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April 2, 2024

Student-run newspaper in Iowa buys 2 struggling publications to address lack of local journalism

The Daily Iowan, a student newspaper at the University of Iowa, has made a pioneering move by purchasing two struggling weekly newspapers within the state.

April 2, 2024

Easy-drinking herbal beer gruit inspired by era when ale was aphrodisiac, medicine, hallucinogen

Gruit is a beer from medieval times made with an array of herbs and consumed as aphrodisiac, medicine and hallucinogen. It's enjoyed a revival among American brewers.

April 1, 2024

Iowa woman gets 4 months in ballot-stuffing scheme to help husband

Kim Taylor has been sentenced to four months in jail after being convicted in a ballot-stuffing scheme orchestrated to help her husband, Jeremy, get elected to public office.

April 1, 2024

Migrants in Iowa consider leaving over a bill that could see some arrested and deported

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is expected to sign a bill that would allow for some migrants to be arrested and deported by the state; immigrant and Latino groups are organizing meetings to discuss.

March 22, 2024

Iowa woman tells police she's a witch after trying to light porch on fire: report

An Iowa woman allegedly saw a sign that said, "Witches Welcome," and reportedly told police she is a witch and lit items on fire on the neighbor's porch

March 21, 2024

Midwest state on verge of defying Biden with Texas-style bill to combat illegal immigration

A new Texas-style bill making a deported immigrant's illegal re-entry into the country a state crime is heading to Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds' desk for signature.

March 19, 2024

Tyson hiring migrants while laying off US workers is the 'decimation of the American Dream': Top Republican

Amid the closure of a Tyson Foods plant in Perry, Iowa, the company reportedly hired asylum seekers in New York City to work at its plant in Humboldt, Tenn.

March 12, 2024

Iowa senator seeks to increase government transparency and end Biden administration's 'secret spending'

Sen. Joni Ernst is introducing a bill to make government spending more transparent amid billions of dollars being reported under a vague descriptor.

March 9, 2024

Iowa woman celebrates 102nd birthday by collecting canned goods for those in need: 'Very happy'

Trudy Handleman, a resident at Quartet Senior Living Village in Bettendorf, Iowa, collected 402 cans of food for her 102nd birthday. She spoke to Fox News Digital about what drove her to donate.

March 7, 2024

Conservation groups sue to stop a transmission line from crossing a Mississippi River refuge

Environmental groups claim that a new high-voltage powerline linking IA's Dubuque County and WI's Dane County will negatively impact migratory routes.