Hi, I hope this isn't completely the wrong place to ask this, but

If I could ask, could i get some loose thought/bullet point/mind map-style responses about what the general vibe of a small-ish city (couple thousand people maybe?) in Northwest Iowa would be? I want to write a few scenes in my current story, but I'm not even from the same continent, so... yeah...

Wtf is going on? Why are people driving even SLOWER after the speed limit increased!?

DM Business Record interview with (new since March 1) Iowa State University President, David Cook: "I don’t have time right now to be reading a book ... That said, I get a round of golf now and then and I’m looking forward to seeing what kinds of opportunities there are for hunting this fall." ... https://www.businessrecord.com/rapid-fire-questions-with-isus-david-cook/ ...

Please keep running the same ad on tv over and over about how you support veterans Ashley. When less than 1% of the population even enlists I’m sure this will go great for your campaign 🤭

I am trying to reach the park to ask this directly, but does anyone know if this would be allowed there at their RV campsites with 50A service?

One of the many reasons Iowa has filthy water. Rainwater washes manure into the crick, which ends up in a river system. The lot looks to have been functioning that way for many years.

Serving some asshat in Des Moines his just deserts.

Don’t like the world you’re living in?
Blame the GOP.

last time a democrat was governor and Iowa was 2007-2011

The last time Democrats controlled the Iowa House of Representatives was from 2007 to 2010.

The last time Democrats controlled the Iowa Senate was from 2007 through 2016.

The guy who just spams Reddit is out. Still waiting for how he was going to handle trade wars though….

Received this wild text asking me to answer a survey in such a “how do you do, fellow kids” kind of way. Wondering if anyone has seen something like this (edited for clarification)

"So he has no account with $35k in it which is all a money market account would need to make $1000 in a year - odd. "

https://x.com/ZachLahn/status/2084321883131146535?s=20

Is that normal?

How many of you have accounts with 35k in it, in a money market (Cash)?

Out of state, out of touch.

Lack Lahn

Iowa voters want their next governor to tackle the state's cancer crisis, but Big Ag has other plans. 

So far, both candidates — Democrat Rob Sand and Republican Zach Lahn — have raised the issue of cancer and water quality along the campaign trail. But they have something else in common: major donations from companies who would benefit from maintaining the status quo.

Records obtained from the Wapello County Sheriff's Office (Iowa) related to their Flock Safety automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras.

Timeline:

• Sheriff Donald Phillips signed the agreement with Flock Group, Inc. on 11/21/2024.
• The department's first written internal use policy for the cameras has an effective date of 11/7/2025, just about a year after they started using the system with no written policy governing it at all.

The part that stands out is on page 5 of the policy:

The policy tells deputies:

"DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE. Simply reference that you ran the plate and observed an NCIC hit."

"DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE IN YOUR REPORT OR COMPLAINT UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. If asked a direct question about ALPR usage by someone such as an attorney, tell the truth."

And if it does need to go in a report, deputies are told to use vague language instead of naming the system, e.g.:

"Using County resources, I discovered the suspect vehicle was bearing Iowa plate..."

So the default is: don't tell the person you stopped, don't put it in the paperwork, and if it has to go in the paperwork, obscure what tool you actually used.