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Native Iowans new book reveals ugly, criminal underbelly of a not-so-long-ago Des Moines through accounts of a notorious saloonkeeper
In an inviting and richly reported new book populated with larger-than-life figures cut from the fabric of everyday life in early 1900s central Iowa it is the City of Des Moines itself that emerges as the most riveting character.
David and...
Pete Buttigieg shelves subtlety and makes persuasive case for Iowa Caucuses going first
Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks to the media following the Iowa Democratic Party’s Liberty and Justice Celebration in Altoona Sunday afternoon. Photo By Douglas Burns
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Pulitzer Prize Winner Nikole Hannah-Jones Brings Jason Reynolds, Angie Thomas, and Renée Watson to Waterloo for Free Read-In
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WATERLOO, Iowa —
The 1619 Freedom School will host its second Read-In on Saturday, July 18, at Waterloo West High School. Three of the most celebrated and most...
Hands Off Our Libraries
This group gathered outside City Hall consists of Forest Avenue and Northside Library supporters—or more broadly, Save Our Libraries supporters.
By Dr. Anita Fleming-Rife
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At a rec...
No spoiler here, says Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate in Iowa who has won local elections
Libertarian candidate for the U.S. Senate, Thomas Laehn, talks about his campaign platform in Jefferson this week. Photo By Douglas Burns
JEFFERSON —
Greene County Attorney Thomas Laehn, the only Libertarian Party candidate ever elected i...
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Douglas Burns is a fourth-generation Iowa journalist and co-founder of The Western Iowa Journalism Foundation. Burns is the former co-owner of the Carroll (Iowa) Times Herald, which was in his family for 93 years.
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