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Ottumwa is hosting a parade tomorrow celebrating what supporters call traditional marriage. A regional ICE detention facility will be in Nebraska. And two Iowa counties are taking a hazardous pipeline ordinance to the U.S. Supreme Court.

About two-thousand nurses are trying to unionize in Des Moines. Iowa has opted to implement federal Medicaid work requirements early in 2026. And what's behind Iowa's shortage of OB/GYNs?

Iowa City has passed a resolution upholding equal protection for LGBTQ residents. Another Republican has announced a run for governor. And a Democratic state lawmaker is running for Congress.

Police in western Iowa have released the name of the man who died in an officer-involved shooting. Des Moines utility bills are going to get higher. And Johnson County leaders say a new jail is needed.

A Muscatine man without U.S. legal status was detained after two people allegedly tried to steal his car. Over 50 protested in Denison after an officer-involved shooting. And how is the Cedar Rapids school district reducing group violence?

Des Moines Water Works leaders say the EPA was wrong to take some of the rivers off the impaired waters list. A Head Start program director says new federal enrollment requirements could bring extra paperwork for families. And how are some communities mitigating light pollution?

Joni Ernst says she has a good relationship with President Trump. A refugee resettlement nonprofit in Iowa says private donations have helped them continue their work. And a large portion of a bicycle trail in central Iowa has been paved.

There are now five Democrats running for U.S. Senator Joni Ernst's (R) seat. The head of the EPA won't say why five Iowa rivers were removed from the impaired waters list. And Gov. Kim Reynolds has directed twenty Iowa National Guard troops to support immigration enforcement efforts.

Another undercover video of a state university employee allegedly working around DEI laws has been released. A proposed policy would require educators at the state universities to avoid teaching from one perspective. And new federal policies for wind and solar projects are causing uncertainty.

A Starbucks in Des Moines is unionizing. A new map from the Iowa DNR shows the destruction to trees from the 2020 derecho. And what did U.S. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins and Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego (D) have to say at the state fair?