Iowa Dailies for 3-18-26
Today’s Iowa Dailies are about two LGBTQ+ sports leagues inviting registrations, a bill that would ban kratom, and Decorah-based singer-songwriter Namoli Brennet’s album release party in Decorah March 21.
Read MorePosted by Staff Reports | Mar 18, 2026
Today’s Iowa Dailies are about two LGBTQ+ sports leagues inviting registrations, a bill that would ban kratom, and Decorah-based singer-songwriter Namoli Brennet’s album release party in Decorah March 21.
Read MorePosted by Staff Reports | Mar 18, 2026
Today’s Illinois Dailies are about Lt. Gov. Julianna Stratton’s win in the U.S. Senate Democratic primary race, gender equity in CPR, and the Homes for Good proposal to help inmates re-entering society.
Read MorePosted by Staff Reports | Mar 17, 2026
Today’s Iowa Dailies feature a period cup offer from the Emma Goldman Clinic in Iowa City, the new Rick Miller Library in Des Moines, and a lawsuit over medications.
Read MorePosted by Staff Reports | Mar 17, 2026
Today’s Illinois Dailies features a massive proposed data center in Joliet, Illinois’ 7th Congressional District, and the 100-day homeless prevention challenge in Macon County.
Read MorePosted by Staff Reports | Mar 16, 2026
Today’s Iowa dailies are about legislation on affirmative action and parental rights over gender transition care, and context about Iowa’s cancer rates.
Read MorePosted by Staff Reports | Mar 16, 2026
Today’s Illinois dailies involve the Bloomington City Council, the Veterans’ Affairs program in Marion, and transitional housing in Peoria.
Read MorePosted by Staff Reports | Jan 26, 2026
Relocated convicts form the roots of Australia. Prohibition takes hold in Tennessee. Bill Clinton lies to the country about his affair with 22-year-old intern Monica Lewinsky. Condoleezza Rice makes history as the first Black female secretary of state. And Israel is ordered to prevent genocide in Gaza. It’s January 26 in history.
Read MorePosted by Staff Reports | Jan 19, 2026
Childbirth got a little easier for some, with anesthesia. Lucille Ball gave birth on-air. Plus, the horrific Black Monday takes place in Azerbaijan, Blackberry hits the market, and the Iran Hostage Crisis is resolved after 444 days through the Algiers Accord. It’s January 19 in history, curated by MainStream.
Read MorePosted by Staff Reports | Jan 10, 2026
More than five dozen events to protest the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency and...
Read MorePosted by Staff Reports | Dec 23, 2025
Check out at least 41 open and affirming or progressive holiday events — spiritual, secular, Kwanzaa and Christmas-related — happening this week in 15 communities across Illinois and Iowa.
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