For the second time in less than a year, the Decorah City Council unanimously rejected a separation ordinance that would have limited the northeast Iowa city’s cooperation with ICE. Council members said the move would’ve made the city a target for state retaliation.

Row crop farmers in Iowa are facing a third consecutive year with costs generally exceeding prices, according to a new report. While lenders are seeing more signs of financial stress, researchers say the conditions are not the same as the 1980s farm crisis.

Renowned authors and hundreds of Iowans gathered in Waterloo over the weekend to show resistance to public school book bans. The event was organized by the 1619 Freedom School, a program cofounded by Nikole Hannah-Jones to boost children’s literacy in the community.

Construction is underway on a new Innovation and Discovery Lab at Iowa Lakeside Laboratory that will expand hands-on learning for students of all ages. The new space will also support research to better understand and protect the water quality of the Iowa Great Lakes.

Myrna Johnson steered IPR through the pandemic, the transition to an independent nonprofit and through the loss of federal funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

A small city on the Mississippi River will take more time to write zoning rules that could affect plans for one of the largest data centers in the state.