Latinos

Joe Gonzalez was one of the first Latino officers to serve in the Des Moines Police Department a half century ago. Today, he is the executive director of the largest ethnic event in Iowa, the Latino Heritage Festival.

The drag show for Latin entertainers originated when producer Juan Valdovinos noticed that many performances only had music in English and lacked diversity.

A district court judge sentenced Fairfield teen Willard Miller to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 35 years for the 2021 murder of his Spanish teacher Nohema Graber.

A Morningside University professor is compiling the life experiences of Sioux City Latinos, in hopes of sharing it with the community.

The Iowa chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is making its final pushes to bring Latino voters to the polls for the midterm elections.

On the Talk of Iowa book club, host Charity Nebbe is joined by expert readers to discuss Chuy Renteria's coming-of-age memoir about identity, friendship, racism and breakdancing: We Heard it When We Were Young.

Host Charity Nebbe discusses Chuy Renteria’s coming-of-age memoir We Heard it When We Were Young with Renteria, poet and actor Matthew Marroquín of Storm Lake and West Liberty city council member Dana Dominguez.

In the city-sponsored ‘The Difference is Dialogue’ series, Sioux City residents from underserved groups get the opportunity to share their lived experiences.

West Liberty has seen three resignations in as many months, and now the city's ARPA funded direct assistance program is facing pushback.

The mural will pay homage to a local traditional Mexican dance troupe, Ballet Folklórico Estrellas de Jalisco.