Cowgirl Jules / Flickr Governor Signs Disaster Proclamation as Officials Order Killing of 4.2 Million Chickens Iowa is the nation’s largest exporter of chicken eggs and the effect of the culling on the local economy is expected to be felt far and wide. By Johnathan Jones, The Western Journal May 29, 2024
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Another State Joins Texas, Authorizes State and Local Cops to Soon Begin Arresting Illegal Immigrants Iowa makes major steps to secure the state as their governor signs legislation empowering law enforcement to arrest more illegal immigrants. By Connor Cavanaugh, The Western Journal April 11, 2024
@JodiLongWHO13 / Twitter Two 16-Year-Olds Arrested for Allegedly Killing Spanish Teacher, Then Celebrating on Social Media Two 16-year-olds are being charged as adults in connection with the death of their Iowa high school's Spanish teacher. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal November 5, 2021
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz / Flickr Poll: Biden's Approval Rating Underwater in 7 Swing Districts Ahead of 2022 Midterms In key Democrat-held congressional districts for the 2022 midterms, a generic Republican beat a generic Democrat every time. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal September 8, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Fox News' Juan Williams Details Plan to Ban Trump from Running in 2024 Trump's popularity among Republicans and fundraising abilities have liberals looking for legal ways to stop him from running again. By Dillon Burroughs, The Western Journal August 16, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Trump Hires Two People Who Would Be Key to Any Potential 2024 Action Many are viewing this move as a sign that the former president is gearing up for another run at the White House. By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal August 13, 2021
Karen Hatting Smidt / Facebook After Thief Steals Tip Jar from Twins' Lemonade Stand, Kind Police Officer Turns It All Around Though the twins experienced poor behavior from the thief, they learned how to press on and not let one bad experience get the best of them. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal August 7, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Gov. Kristi Noem Announces She's Deploying National Guard to Texas to Address 'Biden's Border Crisis' Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said her state will join the battle for border security alongside Arizona and Texas. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal June 29, 2021
@libsoftiktok / Twitter screen shot Teacher Retaliates After CRT Banned in Iowa Schools It's frightening that this woman and countless other classroom leftists have been allowed to teach this rubbish to public school students. By Elizabeth Stauffer, The Western Journal June 25, 2021
@bennyjohnson / Twitter Iowa Teachers Forced Into Mandatory CRT Training, Told to Classify MAGA as White Supremacy: Report A school district in Iowa has expanded its definition of racism to include practically anyone who disagrees with it politically. By Grant Atkinson, The Western Journal June 22, 2021
WQAD News 8 / YouTube screen shot New Video Could Ensure Justice for Mollie Tibbetts, Who an Illegal Immigrant Allegedly Stabbed Mollie Tibbetts, a 20-year-old Iowa college student, went out for an evening run and never came back. Her body was found in a cornfield. By Andrew Jose, The Western Journal May 21, 2021
@PatGrassley / Twitter screen shot Iowa Celebrates as Governor Bans Mask Mandates in Schools, Cities and Counties Reynolds signed a bill to ban mask mandates, and Iowa Republicans celebrated the law as a win for freedom. By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal May 20, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr GOP Rep Introduces Red Tape Reduction Act to Make 5 of Trump's Executive Orders Permanent Trump's deregulation and pro-business legislation led the US to a sizzling economy before the pandemic. Biden is undoing all that progress. By Samantha Chang, The Western Journal April 14, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Governors Stand Up to Biden's Second Amendment Attack: 'Power Grab to Take Away Our Guns' 'If only President Biden could be forthcoming and realize that his actions are a direct infringement on our right to keep and bear arms.' By Cameron Arcand, The Western Journal April 9, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Iowa Governor Reveals She Turned Down Biden Admin Request to House Immigrants Reynolds said she refused a request to have Iowa house child migrants. ‘This is not our problem; this is the president's problem.’ By Kipp Jones, The Western Journal April 8, 2021
@BEA_News / Twitter Red States Leading the Way in Economic Growth According to New Commerce Dept Report 'Hawaii and New York had the highest unemployment rates in February, 9.2 percent and 8.9 percent, respectively,' according to Bureau of Labor Statistics. By Randy DeSoto March 30, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Pelosi Considers Overturning Tight House Election Won by a Republican House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said she can see a scenario in which House Democrats decide an Iowa congressional race won by a Republican. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal March 12, 2021
U.S. Congress After Months Demanding Elections Not Be Questioned, Dems Move to Flip House Race GOP Won The Democrats' continued fight after a statewide recount showed the Republican won illustrates the lengths to which they will go to obtain power. By Elizabeth Stauffer, The Western Journal February 23, 2021
Adventures with Purpose / YouTube screen shot Dive Team Finds Volkswagen at Bottom of Farmer's Pond, Helps Solve a 7-Year-Old Mystery Ethan Kazmerzak, 22, went missing on the morning of Sept. 15, 2013, after attending a party. Seven years later, he was found. By Deborah Van Kempen, The Western Journal February 17, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Pelosi Says She Will Seat Republican Winner of Iowa Race, Foiling Democrat's Attempt To Steal Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California will respect the will of Iowa's voters - at least for now. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal December 31, 2020
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Iowa Dem Who Lost Race Appeals to Pelosi To Overturn Her Opponent's Win Rita Hart lost by a slim margin in her House election. She doesn't think the count was fair, though, so she wants Pelosi to overturn it. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal December 23, 2020