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In Iowa, water pollution is a health threat that also disrupts summer fun #Iowa

In Iowa, water pollution is a health threat that also disrupts summer fun
Hannah Ray J Childs propelled her kayak into a rapid on Iowa's Maquoketa River on a recent afternoon and dipped her paddle in the water to swing the front of her boat into the air.

NWS in Des Moines issued a tornado warning without the area already being in a tornado watch. Beware!
The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Polk County in central Iowa...
Northwestern Marion County in south central Iowa...
Southwestern Jasper County in central Iowa...
Northern Warren County in south central Iowa...
* Until 830 PM CDT.

The western two-thirds of Iowa are currently under a tornado watch, with several active tornado warnings along the western edge.
Map updated at 8:18 pm.
#IowaWeather #IAwx #TornadoWarning

Republicans are legally forcing University of Iowa students to take their conservative political indoctrination course in order to graduate.
☑️ #Iowa lawmakers move to mandate students take Center for Intellectual Freedom classes amid low enrollment

Iowa lawmakers move to mandate students take Center for Intellectual Freedom classes amid low enrollment
A last minute Republican legislative push could force University of Iowa college students to take classes at the newly-created Center for Intellectual Freedom. It's exactly what a report highlighted was needed to make the center successful.

Most of Iowa is under a severe thunderstorm watch right now with several thunderstorm warnings currently in effect. Map updated at 7:56 pm.
#IAwx #IowaWeather

"Iowa City’s free buses are getting people out of cars"
#US #USA #America #Iowa

Iowa City’s free buses are getting people out of cars
Transit ridership jumped more than 40% after the city eliminated fares.

I’m at the #iaaCelebrAsian in #DesMoines, #Iowa right now. Lots of food, drinks, music, and dancing, a perfect day to be outdoors. Bring some cash as some vendors don’t take a card.

About two thirds of Iowa is covered in some combination of severe thunderstorm watch or flood watch/warning.
#IowaWeather #IAwx

At 8:00 AM, at the Des Moines Airport, it’s already 80 F, and rising fast. Dew point 71 F, relative humidity 74%. Forecasted high of 90 F. Most of the southern half of Iowa, including the Des Moines metro, remains in a National Weather Service “extreme heat warning” until 10 pm tonight. “Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values over 100.”
Stay safe out there. Check in on any vulnerable folks.

There are two tornado warnings in central Iowa right now. Warning #1:
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
POLK...SOUTHWESTERN STORY AND SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTIES...
At 734 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located over Slater, or 9
miles south of Ames, moving northeast at 25 mph.
#IowaWeather