Monday, June 21st, 2021

An annual report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation has ranked Iowa ninth overall for child well-being. IPR Health reporter Natalie Krebs explains that The Kids Count report ranks states on economic well-being, education, health as well as family and community. Entrepreneurs and artists lined the streets of downtown Des Moines Saturday to celebrate Juneteenth as well as Pride Month. IPR’s Kassidy Arena tells us they were taking part in the very first 515 Manifestival. Plus, the CEO of Iowa's largest water utility says Friday’s Iowa Supreme Court's dismissal of a lawsuit that was seeking mandatory regulation of farm fertilizer in the Raccoon River watershed is a setback.