Grant Gerlock
ReporterGrant Gerlock started covering Des Moines and central Iowa for IPR in March 2019. Before that he covered food, agriculture and rural life for Harvest Public Media at NET in Lincoln, Nebraska, where his work was recognized with a Regional Murrow Award and awards from the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association.
Grant has a master’s degree in mass communication from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and graduated from Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa. He grew up on a farm outside of Cumberland in southwest Iowa where he listened to public radio in the tractor. You can contact Grant at ggerlock@iowapublicradio.org.
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Two lawsuits aim to block the state from enforcing SF 496, which bans books with sexual content and prohibits instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in K-6.
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Apple NewsAnn Mincks, a teacher of English language learners at Hoover High School in Des Moines, has been recognized for her work in the classroom and with fellow educators.
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The state’s largest teachers union, the Iowa State Education Association, is joining with publisher Penguin Random House to ask a federal court to block the law's enforcement.
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The largest pencil collection in the world belongs to a man in Iowa. Aaron Bartholmey of Colfax recently learned his collection of 69,255 pencils set a Guinness World Record.
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Nonprofit leader Melissa Vine of West Des Moines has started a campaign to represent Iowa’s 3rd District in Congress, becoming the second Democrat to join the race.
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Iowa schools are getting more details on how to carry out a law that bans books with sexual content and instruction related to LGBTQ topics.
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Jeremy Goodale, one of the two Fairfield teenagers who pleaded guilty for the murder of Nohema Graber, must serve 25 years before the possibility of parole.
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Baccam announced he is running for Congress in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District to challenge incumbent first-term Republican Zach Nunn.
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A plan to make whitewater trails on the rivers in downtown Des Moines is about more than tourism. Supporters of the project say they also have water quality in mind.
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The winner of the race will take the place of Frank Cownie, who is ending his run as mayor after five terms in office.