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As 2024 comes to an end, we picked some of our favorite interviews — from record breaking basketball to the tornado recovery and closure of a beloved haunted forest.

Nightbitch, the debut novel of Iowa City writer Rachel Yoder, is now a major motion picture starring Amy Adams.

America’s fastest-growing sport experienced a boom this summer in the corn state. While new courts are being built in greater quantities in urban areas, rural Iowans are jumping on the craze in some less traditional ways.

Whooping cough is a highly contagious respiratory infection and cases are up nationally.

Athletes compete in the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games from Aug. 28-Sept. 8, with over 4,000 athletes competing in 549 medal events.

The 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris start August 28.

Iowa's Kirk Ferentz is serving a one game suspension for recruiting violation.

Sista Soul Fest is having its fifth annual celebration August 25 at Evelyn K. Davis Park in Des Moines.

The 108th annual Meskwaki Powwow takes place this weekend. It’s a four-day celebration of Meskwaki culture and tradition where everyone is welcome.

Julie Moffitt, 57, dreamed of running Western States, a 100-mile race through California's grueling Sierra Nevada Mountains. Almost a decade later, she made it to the finish.