What’s billed as the world’s largest academic competition is underway this week in central Iowa as Des Moines hosts the National Speech & Debate Tournament. Organizers say it’s drawing 11,000 middle and high school students, coaches, teachers, and judges, with an economic impact of $22-million. Scott Wunn, executive director of the National Speech & Debate […]
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The Clay County Republican Party will not “actively support” the re-election of a Republican who’s seeking re-election because Barry Anderson, chair
A large group of Iowa’s citizen-soldiers will be deploying this week for duty on the East Coast. About 120 Iowa National
Cedar Falls leaders are crafting a plan to revitalize the College Hill area, one of the town’s best-known neighborhoods. The goal
Local farmers are getting a new conservation tool as Iowa expands a major water quality program statewide. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture
