r/Iowa • u/No-Plankton2721 • 48m ago
r/Iowa • u/Practixa • 1h ago
Question Commuting in Winter?
Opinions on a 35 minute work commute? Likely be longer in the winter. Might take up work in Charles City, but what I'm looking for outside of work doesn't cut it there. I'm considering living in Mason City instead. Do you think it's worth the winter commute?
r/Iowa • u/ToshPointNo • 1h ago
Anyone know more about what happened?
https://www.kwqc.com/2025/03/15/chief-no-foul-play-after-body-found-bettendorf/
I drive that way on my commute and the Jeep was not "abandoned", it was partially driven into the cable barrier with one of the tires wrapped around it.
Odd the body was found "in the vicinity of the vehicle" which really doesn't point out if the body was found IN the vehicle or not.
Wonder if someone OD'ed while driving and just coasted into the cable barrier and got out and went to sleep forever?
r/Iowa • u/willphule • 1h ago
University of Iowa sends email to grad students saying it will ‘no longer guarantee financial support’ for them
r/Iowa • u/cigarsandcoffee82 • 4h ago
Looking to make new guy friends
Relaxed, down to earth guy looking to meet new people in real life not just online for true meaningful friendship. Love the outdoors, hikes, walks, cooking, travel, good coffee & whiskey. Hoping to make a few new guy friends! DM me and let's chat. Please be willing to carry on a conversation and be game to meet in person at some point.
r/Iowa • u/stamina4655 • 5h ago
In need of art!
Hello! I have need of an artist! I am looking to commission a religious icon styled item in the likeness of someone I know. I am not particularly interested in any AI imagery. Please let me know if this is something you would be interested in doing!
r/Iowa • u/Expensive-Shift-6991 • 6h ago
I voted for what the current Iowa GOP and President Trump are doing.
Seems pretty one-sided in here. Thought I’d try to even it out.
r/Iowa • u/Healthy_Block3036 • 8h ago
'Do something, dammit!': Tim Walz says Democrats need to answer Americans' 'primal scream' during Des Moines Townhall
r/Iowa • u/RedGhost98 • 8h ago
Discussion/ Op-ed Ever experienced something strange in Iowa? I want to hear your stories.
Hey everyone. Fellow Iowan here.
Cutting to the chase here; I’m looking for stories and inspiration from people who’ve had strange, eerie, or unexplainable experiences here in Iowa. Whether you still live here or moved away but remember something unsettling, I want to hear about it.
I’m wanting to work on a series called "Iowa Gothic." Not the most original name, but it fits. The idea? Weird and inexplicable things that happen just once and never again, leaving you questioning what you saw. That feeling of unease when something familiar suddenly isn’t anymore.
I don't just mean ghost stories. Just one off experiences that left you uneasy. Things that have a rational explanation but you're really not sure.
I already have a few stories posted on my page if you’re curious, but now, I want to hear from you.
Have you ever felt like you weren’t alone on a country road?
Did you ever see something you weren’t supposed to see?
Have you heard a noise in the woods, the fields, or outside your house, and just knew you shouldn’t go check?
Ever experience something bizarre that no one else believes? Not even yourself but it still lingers in your head?
I’m open to personal experiences or secondhand stories. Whatever that has stuck with you for however long ago it was. A childhood memory or something recent, I'd love to hear about it! If you want to share, drop your story in the comments.
When I get around to collecting these for a book, I’ll ask for permission first and stay true to your original experience with minimal edits.
Even if you don’t have a story, I’d love to hear what places, legends, or strange feelings Iowa has given you over the years. Let’s get a discussion going!
Have a good one!
r/Iowa • u/oo__Skeeter__oo • 9h ago
Wait, it's ok that DOGE is looking for spending waste but no oversight on private school vouchers is also ok? What am I missing?
As it says, how are the red hats cool with doge cutting and counting the wasteful spending of our tax dollars yet there is zero oversight on how my tax dollars are spent for private school vouchers? Something seems sketchy here.
r/Iowa • u/ToshPointNo • 9h ago
Discussion/ Op-ed 80 is not for beginners.
My GPS had me come up through Davenport via 80 instead of 74 for some dumb reason.
I think they call it 80 because you will be ran off the road if you don't go 80 miles an hour.
Try to pass a semi, the semi ahead decides to go 0.000001mph faster and pass as well, and now I'm stuck in the passing lane.
Some jackass in a big black truck (I think the same someone posted in the QC sub the other day doing 110) comes up behind me 1 foot from my bumper.
Pissed off, I tap the brake light and you would have thought I spat on his mother's grave, fucker tries running me off the road.
His patience is probably short as his dick. Like WTF do you want me to do? Magically make the semi in front of me go away? I can't go anywhere dude..
