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The Iowa native reflects on growing up in Des Moines, illustrating Black history and inspiring children to write their own stories.
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The University of Iowa has 15,000 items in the library’s culinary collection.
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Librarians across Iowa provide materials in all types of formats, even building community on social media platforms. But meeting their community's varying needs can translate to hefty price tags, straining library budgets.
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Readers are devouring eBooks and audiobooks through Libby, Hoopla and other apps, but many don't know the costs of providing digital materials to the library.
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City councils could override public library boards or replace them entirely under a bill advancing in the Iowa House of Representatives.
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A ballot proposition asks voters if they support changing the structure of the Pella Public Library Board of Trustees. The change would limit the board’s authority over the library and give the city council more control over library policies and decisions.
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When Angela Tedesco founded Turtle Farm outside of Granger in 1995, she had to explain to her potential customers and just about everyone else what community-supported agriculture was all about.
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Librarians are raising concerns about a part of Gov. Kim Reynolds’ reorganization bill that the Iowa House sent to her desk last week, that would change some of the oversight of the state library.
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The viewpoints of two mothers from suburban Des Moines underscore a divide over LGBTQ content in books as Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds pushes an especially sweeping crackdown on content in Iowa school libraries.
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What do North Dakota's most famous accordionist who died more than 30 years ago and a writer and musician living in Minneapolis have in common?