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Host Charity Nebbe and wildlife biologist Jim Pease observe the prairie chicken mating dance and discuss the species' precarious situation in Iowa on this encore episode.
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The book, In a Time of Witness features literary pieces inspired by the art collection.
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New rules proposed by the EPA would require most cities in the country to replace lead pipes within ten years. One state official says that might be a difficult goal to achieve even with federal funding.
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As senators from Iowa and Nebraska throw support behind federal legislation that would return land in northwest Iowa to the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, a spokesperson remembers the tribe's former council chair who began the push.
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Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids will hold its first Indigenous Peoples' Day celebration — an effort led by Morgan Bear, an advisor at Kirkwood and a member of the Meskwaki Nation.
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Eleven lakes are under an advisory from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources ahead of the long weekend. The department has identified a spike in E. coli bacteria.
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Prairie chickens, a native species to parts of the Midwest and the Great Plains, were extirpated from the state through habitat destruction and hunting. The species was reintroduced in the 1980s with varying levels of success. There are now fewer than 100 wild prairie chickens living in the state.
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Host Charity Nebbe and wildlife biologist Jim Pease observe the prairie chicken mating dance and discuss the species’ precarious situation in Iowa.
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Also, a distracted driving bill pushed by law enforcement and road safety advocates for years has passed the Iowa Senate.
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The Iowa attorney general is taking on an asphalt tile "re-manufacturer" after an explosion last month injured workers, caused an evacuation and polluted runoff water. She says the suit seeks to prevent an "imminent threat to public health and the environment."