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'A positivity rate over 12%': Iowa COVID cases continue to surge

By Andy Nghiem | Jan 2, 2022

As 2021 came to a close, Iowa continued to set records in new reported COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.

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'A pretty good day in the run game': Goodson leads Hawkeyes to 30-7 victory over Kent State

By Andy Nghiem | Sep 25, 2021

The University of Iowa Hawkeyes recently won 30-7 against Kent State in football and moved on to 3-0 for the season.

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Federal judge orders Iowa to stop enforcing school mask mandate ban: ‘irreparable harm exist’

By Andy Nghiem | Sep 19, 2021

A federal judge passed a temporary order Sept. 13 which allows schools in Iowa to mandate masks.

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Rock band cancels Des Moines concert ‘due to Iowa’s limitations of vaccine mandates’

By Andy Nghiem | Aug 28, 2021

Indie rock band Spoon recently announced that they were canceling a scheduled concert in Iowa over the state’s COVID-19 policies, according to KCCI News.

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'Iowans will no longer foot the bill for their feckless disregard of our Constitutional rights': Iowa senate passes bill to limit censorship by social media companies

By Andy Nghiem | Jul 28, 2021

As citizens across the nation are growing increasingly concerned about the size of technology companies and the influence they exert over the government, several state legislatures are taking action to limit the power of social media giants.

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City council candidate running to represent Ward 3 declares, 'Our current council is abusing their power'

By Andy Nghiem | Jul 3, 2021

Des Moines native Brandi Webber is running for city council and plans to make changes to what she considers an oppressive administration.

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Des Moines promotes first Black female police captain

By Andy Nghiem | Jul 28, 2020

Lillie Miller, a woman with over two decades of service in the Des Moines Police Department, recently made history as she became the city’s first Black woman to be promoted to the rank of captain.