🚫 A conservative group is accusing Des Moines Public Schools of skirting Iowa's book ban through a new partnership that gives middle and high school students access to public library materials via their student IDs. (KCCI)
🔌 New restrictions on using federal subsidies for solar and wind projects on productive farmland limit agricultural income and clean energy adoptions, renewable energy advocates say. (Iowa Capital Dispatch)
🚒 Des Moines Fire Department chief John TeKippe will retire at the end of this year. (City press release)
Gary Wegenke, former superintendentof Des Moines Public Schools, has died. (DSM Register)
