November 11, 2025

An Iowa City organization that promotes creative writing hopes to cash in on a new program that will grant at least $50-million over the next five years to support writers, publishers and literary programs nationwide. John Kenyon, executive director of the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature, says he plans to apply to the Literary […] View Full Story

After a two-hour closed session meeting that ended last night, Sioux City’s school board voted to place the district’s superintendent on paid administrative leave. That leave for Juan Cordova is effective November 6th. During a brief open session prior to closing the doors, the board’s Dan Greenwell asked a question of the school district’s attorney. […] View Full Story

Republican Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks faced a vocal crowd in a sometimes tense town hall forum in Keosauqua and defended her votes on a variety of issues. “We passed a Continuing Resolution to make sure that the government was funded, which included funding for SNAP,” Miller-Meeks said at one point and the crowd reacted, including someone […] View Full Story

An Iowan’s 15 year search for a long-lost World War II memorial with his uncle’s name on it has ended and the plaque is now hanging in a Michigan museum. Jeff Ortiz of Ames grew up in Detroit. His dad, a World War II veteran, never really talked about his brother who died after the […] View Full Story

An Iowan’s 15-year search for a long-lost World War II memorial with his uncle’s name on it has ended and the plaque is now hanging in a Michigan museum. Jeff Ortiz of Ames grew up in Detroit. His dad, a World War II veteran, never really talked about his brother who died after the USS […] View Full Story