Iowa air quality drops as smoke from Canadian fires blows back in

Weather patterns are shifting and the quality of Iowa’s air is again taking a dip. The Iowa DNR’s Air Quality Bureau has an online map that shows real-time updates as the smoke from those Canadian wildfires streams back over our state. Iowa’s Air Quality Index shows a chunk of northeast Iowa in the “unhealthy” category. […]

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Char Beekmann, 88, Pocathotas

Char Beekmann, age 88, of Pocahontas, passed away on Thursday, November 5, 2026, at the Pocahontas Community Hospital in Pocahontas, Iowa.

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