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New documentary highlights critical material recovery efforts in Iowa
'Urban Mining' explores how discarded electronics and wind turbines are being turned into a domestic source of rare earth elements. We hear from the …
1 month, 1 week ago
Cedar County's Humans for Racial Justice hosts second annual Juneteenth historical tour
On this Newsbuzz episode, IPR's Gavin McGough joins to discuss a new gas power plant that was approved by the Cedar Falls City Council this week, and…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
A look at Iowa's environment during the nation's founding
Our nation is 250 — but 250 years ago, Iowa was a world apart. An ecologist takes us back to a yesteryear’s landscape of endless tallgrass prairie, b…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
3 Libertarians off the ballot, party conventions and a tentative deal with Iran
Three Libertarians who filed to run for governor, lieutenant governor and U.S. House in Iowa won't appear on the ballot. That's after members of the …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Remembering Iowa's first infantry in the Civil War
In the summer of 1861, Iowa sent its first soldiers into the Civil War — young men from Cedar Rapids and Burlington who enlisted just weeks after The…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Why Americans oppose data centers now more than ever
Data centers are massive and thirsty for water and power. Iowans are split on whether they're good neighbors. On this episode, the data center debate…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Half a million central Iowans are under mandatory watering bans
On this Newsbuzz episode, we recap this week's severe weather, why Iowa pork producers are taking their fight over California’s Prop 12 to Congress, …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Iowa parents are leading a push against technology in the classroom
Parents are pushing back against screens in the classroom and in Iowa, the law is now on their side. We get insights from an Iowa City parent, a pedi…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Lines of attack solidify between Iowa candidates for the general election
The general election battle has begun in Iowa. On this Politics Day episode of River to River, analysis from political scientists Karen Kedrowski of …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
New book explores the damage of large scale hog operations on one small community
In his first work of nonfiction, 'Wastelands,' author and attorney Corban Addison tells the story of a rural community in North Carolina fighting aga…
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