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12/22/2025

Q***r Burlington native Bart Howard penned "In Other Words" in 1954. Frank Sinatra's cover, titled "Fly Me to the Moon," came out a decade later — in time for NASA to fall in love with it.

From Mount Pleasant’s James Van Allen (“Father of Space Science”) to Beaconsfield’s Peggy Whitson (who holds the U.S. endurance record for most cumulative time in space at 695 days) to […]

12/20/2025

Mobile LED billboards showing green-tinted photos of Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Zach Nunn have been driving around their Iowa districts.

Last night I saw a truck with a light-up display of Mariannette Miller-Meeks as a green-faced Grinch. Who did that? –RB, Iowa City The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) did […]

12/19/2025

"Ballet Des Moines’ 2026 production of 'The Nutcracker' was a blend of innovation and tradition," writes Meghan Klinkenborg. The show seamlessly integrated local student dancers with the pros.

Ballet Des Moines was blessed with a snowy opening night for The Nutcracker last Thursday at Hoyt Sherman Place. For ballet companies across the world, the production of The Nutcracker […]

12/18/2025

"That'll do!"

A national competition this summer in Shannon City, Iowa showcased some of the most skilled herding dogs in the world.

Standing on a hill overlooking a green pasture, Rachel Ritland and I watched a group of cattle at the bottom of the valley. I pulled my jacket tight against the […]

12/17/2025

After Yoko Ono's ex-husband joined the Church of the Living Word, the cult convinced him to hide their 8-year-old daughter away in rural Iowa. The disappearance of Kyoko was the main reason Ono and John Lennon moved to the U.S. in 1971.

For a pair of prominent anti-war activists, John Lennon and Yoko Ono had many battles to fight in 1971. Upon their move to America, they faced the ire of bitter […]

12/17/2025

A longtime Ottumwa resident, Miller-Meeks hasn't lived in IA-01 since the 2021 redistricting, despite promising she would move. This summer, she officially registered to vote in Wapello County, meaning she won't be able to vote for herself in 2026.

Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks is no longer claiming to be a resident of the congressional district she represents in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Republican incumbent, now in her third […]

12/17/2025

At long last, they have arrived: 2" x 3" LV refrigerator magnets! Two styles, save a buck when you buy the set. All orders made by noon CST Friday, December 19 will be mailed ahead of the weekend.

This set of notecards features a selection of the fantastic art and photography that graced our 2023 magazine covers.

12/16/2025

An American fascist, Wallace wrote in 1944, is a man “whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends.”

“The Cornfield Prophet” Henry A . Wallace, known for his pioneering work in agriculture, was a progressive statesman who championed the “Century of the Common Man.” A heartbeat away from […]

12/16/2025

The Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial, an angelic fountain by the sculptor of the Lincoln Memorial, was modeled after a silent-film star who fell into infamy. "The Black Angel" quickly became the subject of supernatural speculation.

Content warning: Su***de Ruth stands alone on a rocky shore, surrounded by a hazy sea. In the distance, a shape appears through the mist. A boat approaches, and at the […]

12/15/2025

"Director Noah Hill wrangled the calamitous dialogue of the script into performances that blossomed like nightshade, striking with poisonous intent," reviewer Broc Nelson writes of The Black Box Theatre production — "equal parts 'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' and 'Game of Thrones' with the wit of Moliere."

The Black Box Theatre of Moline, IL, as the name implies, is a simple theater space. That didn't hold back its recent production of The Lion in Winter, which closed the company's 2025 Season with a slow-burning play that uses the intimacy of its space to ratchet up the intensity of its production of...

12/15/2025

One of hundreds of similar lawsuits filed around that nation, Rosaura Genchi Garcia alleges the federal government is “attempting to circumvent immigration law and rewrite the Immigration and Nationality Act” by denying her due process.

A Woodbury County jail inmate is suing the federal government, alleging she’s being unlawfully detained by ICE and faces a year of confinement while being denied her due process rights. […]

12/15/2025

Jeffrey Epstein “did his magic” on a business trip to Fairfield, Iowa, according to a fawning note from venture capitalist William Elkus.

In some cases, the truism “there’s always an Iowa connection” becomes a threat. The Jeffrey Epstein “birthday book,” revealed this summer, is one such case. Amid 238 pages of fawning, […]

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