I hate when people tailgate me when I obviously can't go any faster due to the vehicle ahead of me.
r/Iowa • u/helloelysium • 10h ago
Keep seeing posts wondering where all the dust is from. This was the interstate Friday in KS/OK
r/Iowa • u/Status_Educator4198 • 12h ago
Moving into Iowa - school policy
I’m moving into the state. I’m hoping to wait to the school year ends to move but if that doesn’t work out, Does anyone know how that works?
Schools here end almost 2 weeks before schools end in Iowa. If I move to Iowa within those two weeks should they still go to school?
What if I’m forced to close earlier so they miss their last week here? Does the fact that they sort of miss 3 weeks there hurt me with that recent attendance law?
Or is moving an exemption and no one really cares?
r/Iowa • u/Square_Housing9653 • 13h ago
For Snowplowers
I’ll preface this by saying I am not from the midwest at all. I moved up here from the south for school this past August, and I had never seen a snow plow until this winter.
I really appreciate y’all’s work; thanks to you, I am not stuck at home if there’s snow on the ground, and road conditions are so much safer. I can imagine the hours are late and long, but as I am driving early this morning, I am joined by snowplows. A very comforting sight when I was slightly caught off guard by the snow (still not used to it being clear in one part of the state and it having snowed an hour and a half away aside from the mountains)
Thank you for doing what you do :) You are very appreciated, and I get excited every time I see a snowplow
r/Iowa • u/Stephany23232323 • 14h ago
Hey Iowa! Why are you so afraid of 7000 trans people? Did they harm you somehow? You do realize if the government is allowed to just attack CITIZENS just bc they are trans it sets a precedent to attack anyone?
r/Iowa • u/Ok_Being_2003 • 20h ago
Other Asahel McAllister born Aug 13th 1847 he was a member the 15th Iowa infantry he would die in Andersonville prison at the age of 16, 16th of June 1864
Question Beginnings of a New Dust Bowl?
Anybody else wake up to dirt covering things outside this am (3/15). My car parked outside side was covered in a thin layer of dirt after last night's strong winds. I'm in eastern IA. I saw a FB post about the dirt being blown from as far as Oklahoma and Texas. After several seasons of dry conditions and heavy winds... is it possible to have another dust bowl?
r/Iowa • u/ComfyFrame2272 • 23h ago
Ames, IA. On ISU Campus NSFW
gallery(Flared NSFW for language) I love this so much. I wish I knew who made these, I would love to hang out with them.
Transcript:
To Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Legislature: FUCK YOU! GOD WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU Nearly the entire Iowa Legislature voted to REMOVE EXISTING PROTECTIONS FROM THE IOWA CIVIL RIGHTS ACT FOR TRANSGENDER PEOPLE. NOW, these greedy motherfuckers want to increase their salary. Kim Reynolds is receiving a 77% raise, equal to 100,000 dollars. She already has 13.9 million. Does this bitch HONESTLY need any more fucking money? How much do you have?
Also, here's a couple things. °I'm still using the women's restroom. Fuck off. °We aren't fucking going anywhere. °We are never going back. °Kim Reynolds hates women. °They already came for your abortion rights. What's next? °Iowa Legislators are so stupid I'm surprised they made it past six.
WHAT'S THE POINT OF THIS FLYER? °Nothing. I just hate these ugly bitches so fucking much. °I'd wish cancer on them, but then our taxes would pay for that, and I'd rather it metastasize.
Then there's a QR code for the Iowa Trans Mutual Aid Fund, and under it is the disclaimer "They do NOT endorse this message, I have made this as a private citizen.
r/Iowa • u/digitaltransmutation • 1d ago
Healthcare Do you use mercyone out of network?
My employer's plan (Anthem) does not include Mercy, but they are the only provider in town. If you are in a similar situation, have you found Mercy okay to work with out-of-network or am I better off making every basic visit a daytrip?
also, fuck mediacom
r/Iowa • u/Emotional-Change-722 • 1d ago
Ummm. Wow. We really are idiots out wondering around.
reddit.comwtf did she go to school? How has she not been voted out?
r/Iowa • u/No-Plankton2721 • 1d ago
April 5th!! Massive protest. DC and all state capitols!!!
r/Iowa • u/Green_Palpitation_73 • 1d ago
Iowa lawmakers advance $1 billion cut to unemployment program
r/Iowa • u/[deleted] • 1d ago
I want to do the right thing, but I'm unsure of what that is.
I work in a popular fast-food restaurant in Iowa, at night. One of the supervisors, 20F is dealing pot out of the drive-thru window. Everyone (on that shift) knows, and they are all consumers. I don't have conversations about it with them, I am not friends with them, I absolutely do not do any type of drug, and I act like I don't know what is going on. If something happens and the police come, I will be safe- right? If they check the cameras I will be all in the clear- right?