DES MOINES, Iowa — For the 20th consecutive year, the Iowa Library for the Blind hosted the annual Braille Challenge. The one ...

Des Moines resident Norma Jean Warner left nearly her entire estate to Iowa charities, including 485 libraries and 128 senior centers in small towns.

House Study Bill 636 would ban partnerships between schools and public libraries over fears that kids have access to ...

An Iowa Senate subcommittee has advanced a bill (SF 2119) that would remove protections in state obscenity laws for schools and libraries. Current law broadly exempts educational and library materials ...

Endless local elections and proposed new rules for libraries are the targets of readers' ire in letters published Feb. 22 to March 1, 2026.

Iowa librarians are pushing back on multiple Republican-led bills that they say would take away local control from public libraries and threaten Iowans' access to information, while supporters favor ...

In the most recent string of financial blows to Iowa libraries from the state and federal government, the Trump administration is seeking to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services — ...

Audrey, Gideon, Rachel and Mary Phillips pick out library books during a visit by the Marion Library’s Bookmobile to Thomas Park on Aug. 26, 2025. The library is one of hundreds in the state to ...

Iowa (KCRG) - The American Library Association announced a new report on Thursday showing a 92% increase in books targeted for censorship. The group says it’s the highest levels they’ve ever ...

On a frigid Monday afternoon, down the streets of the Peninsula neighborhood in Iowa City, a boxy blue bus filled wall to wall with stacks of books sat parked against a curb. As biting winds tore ...

Exemptions from restrictions on obscene materials would be lifted from Iowa public libraries under legislation advanced by state lawmakers Monday.