa Republican lawmakers cut the time allowed for all forms of voting and put new restrictions on voting by mail. Democrats and Republicans in Iowa are encouraging absentee voting this fall even though it’s become more difficult.
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