When Mike Jay isn't announcing track and field meets around the state and country, he's sending running shoes to student athletes as part of the Track Guy Foundation. Also, a conversation about the veteran-led humanitarian organization Team Rubicon.
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When Iowa City musician Brian Cretzmeyer died of cancer at the age of 29, his family and friends created a music festival to keep his memory alive. Later, our Iowa Famous series continues with a former NFL kicker. -
Across Iowa, funding cuts to the national service agency AmeriCorps ordered earlier this year by the Department of Government Efficiency are leaving gaps in nature conservation, youth education and community outreach programming. The cuts have eroded trust with the young people who sign up with AmeriCorps to serve their communities. -
There are many ways to learn about history, but visiting a historic site may be one of the most powerful.
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Civil rights protections for transgender Iowans would be removed from state law under a bill introduced Thursday by Republicans on the Iowa House Judiciary Committee. -
The Scattergood Friends School in West Branch served as a hostel from 1939-1943, giving shelter to refugees from Europe fleeing Hitler's regime.
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Actor Will Ferrell and writer Harper Steele have been collaborators and friends for 30 years.
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YSS, a youth social services provider in Iowa, is opening the Ember Recovery Campus with a residential addiction treatment program, crisis stabilization and crisis recovery services. -
The number of deaths by suicide in Iowa decreased in 2023 for the first time, significantly, in almost 10 years, according to updated data from the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, which also showed an increase in teen suicide rates. -
A look at the candidates in Iowa's 1st, 3rd, and 4th congressional districts vying for party nominations in the June 4 primary election.
