Monday, April 26th, 2021

Iowa has asked the federal government to withhold more than one-quarter of its allotment of coronavirus vaccines this week because demand for the shots has waned across the state. Iowa public safety officials say the state is building a wrought iron fence around Terrace Hill, the historic Des Moines mansion that serves as the governor’s private residence. There was a cold snap last week but IPR’s Katie Peikes tells us that some farmers are saying they lucked out. Plus, a check-in with IPR State Government reporter Katarina Sostaric regarding legislative activity at the statehouse and how Gov. Kim Reynolds responded to last week’s guilty verdicts in the Derek Chauvin trial.