Gavin McGough
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Iowa Public Radio
The Charles Theatre’s colorful ceramic façade made it a northeast Iowa landmark. Its nonprofit leadership is working to preserve the building this fall.
Dubuque Community School District
Gavin McGough
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Iowa Public Radio
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Democrat Lindsay James has beat Republican challenger Joe Mitchell to serve as Iowa's next 2nd District representative. -
Democrat Lindsay James and Republican Joe Mitchell are in a tight race in the 2nd U.S. House District. They’re offering different approaches to a familiar problem: the high cost-of-living. -
When Tomie Sasaki-Hesselink immigrated to Cedar Falls from Japan, she set about making miso from Iowa soybeans. Decades later, she's partnering with regional farmers to do just that.
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Blue-spotted salamanders are common in many parts of the U.S. and Canada. But in Iowa, the species is endangered. A nature center in Cedar Falls is working to conserve and restore them along the Cedar River. -
Samples from 41 taps across five eastern Iowa cities show wide disparities in what residents are drinking. A Cedar Falls-based environmental scientist conducted a study to better understand how nitrate levels vary in the region. -
Dubuque has been selected for a $750,000 grant from the Wisconsin-based Jeffris Family Foundation to restore historic structures in Eagle Point Park, a 164-acre preserve overlooking the Mississippi River. First, the city must raise an additional $1.5 million.
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The loss of the historic Mississippi River Bridge at Lansing in December 2025 stranded the remote communities of northeast Iowa and southwest Wisconsin. This summer, residents and business owners have adapted — and advocated — as they wait for the replacement to open. -
Members of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe are crossing the Midwest on a tour of ancestral sites. The 11-day journey brought them across Iowa and included a stop in Decorah, where they met with a researcher of the tribe’s native language. -
A new outdoor climbing area in Jackson County is the first of its scale to open in the state in more than a decade. Volunteers passionate about opening more access to climbing in Iowa developed the site earlier this summer.
