This week on A Real Piece of Work, we welcome Shannon Johnson-Kehoe, HR Director of Organizational Development and Training at SSAB. Shannon brings a unique perspective on leadership, professional development, and the people behind a successful organization. The conversation explores the importance of building strong teams, developing workplace skills, and creating opportunities for career growth in the manufacturing industry.

Nate Willems, Democratic candidiate for Iowa Attorney General, talks about his background and reasons for running, as well as key issues such as environmental protection, law enforcement, child protection, his priorities if elected, taking on big tech and AI, and much more.

On this episode of Love Girls the Podcast, co-hosts Kayla Babers and Jasmine Babers-Gunn tackle the viral Man vs. Bear discussion with special guest Janey Locander of Hey Janey & Co., along with Her Voice Media youth staff member Tamiah Rogers and sound engineer Amiyah Woods. It's all about consent, healthy relationships, and personal safety.

The coalition of labor, faith, and civil rights organizations met on Tuesday to share resources available to voters ahead of the November 3rd election.

BJC HealthCare announced in October that it is dropping its participation at the end of this year in the Medicare Advantage plans offered by insurers Aetna and Anthem. That includes TRAIL, the state of Illinois’ Aetna-administered Medicare Advantage health insurance program for eligible state, teacher and community college retirees.

Incumbent Gov. JB Pritzker has leaned into his business background during his nearly eight years in office while flexing the levers of government to incentivize companies to relocate to or expand their footprint in Illinois.Republican nominee Darren Bailey, on the other hand, favors a laissez-faire approach focusing on less state spending and lower tax rates.

Bloomington Police say one person was killed and seven others injured in an early morning shooting at a party near Illinois Wesleyan University on Sunday. It’s the second mass shooting near a college campus in Bloomington-Normal this year. At least three local college students were among the wounded.

An Oct. 19 fatal fire at Fuji Super Spa in Cahokia Heights led to the federal arrest of Quentin Hanks, who investigators say lit the parlor on fire because he was dissatisfied with the sexual service he’d paid for.

President Donald Trump was in Dubuque Sunday to lead one of his final rallies ahead of the midterms. Trump and GOP candidates urged Iowans to turn out on Election Day. Democrats and the Iowa Farmers Union held their own events calling for a change in leadership in Des Moines and Washington, D.C.

The study group formed by Gov. Kim Reynolds is recommending hiring more staff for the state's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, provider verification measures and higher penalties for fraud, according to a final report released by the governor.

The candidates found common ground on mental healthcare, water quality and government accountability, but offered different approaches to Medicaid, education and state spending.

In the 1st Congressional District, Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks is defending her seat against Democrat Christina Bohannan for the third election in a row. Some powerful factors shaping the race — like a proposed steel plant in southeast Iowa, an independent candidate and a centrist gubernatorial campaign — are out of their control.

Food and farm programs historically persist through the farm bill. Packaging multiple cross-party issues into one bill ensures rural and urban legislators come together to pass it. But that coalition has been fracturing over past farm bill cycles, creating uncertainty on the farm and in grocery stores.

A corn infection that farmers dread is also a culinary delicacy in Mexico. Now, farmers, chefs and a secretive vegetable broker are bringing it to one Midwest city.

A study found a Wisconsin program that pays producers for measured reductions in phosphorus runoff was more cost-effective than a popular federal conservation program.

As farmers face financial uncertainty, the Trump administration has moved to end protections on gray wolves that sometimes prey on livestock. But experts question if it’s the right move for the species.