A new documentary, Simon Estes: A Heart and A Voice tells the remarkable story of a Centerville native who shattered the color barrier for Black men in opera, and has used his acclaim and devout faith to give back as a philanthropist and humanitarian. Then and interview with Council Bluffs-based author, John T. Price, about his latest work, Goethe’s Oak: A Holocaust Story.
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Neal Smith represented Iowa in the House of Representatives longer than anyone else. He died this week at age 101. -
Iowa Public Radio has lost one of its own. Over a six-decade career, Dean Borg was one of the state’s most highly-regarded journalists. Since 2000, he… -
This program originally aired 9-19-16.Just off of 2nd Avenue in Cedar Rapids sits an unassuming little carriage house. In a tiny studio apartment that…
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2016 is the 125th anniversary of the birth of Iowa's best-known artist, Grant Wood. To mark the occasion, Go Cedar Rapids, the city's tourism and visitors… -
An Ames minister will receive the 2013 Robert D. Ray Iowa SHARES Humanitarian Award for his 30-year career fighting hunger in Iowa and around the world.… -
Three Americans won the inaugural Bob Feller Act of Valor Award, announced in honor of Iowa's most famous baseball player.
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Iowa’s rich soil has made it an ideal place to grow plants, it has also made our state an ideal place to grow and train horticulturists. Host Charity… -
Iowa is home to a baseball fan who sees ghosts, one spunky librarian who owns all the books in River City's library and a cat with presidential… -
In 1965, 13-year-old Mary Beth Tinker arrived at her Des Moines junior high wearing a black armband to protest the Vietnam War. Little did she know that…
