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                        U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents took Armando Garcia Picazo into custody in August. Authorities wouldn't release him even though an immigration judge approved his bond. He sued to be released. This week, a federal judge ruled in his favor.
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                        Contractors say they have enough local labor to detassel Nebraska’s seed corn but they’re losing work to migrant workers on H-2A visas. A 2024 law attempted to increase transparency in detasseling.
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                        Like the U.S., Iowa's birth rate is declining. But immigration to the state is helping to sustain its population.
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                        Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bret Stephens is known for his willingness to challenge both the left and the right.
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                        Political analysts discuss the fragile ceasefire in the Middle East, the government shutdown and other major political stories impacting Iowans.
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                        The stories in Carol Roh Spalding's collection Waiting for Mr. Kim span more than 70 years and four generations of a Korean-American family.
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                        Sen. Joni Ernst and other members of Iowa’s all-Republican congressional delegation blamed Democrats for the ongoing government shutdown. They also thanked U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for her agency's arrest of former Des Moines Superintendent Ian Roberts.
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                        Two weeks after the arrest of former Des Moines Public Schools superintendent Ian Roberts, the district is finding its footing again.
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                        The City of Decorah was visited by royalty this week.
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                        Political and environmental factors are challenging Iowa’s farmers as harvest season starts.
 
 
 
 
 
