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After Linn County lost an estimated 1 million trees in the 2020 derecho, Monarch Research Project of Marion made it its mission to rebuild. The nonprofit has planted 100,000 native trees in Linn County. Monarch Research Project wants to double that total in the next five years.

This week on the show, Gov. Kim Reynolds may have accidentally announced her re-election campaign, Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks is getting a primary rematch, and legislative proposals to ditch the outdoors and recreation trust fund and remove gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act.

Klazik won the inaugural Iowa Music Award award recognizing adult contemporary hip-hop artists

The museum originated with members of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Cedar Rapids in the 1990s.

This week on the podcast: Cedar Rapids casino update, the pesticide tort reform bill is back and Iowa House Republicans’ higher education committee is in full swing

This recap of the week in Iowa politics includes the special election to fill a vacant Iowa Senate seat, immigration, ticket bots and a casino moratorium.

The third annual Iowa Music Awards will be held Sunday, October 27 at Bien VenU Event in Cedar Falls.

Plus, Ashley Hinson and Sarah Corkery debate

Iowa law dictates that schools can’t start their school year before Aug. 23. This wasn’t always the case.

A passerby noticed smoke and flames coming from the 112-year-old southeast Cedar Rapids restaurant’s roof around 5:15 a.m., and called 911. It was Iowa’s oldest supper club, opening in 1912.