A new Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom Iowa Poll finds 46% of Iowa’s likely Republican caucusgoers describe themselves as “MAGA Republicans,” an indication of how entrenched Donald Trump’s influence has become…

Source: https://politicalwire.com/2023/08/26/trump-raised-7-1-million-after-mugshot/

Backbone is Iowa’s first state park, located near Strawberry Point in eastern Iowa.

Source: https://littlevillagemag.com/iowa-state-parks-altered-landscape/

Brooks, there in Tulsa to compete for a third straight NCAA championship, went on to defend his title in dominant fashion, 7-2, against Northern Iowa’s Parker Keckeisen.

Source: https://patriotpost.us/articles/95894-aaron-brooks-all-in-for-jesus-2023-03-22

DeSantis publicly committed to visiting all of Iowa’s 99 counties, a traditional measure of commitment to the first state in the GOP calendar.

Source: https://triblive.com/news/politics-election/haley-and-desantis-are-relying-more-on-outside-campaign-groups-with-time-running-out-to-stop-trump/

Ernst, along with Gov. Kim Reynolds, is one of the most sought-after Republican officials in the early stages of Iowa’s leadoff caucuses.

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-news/2023/06/desantis-pence-and-other-gop-2024-hopefuls-but-not-trump-set-to-appear-at-iowa-rally/

In Iowa’s locker room after the game, the players said they never doubted the final outcome.

Source: https://www.mariontoday.org/caitlin-clark-and-iowa-beat-south-carolina-in-the-final-four/

Iowa’s final tournament of the fall season’s lineup includes: sophomore Madison Dabagia, sophomore Shannyn Vogler, junior Paula Miranda, sophomore Kaitlyn Hanna and sophomore Riley Lewis.

Source: https://www.kjan.com/index.php/2023/10/hawkeyes-set-to-play-in-hawaii-invitational/

Iowa’s junior guard, though, saved her best performance for the game’s biggest stage, recording the first 40-point triple-double in NCAA history to get Iowa to the Final Four for the first time in 30 years.

Source: https://www.abqjournal.com/2586499/iowas-caitlin-clark-wins-ap-player-of-the-year.html

Iowa’s Senate Democratic Leader Pam Jochum said in a statement that her Republican colleagues were “ignoring Iowans in their rush to pass an extreme ban” and that “their actions today threaten the health and futures of all Iowa women.”

Source: https://krdo.com/politics/cnn-us-politics/2023/07/11/iowa-house-passes-6-week-abortion-ban-in-special-session-called-by-gop-governor/

Mercy Iowa City had rejected the University of Iowa’s offer of more than 600 million dollars to buy the facility two years ago and turn it into a community division of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

Source: https://www.kjan.com/index.php/2023/08/board-of-regents-approves-u-i-bid-to-purchase-mercy-iowa-city/

New Hampshire has long held the nation’s first primary after Iowa’s caucus.

Source: https://www.mymcmurray.com/2023/06/16/georgia-and-new-hampshires-places-in-limbo-as-democrats-hammer-out-2024-primary-order/

On average over the last decade, Minnesota’s scores for fourth and eighth grade math and reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress have been slightly higher than Iowa’s.

Source: https://www.minnpost.com/fact-briefs/2023/08/does-iowa-have-higher-reading-and-math-scores-on-average-than-minnesota/

Purdue’s Matt Ramos pins Iowa’s Spencer Lee during a semifinal at the NCAA wrestling championships Friday in Tulsa, Okla.

Source: https://triblive.com/sports/iowas-spencer-lee-sees-quest-for-4th-ncaa-wrestling-title-end-in-semifinal-shocker/

Regardless, South Carolina’s 4-of-20 outing from deep wasn’t much worse than Iowa’s 7-of-

Source: https://deadspin.com/caitlin-clark-ncaa-tournament-final-four-iowa-40-points-1850290864

Serving 55 of Iowa’s 99 counties, Food Bank of Iowa delivers more than 21 million pounds of food (more than 17 million meals) to its 700 partners annually.

Source: https://www.dmcityview.com/just-released/2023/11/09/fareway-and-iowa-farm-bureau-donate-over-57000-lbs-of-ground-protein-to-iowa-food-banks/

The annual August roadside survey found Iowa’s statewide pheasant population to be nearly 23 birds per route; a 15 percent increase over 2022.

Source: https://kiow.com/2023/10/28/north-iowa-outdoors-anticipation-is-high-for-iowas-2023-pheasant-season/

“The Iowa Athletics Department became aware of a discounted group ticket order for the Iowa-Illinois men’s basketball game on behalf of an Illinois chapter of the Boys & Girls Club,” Iowa’s statement read.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/02/02/illinois-student-section-feuding-with-iowa-over-invalidated-tickets/

The recent passage of Iowa’s data privacy law is a significant development in the ongoing effort to protect consumer privacy.

Source: https://aceds.org/jim-gill-hanzo-iowa-joins-five-other-us-states-by-passing-data-privacy-law/

This information will provide buck age structure to the DNR’s harvest data, producing a better overall picture of Iowa’s deer herd from year to year.

Source: https://kiow.com/2023/11/25/north-iowa-outdoors-first-of-iowas-popular-gun-deer-hunting-seasons-opens-dec-2/

This Saturday, the University of Northern Iowa’s Wellness and Recreation Center (WRC) was abuzz with excitement and the sound of climbers cheering each other on.

Source: https://www.northerniowan.com/21015/showcase/boulder-bash/