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The new mural downtown features 63 butterflies in all, representing the nationalities of people now living in Storm Lake.

The AlRazi Academy is the only full-time Islamic school in Iowa and is hoping to take advantage of the state's new private school voucher program.

Last year more than 378,000 workers were authorized for H-2A visas, or temporary agriculture positions, according to figures from the U.S. Department of Labor. In 2012, it was less than a third of that.

For 30 years, The Wapsipinicon Almanac was a homegrown journal of great writing by and for Iowans. Even though the final almanac was published in 2018, fans have one more chance to dive in with The Wapsipinicon Almanac anthology. Plus Shir Safi shares his family’s arduous journey of leaving Afghanistan.

In his new book, Joe Geha tells his family's immigration story through the Lebanese recipes he grew up with. And the voice actors behind Disney's Phineas and Ferb tell us what they're going to do today ahead of a visit to Des Moines.

Many ag industry and farm worker advocacy groups had high hopes that farm labor reform would make it through Congress last year. Now the future is murky.

Later, an Iowa State University economist discusses how immigration policy is contributing to the U.S. labor shortage.

A federal piece of legislation designed to help Afghan evacuees didn't make it through Congress this year. Refugee support organizations will continue to advocate for federal solutions to immigration backlogs for Afghan evacuees.

In January, $600 checks are headed to eligible frontline farmworkers and meatpacking workers for expenses incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A former military intelligence commander for Afghanistan forces is now helping fellow Afghans who resettled in Iowa after Taliban rule overtook their home nation.