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10 buildings in Iowa that are older than the state itself
These ten buildings were already standing when Iowa became a state in 1846.
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Silver savings: The best senior discounts in Cedar Rapids
There are some great senior discounts in Cedar Rapids to take advantage of once you hit your mid-50s. Check out these deals and get ready to save!
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‘I can shine a light on the monsters:’ Iowan documenting Russia-Ukraine War
A Des Moines woman is recording and archiving footage to tell the unvarnished truth about the Russia-Ukraine War. Russia’s war on Ukraine began in February 2022. However, Ann Vorhees of Des Moines started collecting video from it recently after a conversation she had with a neighbor gave her the idea. “I said, ‘We shouldn’t leave…
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Your flight was canceled by the technology outage. What do you do next?
Air travelers became the face of the widespread technology outage Friday as they posted pictures on social media of crowds of people stranded at airports in Europe and the United States.
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Iowa Olympians and Paralympians going to Paris in 2024
Meet Iowa’s Olympic athletes, including those who participated in past Olympics as well as Olympians and Paralympians headed to Paris this summer.
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Meet the people ensuring Iowans have abortion access
Abortion access will be harder once Iowa’s near-total abortion ban goes into effect, but there are people and organizations working to make sure Iowans can still get abortion care. And they’re not going anywhere.
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Rushing: I’ve reached the finish line at Starting Line
Chief Political Correspondent Ty Rushing bids farewell to Iowa Starting Line. After 11 years—minus a six-month stint in corporate communications—my grind as a daily news reporter will come to an end Friday on what will be my last day as a full-time member of the Iowa Starting Line team. I’ve been at Starting Line for…
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These 4 Iowa drive-in movie theaters make for retro summer fun
Learn about the four remaining drive-in movie theaters in Iowa and then head to one for a night of nostalgia, movies, and summer fun.
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Davenport Starbucks is 2nd in Iowa to unionize
A second Starbucks has officially unionized in Iowa—and two workers there say they were almost the first. Eighteen workers at the Starbucks store on East 53rd Street in Davenport filed with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize in May. Out of 17 eligible voters, 16 of them voted—and 15 voted for the union, an…
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5 Iowa high school students taking the art world by storm
5 high school recipients received the prestigious Iowa Arts Scholarship. Here’s what you need to know about the students and the art scholarsip.
