HeyJaredSOUTHEAST IOWA TODAY With John Bain
John Bain, Author of Christie's Journey The Beat Goes On, and Iowa Podcast Awards Winner highlights the great people and events of Southeast Iowa along with road trips and events across the great USA!
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The $250,000 Settlement They Barely Mentioned (opens the original)
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John Bain reviews the August 31, 2026 Jefferson County Board of Supervisors meeting in which supervisors authorized ICAP to pay a lawsuit settlement that one supervisor described as $3,000. Public records and reporting indicate the actual payout was $250,000 in Osborn et al. v. Moulding et al., a civil-rights case over an alleged November 2024 warrantless search tied to a child-welfare complaint. Bain walks through Iowa Code Chapters 21 and 22 on open meetings and records, the sparse meeting min
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Henry County’s Costly Delay and Hidden Lawsuit (opens the original)
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John Bain reports from the Henry County Board of Supervisors meeting, where Planning & Zoning Director Joseph Buffington has left the county in a bind: he still has not provided a retirement date. That delay has already cost taxpayers an extra $25,400—a 29% increase in payments to RUSS. In other business, supervisors learned of a federal lawsuit filed against the county by former auditor’s office employee Blair Rosenbeck. The board is only now finding out. Why the delay? It all happened Septembe
Hotrods & Hamburgers September 2026 (opens the original)
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On this episode of Southeast Iowa Today, John Bain wraps the 2026 cruise-in season at Your Choice Family Restaurant in Wayland. Fun crowd, cool cars, and a very orange 1969 Chevy Suburban. September 8, 2026.
Pete’s Legacy Mile: Running to Break the Silence (opens the original)
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Coming up on Southeast Iowa Today: September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month—a time to speak up, share resources, and break the silence around mental health. Host John Bain highlights warning signs such as hopelessness, withdrawal, and talk of ending one’s life, and reminds viewers that help is free, confidential, and available 24/7 at 988 or 988lifeline.org.Then J.J. Feehan and John Feehan join the conversation to talk about turning loss into action. They and their partners are b
Flight 93 National Memorial: Courage, Sacrifice & Remembrance (opens the original)
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The Southeast Iowa Today America 250 Tour continues with a stop at the Flight 93 National Memorial. John Bain guides viewers through the 2,200-acre national park that honors the 40 passengers and crew who fought back against the terrorists on September 11, 2001, preventing a planned attack on the U.S. Capitol. What was once a working coal mine has been transformed into a serene landscape of healing and remembrance.
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