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Zalmay Niazy’s journey has been publicized on a national scale, including in June in The Gazette. The Afghanistan native was an interpreter for the U.S. military for three years before he left the country to build a new life in Iowa Falls.

A prosecutor says an Iowa man seen in a videotaped confrontation with a police officer during the Capitol insurrection should be returned to jail until trial because he violated terms of his release by watching anti-government internet videos about the Jan. 6 attack.

U.S. health officials Wednesday recommended all Americans get COVID-19 booster shots to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and evidence that the vaccines' effectiveness is falling.

“We have the capacity. We want to work with them to get them here,” Gov. Kim Reynolds said during a WHO-AM radio interview at the Iowa State Fair. “They’ve helped us, helped Americans, and we’re more than willing to help them relocate to Iowa.”

Former Rep. Abby Finkenauer said Sen. Chuck Grassley is a multimillionaire who has owned a home in Washington since she was 5 years old.

After a sharp rise in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of Iowans receiving food stamps has continued a seven-year decline.

Republican Chuck Grassley voted for, and Republican Joni Ernst against, the overall $1 trillion infrastructure bill, which had strong bipartisan support: it passed the Senate by

How it works and where to turn for help in Iowa.

It would temporarily halt evictions in counties with "substantial and high levels" of virus transmissions. While that covers about an estimated 90 percent of the nation, it does not apply — at least for now — evenly to all of Eastern Iowa, according to criteria from the CDC.

Thousands of Americans find they have been shortchanged by a yawning disconnect between two policies lawmakers passed in response to the pandemic.

While many states and some Iowa counties have offered incentives for citizens to get a free vaccination, Iowa's governor continues to call for citizens to get vaccinated while repeating that ultimately it's their choice.

State Auditor Rob Sand released a report Thursday showing overpayments to Timon Oujiri, who was dismissed by Gov. Kim Reynolds in May after four years leading the state's nursing home for Iowa veterans and their spouses.