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Marco Battaglia told Politico Rep. Zach Nunn visited his house on June 7 to encourage him to drop out of the race. “We’l...
06/17/2026

Marco Battaglia told Politico Rep. Zach Nunn visited his house on June 7 to encourage him to drop out of the race. “We’ll fly you out to D.C. and you can be my wing man. We’ll make you the poster boy for election integrity, and we’ll hang out with Robert Kennedy Jr.,” he allegedly said.

Nunn acknowledges the visit to Battaglia's home, but denies he made any offers.

The State Objections Panel ruled Monday that two Libertarian candidates running for governor and Congress should be taken off the 2026 Iowa general election ballot, sustaining challenges to their qualifications as candidates. A third Libertarian survived a challenge to his campaign paperwork and wil...

Man Kwi Park has been working 83-hour weeks at her Iowa City salon going on three decades. Now, she's ready for rest, tr...
06/16/2026

Man Kwi Park has been working 83-hour weeks at her Iowa City salon going on three decades. Now, she's ready for rest, travel and art-making.

“I really, really appreciate my clients who have become friends, shared their sorrows and joys and everything else,” she said. “I will miss them every day.”

Man Kwi Park plans to treat June 30 like any normal Tuesday. She will open Hair Art, her one-chair salon at the corner of Linn and Court Street, at 9 a.m., and spend the next 12 hours cutting the hair of whomever walks in. (And it will be walk-ins; Park does not take reservations.) At […]

"It seems probable that without resistance, WRAC is headed towards closure," writes Nicole Yeager. "It may take persiste...
06/16/2026

"It seems probable that without resistance, WRAC is headed towards closure," writes Nicole Yeager. "It may take persistent, statewide advocacy to keep one of the remaining eastern Iowan stalwarts for reproductive justice, equal access, and healing open for public higher education."

By Nicole Yeager, Iowa City We’ve seen this before. Fast yet slow, the dismantling of the Women’s, Resource, and Action Center (WRAC) appears imminent. In 2024, staff at the R**e, Victim, and Advocacy Center (RVAP) began to sound the alarms as university officials assured the public that they we...

“I feel like I woke up in the USSR," said Jules Cutler, an immigrant from the former Soviet Union. The other ousted Libe...
06/16/2026

“I feel like I woke up in the USSR," said Jules Cutler, an immigrant from the former Soviet Union. The other ousted Libertarian, Marco Battaglia, says his GOP opponent Zach Nunn and RFK Jr. recently pressured him to drop out.

The State Objections Panel ruled Monday that two Libertarian candidates running for governor and Congress should be taken off the 2026 Iowa general election ballot, sustaining challenges to their qualifications as candidates. A third Libertarian survived a challenge to his campaign paperwork and wil...

This election will be the first in Iowa since 1978 in which neither major party has a woman on the ballot for governor o...
06/15/2026

This election will be the first in Iowa since 1978 in which neither major party has a woman on the ballot for governor or lieutenant governor.

Republican candidate for governor Zach Lahn announced on Friday morning that he’s chosen state Rep. Derek Wulf as his running mate. Wulf is in his second term in the Iowa House representing parts of Black Hawk, Benton and Tama counties. He was chair of the House Agriculture Committee during the mo...

“When this place opened, Reagan was president, and he was a tyrannical president of this country. He was coming down har...
06/15/2026

“When this place opened, Reagan was president, and he was a tyrannical president of this country. He was coming down hard on us," recalled The Blazing Saddle founder and co-owner Bob "Mongo" Eikleberry, a Vietnam veteran. "I always put my community first and me second."

The Blazing Saddle is open 365 days a year, but a Thursday afternoon at the bar is very different from a Friday or Saturday night. The doors open at 2 p.m., and the bar quickly fills with men, most at retirement age or approaching it. They’ll drink a few beers, or a cup of coffee, […]

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc. — to whom Crystal Methyd paid tribute in the most recent episode of 'RuPaul's ...
06/15/2026

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc. — to whom Crystal Methyd paid tribute in the most recent episode of 'RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars' — have origins in eastern Iowa.

In 2014, while the marriage equality movement worked to prove just how normal and nuclear LGBTQ families could be, Des Moines-born musician Perfume Genius released “Queen,” its lyrics glamorizing age-old stereotypes of q***r men: “cracked, peeling,” “wrapped in golden leaves,” “riddled...

God forbid a girl has hobbies. Iowa Stage Theatre Company's current production is a Y2K comedy as dark as Tobey's suit i...
06/12/2026

God forbid a girl has hobbies.

Iowa Stage Theatre Company's current production is a Y2K comedy as dark as Tobey's suit in 'Spider-Man 3.'

You already know if you’ll enjoy I’m Gonna Mary You, Tobey Maguire. I’m not kidding, if you read the last sentence you’ve also read the title of Iowa Stage Theatre Company’s latest production. If you’re in the Des Moines-metro and that title piqued your interest, I’m 90% sure this dark...

Towards the end of Derek Wulf's 2022 campaign for Iowa House, KCRG reported — and Wulf subsequently admitted — his famil...
06/12/2026

Towards the end of Derek Wulf's 2022 campaign for Iowa House, KCRG reported — and Wulf subsequently admitted — his family did not reside in the district he was running to represent.

Republican candidate for governor Zach Lahn announced on Friday morning that he’s chosen state Rep. Derek Wulf as his running mate. Wulf is in his second term in the Iowa House representing parts of Black Hawk, Benton and Tama counties. He was chair of the House Agriculture Committee during the mo...

In very brief comments today, Trump made it sound like he deserved credit for Zach Lahn's victory over the Trump-endorse...
06/11/2026

In very brief comments today, Trump made it sound like he deserved credit for Zach Lahn's victory over the Trump-endorsed Randy Feenstra, because Lahn was actually the more pro-Trump candidate.

The president could not, however, remember Lahn's name.

Sitting at his desk in the Oval Office on Thursday, President Donald Trump responded to questions from reporters, including a question about the loss of Randy Feenstra in Iowa’s Republican primary for governor last week. After ignoring the Iowa gubernatorial primary all year, Trump finally endorse...

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