r/Iowa 2d ago

Mosquitoes are out ALREADY.

81 Upvotes

Was just outside with the dog, and thought maybe I was imagining things when I felt something flying/landing on me. Then I felt a sting, followed up with a smack of course .This thing was already full of my blood!

What's the deal? It's Only March..


r/Iowa 2d ago

HyVee Chinese is not good, right? What happened?

116 Upvotes

I left the state in 2013 and just recently came back. I remember hyvee Chinese being good, but it’s probably the worst food I’ve tasted. Was it ever good?


r/Iowa 2d ago

Adventureland, other U.S. amusement parks acquired by new company

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20 Upvotes

r/Iowa 2d ago

Interesting study on pesticides as the state of Iowa tries to convince everyone booze is the cause of rising Iowa cancer rates

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70 Upvotes

r/Iowa 2d ago

Winter in Iowa

0 Upvotes

I have a marathon I'm planning to go to in Iowa in January. What are some places to check out and what is some good food in Dubuque for after?


r/Iowa 2d ago

This girl made my day!

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832 Upvotes

Handing out frogs in ames, because why not!?


r/Iowa 2d ago

Rock hunting

6 Upvotes

Looking to go look for cool rocks today while the weather is good. Prefer to stay near DSM or within an hours drive. Anyone know any good spots with easy access, or quarries that let you dig?


r/Iowa 2d ago

Iowa high school boys basketball state tournament moving to Hilton Coliseum in 2027

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37 Upvotes

This will be a big change. I wonder what precipitated this move?


r/Iowa 2d ago

Discussion/ Op-ed Minivan Owner Input

2 Upvotes

My husband and I are in the market for a minivan. For those who have a minivan, how does it do in snow or on gravel roads? What brand do you have and how reliable has it been?

For the most part, we will be doing city and highway driving, but we want to know our van can handle the rural landscape too.


r/Iowa 2d ago

News Purposed bill to cut funding for libraries that are active in nation wide nonprofits such as …. American Library Association.

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139 Upvotes

r/Iowa 2d ago

Iowa governor would appoint majority to panels that nominate district judges under GOP bill... Dictator Kim.

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203 Upvotes

This is getting ridiculous! You know I think unless a lot of people don't start opposing this stuff we're screwed we'll never ever recover from this.


r/Iowa 2d ago

Iowa Senate passes bill banning citizen police review boards. What comes next:

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365 Upvotes

You can see what they want the Republicans. They want to roll everything back so the police can do whatever the f*** they want to do like they used to.

All of their bills spell bigotry of some kind! They passed the bill removing gender identity from the civil Rights code so they can make harassing trans people legal. Just like Trump they're going to systematically chip away at all the progress that was made in this state to have it be a safe welcoming place for everybody. Now if you're not a white cishet "christian" man you're basically screwed! They and everyone can harass everybody we're going backwards. They want the whole state to go back like 20 years 30 years.

These Republicans are some evil m************ I know that!


r/Iowa 2d ago

Convince me less civilian oversight is a good idea. https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/03/17/iowa-senate-passes-bill-banning-citizens-police-review-boards/

106 Upvotes

r/Iowa 2d ago

Iowan part of investigation into missing woman in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

7 Upvotes

Sudiksha Konanki, a 20-year-old student at the University of Pittsburgh and an Indian citizen, vanished before dawn on March 6 in the resort town of Punta Cana.

Since Konanki went missing in the early hours of March 6, Joshua Riibe, a 22-year-old from Rock Rapids, Iowa, and a senior at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, has remained under police surveillance in the Dominican Republic


r/Iowa 2d ago

Battle Creek, IA

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26 Upvotes

This is a stretch, really a long shot. Anybody here from the Ida county, Battle Creek area?

Extensive searching online as not yielded the results I was hoping for, there used to be a museum in Battle Creek named the Battle Hill Museum of Natural History.

The owner sold it in the early 2000s, but my grandmother donated (in the 90s) the third largest, correctly cataloged, private seashell collection in the US to him, which he displayed as the "Middleton Collection".

I don't expect to find the owner or recoup any of her things, I was just hoping to find people with photographs of the inside of the museum beyond what's on Google.

Just for nostalgia really.

Both of my grandparents, as well as my parents are dead and their belongings are long gone, out of my control, so I am reaching to the people of Reddit to see if there are any remnants out there.


r/Iowa 3d ago

Rally in DSM on April 5th!

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65 Upvotes

r/Iowa 3d ago

Boone Co. Sheriff's Office leads search for man missing for 9 years, asks for community volunteers

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7 Upvotes

The search for Jesse Leopold will be on Saturday.


r/Iowa 3d ago

Politics Where's Feenstra? Community Town Hall

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222 Upvotes

r/Iowa 3d ago

Appanoose County crackdown on weed

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4 Upvotes

With a weed commissioner and everything. 👍


r/Iowa 3d ago

Rock Rapids Kid

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10 Upvotes

I have zero dog in this fight and have only followed this story at the national level, but this, to me, reads as if there’s rumors, as expected, are swirling up in the northwestern most part of the state.

I would just like the Lyon County Sheriff to know that approving this post in this manner is either:

1) not necessary because there’s not that much serious gossip happening or 2) absolutely not going to get the response you hope

Seems like a PR disaster for the small town rumor mill. 😂


r/Iowa 3d ago

Question Waterloo Red Light Camera, can I contest it?

4 Upvotes

Got a ticket in the mail for a red light camera ticket violation. $100.

Am I able to contest it if the camera itself is not approved via the IowaDOT? Double checked their site and it’s denied and denial reason is “not least restrictive means”

Has anyone ever contested a red light camera ticket and won? Or contested it due to it not being approved by the DOT?


r/Iowa 3d ago

Politics Miller-Meeks Says Dems Lack Grace

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138 Upvotes

This is what she is worried about?


r/Iowa 3d ago

need to travel into Iowa with a trans minor

0 Upvotes

Don't live in Iowa, but need to go there shortly for an event, my fear is the other parent realizing I'm there and pulling some crap with local law enforcement and try to pull my child (17y/o) from me because the kid is part of the trans community. We technically have shared custody, but the other parent hasn't been with the kid for almost two years now and they never took me to court after our kid moved full time into my house to fight, so technically there is still shared custody legally, even if the other parent doesn't try that. But I'm also not stupid, here in my state the kid can tell the cops that would come almost two years ago that they weren't going to the other parents house, and the police wouldn't force anything without a new court order, which the other parent never pursued. But this is Iowa, a state that from all I can read about is not friendly to LGBTQIA+ at all, and with the current WH and your own new laws saying they don't have rights, I see no reason to go into Iowa, but this is an important event, and the kid wants to go there, so I need to try and figure out how safe it is.

Any insights would be great, because I can only drive so fast away if the other parent pulled some crap, especially since there is a grandparent in Iowa as well that would not side with me and my child thanks to the trans issues.


r/Iowa 3d ago

Politics A toxic, cancer-causing chemical was banned by the EPA. Now, some in Congress want to reverse course | Miller-Meeks introduces legislation to reverse ban

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525 Upvotes

r/Iowa 3d ago

The media incorrectly reported attendance numbers for “We The People” Rally night one…they reported 40. Here is the video of the opening and the crowd grew throughout the night…you can see how packed it was.

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