Friday, May 28th, 2021

Jurors have begun their deliberations in the case of Cristhian Bahena Rivera. He faces a first degree murder charge for the killing of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts, who went missing in 2018. We get an update from IPR’s Kate Payne. Former Iowa Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer, the Democrat who lost her bid for a second term in the U.S. House last year, is reportedly considering a run for the U.S. Senate. Plus, tens of thousands of meatpacking workers have contracted COVID-19 in the last year but Harvest Public Media’s Chrstina Stella explains some people are already thinking about how to protect employees from the next pandemic.