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Julian Garrett, Iowa legislator since 2011, has died at age 85 radioiowa.com/2026/06/09/jul…

Julian Garrett, Iowa legislator since 2011, has died at age 85 - Radio Iowa

State Senator Julian Garrett of Indianola has died at the age of 85. Garrett announced in March he was being treated for prostate cancer and would not seek re-election this year. Garrett, a Republi...

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Governor hires private companies to manage executive branch IT services, computer networks radioiowa.com/2026/06/09/gov…

Governor hires private companies to manage executive branch IT services, computer networks - Radio...

Governor Kim Reynolds has hired two private companies to manage and maintain all state government websites and computer systems. Reynolds has announced all the data centers and computer servers in...

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Grassley supports Trump's $1.5-trillion defense spending request radioiowa.com/2026/06/09/gra…

Grassley supports Trump's $1.5-trillion defense spending request - Radio Iowa

Another deadline to avoid a federal government shutdown looms in September and there’s already bitter division between the two parties over defense spending. President Trump is asking for $1.5...

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UI Center for Intellectual Freedom advisors discuss expansion plan radioiowa.com/2026/06/09/ui-…

UI Center for Intellectual Freedom advisors discuss expansion plan - Radio Iowa

The University of Iowa’s Center for Intellectual Freedom will have to dramatically expand to fulfill a new state law. It will soon require all students at the three state-supported universities to...

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600,000 central Iowans are now barred from watering their lawns radioiowa.com/2026/06/09/600…

600,000 central Iowans are now barred from watering their lawns - Radio Iowa

Lawn watering in central Iowa is now banned, except for newly-installed sod or seed placed during the current growing season. Central Iowa Water Works says the ban is needed to preserve the region’s...

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Defenders of Sioux City homeless shelter rally outside City Hall radioiowa.com/2026/06/09/def…

Defenders of Sioux City homeless shelter rally outside City Hall - Radio Iowa

Sioux City Council Member Rick Bertrand reportedly called the community’s homeless shelter a “public nuisance,” which prompted a demonstration in front of City Hall on Monday to show support for the...

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Iowa's top two high school performers head for Broadway stage radioiowa.com/2026/06/09/iow…

Iowa's top two high school performers head for Broadway stage - Radio Iowa

Two recent Iowa high school graduates are leaving this week on an all-expenses-paid trip to New York City after being named the state’s Triple Threat Award winners at last month’s Iowa High School...

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UnityPoint nurses from four Iowa hospitals march radioiowa.com/2026/06/09/180…

UnityPoint nurses from four Iowa hospitals march - Radio Iowa

UnityPoint nurses marched from the Iowa Capitol to Methodist Hospital in downtown Des Moines yesterday to call attention to their efforts to join a union. UnityPoint nurses who work at four hospitals...

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81st 'Safe Haven Baby' in Iowa radioiowa.com/2026/06/09/81s…

81st 'Safe Haven Baby' in Iowa - Radio Iowa

Custody of a baby boy born on May 25 has been turned over to state officials under Iowa’s “Safe Haven” law. The law was passed in 2002, a year after the body of a newborn baby was found abandoned in...

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Reynolds uses executive authority to create 'Iowa Office of Outdoor Recreation' radioiowa.com/2026/06/08/rey…

Reynolds uses executive authority to create 'Iowa Office of Outdoor Recreation' - Radio Iowa

Governor Kim Reynolds has signed an executive order creating a new Iowa Office of Outdoor Recreation within the Iowa Tourism Office. “This office reflects a simple belief: Iowa should be a destinat...

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Iowa Guard soldiers prep for deployment to Baltic region radioiowa.com/2026/06/08/iow…

Iowa Guard soldiers prep for deployment to Baltic region - Radio Iowa

About 80 Iowa National Guard soldiers are preparing to leave in July for a year-long deployment in Europe. The Iowa National Guard said the soldiers are part of the 734th Regional Support Group...

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Olympic-level international contest for aerobatic pilots to be held in Mason City radioiowa.com/2026/06/08/oly…

Olympic-level international contest for aerobatic pilots to be held in Mason City - Radio Iowa

Organizers of the World Aerobatic Championship are announcing plans to relocate the organization’s 2026 event to northern Iowa late this summer. David Sims, manager of the Mason City Municipal...

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Sand chooses western Iowa farmer as his running mate radioiowa.com/2026/06/08/san…

Sand chooses western Iowa farmer as his running mate - Radio Iowa

Rod Sand, the Democratic Party’s candidate for governor, has picked a western Iowa farmer as his running mate. Nominees for governor and lieutenant governor in Iowa run together as a team, just like...

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Iowa sees slight slip on national survey of child well-being radioiowa.com/2026/06/08/iow…

Iowa sees slight slip on national survey of child well-being - Radio Iowa

The annual Kids Count report ranks Iowa 10th in the nation, down one position from last year. The report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation looks at 16 indicators of child well-being that include...

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Iowa DNR's summertime fish surveys underway radioiowa.com/2026/06/08/iow…

Iowa DNR's summertime fish surveys underway - Radio Iowa

State officials have started a series of surveys to chart the population of fish in lakes and streams around the state. “The idea is to sample multiple components of the fish population over a period...

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Nebraska murder suspect arrested in Council Bluffs radioiowa.com/2026/06/08/neb…

Nebraska murder suspect arrested in Council Bluffs - Radio Iowa

The suspect who’s accused of fatally shooting a man in eastern Nebraska last week was arrested in western Iowa over the weekend. The Ralston (Nebraska) Police Department says 45-year-old George...

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Radio Iowa/Baseball Coaches Association High School Poll 6/8/26 radioiowa.com/2026/06/08/rad…

Radio Iowa/Baseball Coaches Association High School Poll 6/8/26 - Radio Iowa

Class 4A 1. Sioux City East (16-1), LW #2 2. Indianola (12-1), LW #3 3. Cedar Rapids Prairie (12-2), LW #1 4. Iowa City Liberty (11-2), LW #5 5. Cedar Falls (10-1), LW #10 6. Pleasant Valley (11-2),...

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Body of missing WDM man found at Sun Valley Lake radioiowa.com/2026/06/08/bod…

Body of missing WDM man found at Sun Valley Lake - Radio Iowa

The body of a central Iowa man was recovered over the weekend from a southwest Iowa lake. The Ringgold County Sheriff’s Office says search/rescue crews recovered the body of 70-year-old Ronald Brown...

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Iowa Supreme Court rules in University of Iowa scholarship case radioiowa.com/2026/06/05/iow…

Iowa Supreme Court rules in University of Iowa scholarship case - Radio Iowa

The Iowa Supreme Court says the University of Iowa cannot modify a scholarship designated for black students to make it comply with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action. Ezra Totton, who...

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Sand suggests Lahn should have run for governor in another state radioiowa.com/2026/06/05/san…

Sand suggests Lahn should have run for governor in another state - Radio Iowa

Democrat Rob Sand says Zach Lahn, his Republican opponent in the governor’s race, should have run for governor of Kansas rather than Iowa. Lahn, a northwest Iowa native, says he moved back to Iowa in...

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