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by Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch October 23, 2025 As federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is days away from running out, food banks, pantries and charitable groups across Iowa are bracing for what they anticipate will be “unprecedented” need. SNAP serves around than 270,000 Iowans each month and is a federally supported […]
Oct 24 2025 | Posted in
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by Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch October 23, 2025 State officials have cited an Oskaloosa nursing home where a resident died after the staff couldn’t locate a crash cart, forgot to summon an ambulance and failed to realize the resident had standing orders in place for CPR to be administered. The Oskaloosa Care Center, a […]
Oct 24 2025 | Posted in
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by Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch October 22, 2025 The U.S. Department of Agriculture rolled out a plan Wednesday to help “strengthen” the cattle industry and lower consumer prices for beef. The plan comes three weeks into the government shutdown and shortly after a proposal from President Donald Trump to import beef from Argentina to […]
Oct 24 2025 | Posted in
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by Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch October 2, 2025 Iowa Soybean Association President Tom Adam urged the Trump administration, in a statement Thursday, to prioritize a trade deal with China and to support soybean farmers who are without their biggest market. China typically buys 60% of global soybean exports, and the U.S. used to be […]
Oct 4 2025 | Posted in
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by Brooklyn Draisey, Iowa Capital Dispatch September 30, 2025 Some of Iowa’s private universities are touting increasingly large and diverse student bodies as enrollment numbers for the 2025 fall semester are confirmed, statistics college officials attribute to their efforts to subdue sticker shock and ensure all students feel welcome. Universities from Orange City to Des […]
Oct 2 2025 | Posted in
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by Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch September 29, 2025 Warm, dry conditions across the state for most of the week gave Iowa farmers plenty of time in the fields to harvest corn and soybeans. According to the latest crop progress and condition report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 17% of soybean acres and 15% […]
Sep 30 2025 | Posted in
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by Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch September 29, 2025 The Des Moines School Board put Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts, who was detained last week by federal immigration authorities, on unpaid administrative leave Monday following the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners’ move to revoke his state license. A news release published Monday from the Des Moines […]
Sep 30 2025 | Posted in
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by Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch September 24, 2025 A Veterans Administration physician from Ottumwa has agreed to an indefinite suspension of his license. Earlier this year, the Iowa Board of Medicine charged Dr. Joshuan Nolan Hicks, 44, with violating an agreement or health contract he entered into with the Iowa Physicians Health Program. According to […]
Sep 25 2025 | Posted in
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by Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch September 24, 2025 Sen. Mike Klimesh, R-Spillville, was elected Wednesday to serve as Iowa Senate majority leader, taking over the role from Sen. Jack Whitver. Republicans, who hold a 33-17 majority in the Iowa Senate, met Wednesday and elected Klimesh to take on the top Senate leadership job. Klimesh […]
Sep 25 2025 | Posted in
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by Katie McKellar, Alixel Cabrera and Kyle Dunphey, Iowa Capital Dispatch September 10, 2025 Conservative activist Charlie Kirk has died after he was shot at an event at Utah Valley University in Orem on Wednesday. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said in a news conference Wednesday afternoon that a person of interest was in custody, but […]
Sep 11 2025 | Posted in
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