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News Buzz: Iowa Reporter Highlights Iowa Connection to Texas Smuggling Case

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On this news buzz edition of River to River, host Ben Kieffer talks with Associated Press reporter Ryan Foley about about the small, family-owned Iowa trucking company linked to the immigrant smuggling deaths in Texas.

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Hear Ben Kieffer's interview with Ryan Foley of the Associated Press

Also included on today's show: Allen Bonini of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Rich Leopold of the Polk County Conservation Board discuss changes to Iowa’s volunteer water quality monitoring program at the beginning of this month; transgender Des Moines resident and serviceman Jack Schuler reacts to the president's tweet that he will ban transgender people from serving in the military in any capacity; Iowa Public Radio's Joyce Russell talks about a number of stories she is covering this week; and Kyle Munson of the Des Moines Register shares highlights from RAGBRAI 2017. 

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Ben Kieffer is the host of IPR's River to River